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A ‘proportionate response’ actually can’t be defined, it’s more of a ‘what do most people think is acceptable’.

For example, say that back in the 1970s the IRA detonate a bomb in London (which they did), killing, say 50 people. Would nuking Dublin be seen as ‘proportionate’? Obviously no, so we didn’t. What we would do was to slowly identify the individuals responsible and take direct action against them. It took time. Which was exactly the reaction of Israel following the 1972 Olympic Games attack. Operation ‘Wrath of God’ took years, and carefully targeted and killed those responsible - and yes some innocents were killed in the operation, which is regrettable but probably unavoidable.

The 2023 massacre of Israelis was and is utterly inexcusable and everyone involved in the planning and execution of it, yes, frankly needs to die. Fine.

In the days following the attack Israel had the sympathy of most of the World, but they have managed to burn that all away. To the point where now Israel is seen as the aggressor, in the wrong, needs to be stopped.....

How, just how have Israel managed to switch from being the victim to the aggressor. Is it Netanyahu’s desperation to avoid legal action for a while?