how self deluded do you have to be to say these things??
"IDF. They fight and kill Hamas, and Hamas are terrorists. This is obvious. Hamas attacked civilians on Oct 7th and this is why they are now getting bombed."
Okay, but you can see that the IDF would post stats that are biased towards them, right? Like if you say I cant use the stats from one side of the conflict, that means you cant use stats from the other side. There's no reason for anyone to believe the IDF is being truthful and non-biased in their reporting and statements and such. You can't simply just say things and expect for them to be true, like "oh Hamas are terrorists because they attacked civilians", because you need to use your brain and go before the 7th of October, and see the facts.
500 Palestinian children dead in 2014 summer, by my calculations that date appears to be before October 7th 2023...
Also, you keep switching your "proportionality" from Hamas vs Palestinian civilians and Israeli deaths vs Palestinian deaths. Which is it? I mentioned the Tokyo Fire Bombings because you said people shouldn't support Israel because they (accidentally) kill civilians.
When I talk about hamas soldiers to civilians, I am talking about the civilian:militant casualty rate, making a point about how while the IDF claims that they are fighting Hamas, they are massacring tons of civilians while barely killing any Hamas soldiers.
When I talk about israeli civilians to palestinian civilians, I am talking about proportionality and collective punishment. Why are the 2 million residents of Gaza being massacred?
These are 2 different points im making, both that the IDF is collectively punishing all of Gaza for "crimes" that they themselves have committed on a FAR larger scale, and that in that "mission" about "fighting terrorism", they seem to only be killing civilians, mostly children and women...
I'm iffy on Iraq, and kinda support Afghanistan but that's beside the point, and the argument for these wars is more than just "they have terrorists".
you being "iffy" on Iraq and pro invading Afghanistan really just seals the deal here, you are a pro-imperialist pro-colonialist who cares only about the spreading US hegemony, about the ability of the US and Nato to just bully the globe into doing whatever it is they want. You show that to you, middle-easterns are subhuman and their life is worth less, since you support wars that were based on lies and bullshit and lead to the deaths of millions and the dumpster fires that are Iraq and Afghanistan today.
The justification was more than "there were terrorists" but they were still all blatant lies.
Palestine-Israel conflict would probably still exist even if there was no Hamas terrorism (it would just make Palestine seem much better).
You admit that without Hamas, the conflict would still exist. You just proved my whole argument, that this is colonialism and unjustified. If there was no Hamas, Israel would have to invent (which they did) Hamas, so they have fingers to point at so that gullible suckers like you would sit there with your thumb in your mouth screaming "KHAMAS IS TERRORIST DO YOU CONDEMN KHAMAS!!!!", instead of seeing that this is all about land and genocide and ethnic cleansing.
What is the point of arguing about this when the ICC is currently investigating Israel? Why not wait for their independent conclusion? Are we that desperate to score political points for the in-group?
Yeah man, the ICC is definitely the holiest and most righteous and trustworthy body out there!
Why are you being surprised that the statistics that orgs around the world are using are coming from groups WITHIN palestine, how else would the stats get out there? If you cherry pick enough, maybe you could justify this massacre, maybe, but sadly that isnt how it works. You cant just look at any source that opposes your viewpoint and call it lies. Besides, somebody else replied and gave you another website, so go there if you want.
Settlers are not terrorists, no. I don't particularly agree with settlers being in the West Bank either. Doesn't mean Hamas is justified or that innocent settlers should be killed.
Therein lies the rub, you don't see settlers as terrorists. You don't see people that show up to houses armed to the teeth with assault rifles that kick the original inhabitants out to make room for themselves as terrorists. You even fucking call them innocent, which is just TOO cute, considering the countless stories of settlers killing innocent Palestinians so they can steal their land.
All in all, you are pro-war and think that the US and Israel can do no wrong, you support Afghanistan, you essentially support Iraq, you probably thought Libya was a good idea too. You are in favour of collective punishment, and you see children as numbers and "collateral damage", you are morally and ethically bankrupt.