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Originally Posted by jfman

No desperation here - I’m not trying to point the blame anywhere else. Terrorists are responsible for the attacks they commit. Nation states are responsible for their response and whether they are proportionate (or in this case, not).

Nobody can truly watch the summary execution of paramedics the other day by the IDF and blame Hamas because of an event that happened 18 months ago. To do so is fundamentally to deny them the right to live, and by follow on, the Palestinian people the right to medical treatment for events that had nothing to do with them.

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The only thing being callously downplayed is the Palestinian right to life and not be subjected to collective punishment at the hands of a military force. Indeed even counting the dead is something that isn’t permitted, and must be caveated at all times by Israeli denials and deflections. A luxury that isn’t afforded to anyone else, anywhere in the world, in normal reporting.

The Palestinian right to life is best maintained by not firing rockets at Israel, not murdering 1200 of them during the 7th October invasion and not declaring war on Israel.