It is disappointing, if not surprising, that the west’s response to the ICC accusations was to defend Israel despite its war crimes

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Holy strawman gish gallop, Batman!

    The author of the article effectively refutes all of your novel of deflection with one sentence:

    The proposed charges are not about whether Israel can defend itself but how, that is, not by committing war crimes.

    Later on, he encapsulates the very thing that all of civilized society is based on:

    regardless of the perceived justness of one’s cause, it never justifies war crimes.

    Never. Under any circumstances. Ever.

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        Just straight up arguing for ethnic clensing and the complete expulsion/murder of an entire people, eh?

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        Not committing a laundry list of absolutely heinous crimes against humanity under false pretenses ≠ “kicking the bucket down the road”

        Om the contrary, the more Israel slaughters, starves and otherwise oppresses Palestinians, the more people are likely to be radicalized, leading to more terrorist attacks and perpetuating the endless cycle of violence.

        Ethnically cleansing Palestine of every single Palestinian (which is of course an indefensible war crime and would be even if it worked) like you suggest would not change that dynamic.