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Originally Posted by jfman
The onus isn’t on Hamas to present itself for annihilation. The absence of that doesn’t justify carpet bombing civilian areas, bombing churches, hospitals, refugee camps, etc.
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Hiding/shielding enemy combatants in civilian areas, churches, hospitals, refugee camps etc is also a war crime.
So what does Israel do if it has to go through human shields to achieve its objectives?
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Rubinstein and Roznai argue that an attack that would be disproportionate ought to be considered proportionate, if the presence of civilians is due to the wrongful actions of the enemy. They use the term "impeded party" to describe the burden placed on the attacking party under international humanitarian law norms. They point out that "attacking party" has traditionally been synonymous with the aggressor, but that it is often the attacker who is "defending democracy" and acting in self-defence when they use force in response to a prior attack.
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