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In reply to the discussion: Palestinians Have a Right to Defend Themselves! [View all]JaydenD
(294 posts)163. So then the Israeli 'guided' ones are purposely targeting civilians?
What do you mean, do you mean the Palestinians shouldn't defend themselves because they don't have the state of the art weapons that Israel does.
Are all the guided strikes by the IDF mean they are purposefully slaughtering women and children and families? Please clarify because it sounds to me that a certain group of people are worth less as human beings as another certain group of people and they should just lay down and give up all their land and what is left of the tatters of rights they have so Israel and the settlers can have it all.
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Lobbing rockets by the thousands, two deaths, lobbing missiles and artillery, 2000 deaths.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#1
If by defending themselves you mean firing rockets at civilians with no strategic defensive purpose.
onenote
Aug 2014
#5
The vast majority of unguided rockets go no where near populated sites, the ones that are, the few,
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#6
So are you saying that the Israelis don't have the right to intercept those missiles?
onenote
Aug 2014
#45
So you are saying you want to switch the talk away from 300 dead children as an appropriate
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#46
So if one or more of these "mostly symbolic" rockets makes it through the Israeli defense
onenote
Aug 2014
#209
What do you mean 'they are put exactly where they think Israel won't strike'??
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#289
Of course, they imply Palestinian lives do not matter, only Israeli children are precious. Evil.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#90
Not one Israeli child with a scratch....300 dead, thousands wounded and traumatized....do the math.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#10
Why do I keep seeing the same talking points over and over again? Are you saying
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#94
And speaking of human shields, hat tip to DUer Bravenak in this thread for reminding me
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#254
You are right. And FDR was a very decent man. And Harry Truman was a decent man even
totodeinhere
Aug 2014
#166
FDR wasn't a decent man. Nor was Truman. The population bombing in WWII was mass murder.
Vattel
Aug 2014
#230
Soldiers rarely have anywhere near the information available to those at the top
Vattel
Aug 2014
#236
Are you comparing Hitler to the Palestinians? Your question is so off this topic I am
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#239
Thank you, I remember reading about that. About the IDF using children as shields
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#240
It's a very important point that needs to be stated to refute the talking point that
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#243
Thank you, Bravenak, for this. Israel has no moral authority regarding the Big Lie of human shields.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#291
The current death toll is approx 1,800 Palistenian civilians including hundreds of children to
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#264
If that's all they have, after they were attacked by Netanyahu, he DID start this as you know
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#265
And even if they don't serve because of objections/exceptions, they still pay taxes...
NutmegYankee
Aug 2014
#202
And nobody believes that Israeli slaughter of innocent children is anything short of a war crime.
DanTex
Aug 2014
#33
That's not much of an argument. Are you trying to rationalize the killing of hundreds of
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#263
We agree, I oppose it also, from all sides. So what can be done in this situation?
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#121
And if it was an Israeli bomb that landed on your home and killed, eg, eight or so
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#273
Please direct me to any post of mine that expresses support for Israel attacking Gaza
oberliner
Aug 2014
#114
How many Americans support our unmanned drone attacks that have killed civilians?
totodeinhere
Aug 2014
#169
This isn't about race. Most Palestinians and Israelis are the same race. n/t
totodeinhere
Aug 2014
#167
What preceded the firing of rockets after more than a year of NO rockets? Do you know?
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#85
It doesn't matter what preceded it. Indiscriminate rocket attacks on civilian targets are not...
Taitertots
Aug 2014
#99
No, they didn't. Netanyahu used the disappearance of three young Israelis as excuse to raid Gaza
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#266
Neither is an Israeli commando team storming the Krav Mara and killing civilians.
Maedhros
Aug 2014
#149
Exactly, isn't that what I have tried to say? 'Indiscriminate attacks on civilian
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#248
Symbolic resistance...what is the result of these rockets, someone should know.....
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#12
Symbolic resistance by firing rockets randomly without any effort to strike a military target.
onenote
Aug 2014
#26
Then why did Bibi reject the united Palestinian government that was ready to negotiate, just this
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#35
Of course, set preconditions, do not talk, bombs away....kill the children terrorists!
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#49
I guess we disagree then. I think recognizing your adversary's right to exist is legitimate
onenote
Aug 2014
#52
Because I see hundreds of dead children because of preconditions to talking....you do not.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#54
Do Palestinians have a right to defend themselves? Yes or no. It's a simple question.
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#13
Sure. They can have defensive weapons like rifles, machine guns and anti-tank missiles
hack89
Aug 2014
#16
Can Israel have offensive weapons like rockets? And if Palestinians were imprisoning
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#47
The same formula used in the Warsaw ghetto, prisoners trying to escape...wouldn't you?
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#14
And you think killing 300 children and turning a city into the moon is a good thing in response?
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#23
So Hamas diverted tons of material and money from building civilian infrastructure to build tunnels
hack89
Aug 2014
#69
Well it is impossible for those tunnels to be used for delivering food and medicine
Rex
Aug 2014
#75
That is related to the question of whether or not Palestinians have a right to defend
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#51
Demonization, even of children, is the evil embraced as policy....it is evil.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#74
No sorry, those tunnels are evil incarnate. The Palestinians should be forced to stay
Rex
Aug 2014
#84
We could play this game forever, in fact I suspect it HAS been played over and over
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#238
Why do you think the Palestinians are angry in the first place? They didn't just one day
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#295
They were angry in the first place because Israel is there and that is not negotiable so what now?
TheKentuckian
Aug 2014
#306
Well, what you are saying is that this is a permanent situation. That only violence can
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#307
I'm trying to find the number of Israeli's killed by people using the tunnels into Israel
Marrah_G
Aug 2014
#66
Sorry, just a tad above zero....I apologize, meant in recent history, not ancient.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#179
Zero children, versus 2000 dead civilians, 300 children. The math is indisputable, indefensible.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#207
The poster treated the "mass exterminations" suffered by Jews as comparable to the
onenote
Aug 2014
#279
Here is a solution I think should satisfy all Hamas shills and sympathizers.
Dreamer Tatum
Aug 2014
#15
I wish Israel would lob unguided rockets into all of the Gaza strip randomly...no problem...about
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#27
National military armed to the teeth versus a militia in prison...take off the blinders.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#82
What did they expect? Not the guilt free slaughter of hundreds of babies and children. Only a
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#185
I have mentioned Hamas firing rockets. I pointed out that Hamas had not fired rockets
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#57
Well, random fire would probably be less damaging than targeted strikes at schools and hospitals.
DanTex
Aug 2014
#79
You mean like the Japanese defended themselves from the US fleet at Pearl Harbor?
Fozzledick
Aug 2014
#21
How about both sides having a 'right to defend themselves' that doesn't involve
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Aug 2014
#22
Good post, I agree with that. Go the political route. Now is a good time to do that imo.
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#64
Israel would not cooperate with the ICC and nor would it hand over anyone found guilty by them
Marrah_G
Aug 2014
#104
Israel is not justified on firing on civilians when they know they are there.
hrmjustin
Aug 2014
#150
If they were in an open air prison with 3 exits, surrounded by enemies, you left that part out....
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#67
It also has no power plant and a lunar landscape.....tourist attractions? You with The Onion?
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#223
It WAS. But the US Govt overpowered them. Maybe if they had had more powerful
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#97
Whoever is the aggressor in a war has no such right of "defense'" since they are the OFFense. Pick
WinkyDink
Aug 2014
#93
If you start a fight and get your ass kicked, can you continue to fight and claim self defense?
badtoworse
Aug 2014
#107
Well, Netanyahu started this fight, by lying about the three young men who were
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#123
IDF started shooting. Operation Brother's Keeper was a military raid in the West Bank.
DanTex
Aug 2014
#211
A lot of things happened and I don't dispute that those people were killed.
badtoworse
Aug 2014
#283
I read that post and laughed at the ridiculousness of what that poster wrote
notadmblnd
Aug 2014
#156
Well, if you count all of the additional deaths that Israel has caused by the inevitable
DanTex
Aug 2014
#164
And, we have a right to defend Palestinians through non-violent means.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2014
#127
You don't think that acknowledging that everyone has the same rights is 'positive'?
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#193
They can't both be on the defensive, unless there is a 3rd Party involved. Otherwise, it's detente.
WinkyDink
Aug 2014
#184
Lol, well I am not too concerned about name calling, been called everything by Right Wingers
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#194
Who's arguing otherwise? Nobody's condemned them for shooting back at Israel's invading forces
Hippo_Tron
Aug 2014
#196
If you read the OP you will see why I felt the need to make the statement. If you can
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#199
Both sides insist on their "right to defend themselves." Both also want to be treated like a wounded
chrisa
Aug 2014
#213
That is an excellent post, should be an OP on its own There is nothing I can add except
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#284
If the Palestinian deaths are all the fault of Hamas, why does the media hide them?
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#293
would any of you Israeli apologists support the same destruction of a building or..
politicman
Aug 2014
#285
That argument, that Hamas forced the IDF to kill children, is one of the least
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#286
we are still seeing it because Israeli apologists are well trained propagandists.
politicman
Aug 2014
#287
Well, if anyone thinks that is the way to persuade people to support them, I think
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#290