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Far-right Israeli government minister Ben-Gvir believes that Israeli soldiers must shoot Palestinian women and children in Gaza to stop 'another October 7'.
Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir demanded the army shoot Palestinian women and children in Gaza during a cabinet meeting, according to the Israeli media on Monday.
“We cannot have women and children getting close to the border... anyone who gets near must get a bullet [in the head],” Ben-Gvir said during a debate with Israeli military chief Herzi Halevi on the army’s “open-fire” rules at the cabinet meeting on Sunday.
Ben-Gvir, who heads the extreme right Jewish Power party, told Halevi that Israel’s rules of engagement in Gaza were too lenient and ought to be broadened out to encompass civilians.
“You know how our enemies operate... they will try us,” Ben-Gvir said according to The Jerusalem Post.
“They will send women and children as undercover terrorists. If we continue like this, we will reach another October 7.”
Halevi did not argue with Ben-Gvir over the ethics of shooting Palestinian women and children, but rather claimed that it might lead to more “friendly fire” incidents.
read more: https://www.newarab.com/news/ben-gvir-says-israeli-army-can-shoot-women-children-gaza
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the extreme right Jewish Power party
Not even trying to be subtle with the ethnonationalism
Not much evidence to suggest that they're shooting anybody but women and children in Gaza.
Don't be ridiculous, they've shot a bunch of men - escaped hostages, their own troops, and, like, probably at least 1 Hamas through sheer probability.
So they get the go-ahead to explicitly do what they've already been doing for months/years?
If it weren't for the embedded racism in our society, we'd treat Israel-Palestine the same way the West has treated every other ethnic conflict. But, many Jews are white, so...
(I'm still unclear on what the instance rules around this are, by the way)
Probably solely because of the case being initiated by South Africa has made "the situation complicated".
So "complicated" in fact that South Africa has even confronted the panel over their hesitancy to hold Shitrael accountable, to which they haven't even recieved any sort of response apart from silence.
I wish all members of the SAJBD a very Qassam rocket
We’ll see how the Feb 26 report goes. I can’t imagine how Israel will possibly argue that they’ve improved humanitarian aid access and protection for civilians.
Look at them fighting the good fight against sexism and ageism.
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“They will send women and children as undercover terrorists. If we continue like this, we will reach another October 7.”
He’s not exactly wrong — why won’t the West realize that terrorizing the terrorists doesn’t make them less radicalized? To justify one heinous act of violence with another is an investment in more of the same.
Obviously it’s a big messy situation that’s too complicated for simple blanket statements (and what do I know?), but it seems fair to say that history repeats itself unless we can reject this flawed zero-sum premise that my suffering can justify yours.
Do I condone Hamas? Absolutely not. Would I condone attacking Israel if they bombed my home and murdered my family? I bet I would…
It’s easy to espouse aggressively simplistic moral principles from the privilege of safety. Much harder and more important to root those principles in a foundation of empathy.
