I don't understand the support for Hamas among some on the leftist. Of course, I understand that Israel has oppressed the Palestinians for many years and there is no justification for this, but there is no need to justify the actions of religious fanatics who also kill civilians, especially since Israel itself has aggravated the problem with the Islamists

  • CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    First of all there are no civilians in Israel, and international law is quite clear on this. In cases of occupation, which the UN recognizes Israel as doing, the occupier is not allowed to bring their population to the occupied country.

    In this case the settlers are legitimate targets because they are occupying the country illegally. How are Palestinians supposed to defend its right to live if they can't touch settlers, which are everywhere in Palestine? That's why it's a law that you can't bring your population to an area you occupy.

    Secondly pretty much all of them serve in the IDF and are then reservists, making them soldiers.

    The only civilians you could make a case for in this scenario are children under 18.

    Finally the struggle for national liberation comes before the struggle for socialism. Read Mao.

      • CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 year ago

        There are almost no civilians in Israel as I said because they serve in the IDF. The civilians would be kids and tourists.

        International law doesn't make the distinction between civilians and their state, they are the occupier's population and as such it is not a war crime on Palestine's part if they get killed during an operation. I'm sure there's more nuance to what you can and can't do to a civilian population but yeah, the responsibility is on Israel as they are considered the occupier in this case.