Thursday, March 21, 2024
Elder of ZiyonIt is ridiculous. Israel has an entire section of the IDF. COGAT, dedicated to providing food and aid to Palestinians. Saying that Israel is deliberately trying to starve Gazans - which serves no military purpose, and in fact is counterproductive - is simply another blood libel.
The real problem is the world tying Israel's hands behind its back to destroy Hamas.
According to international law, a siege - a full blockade of all food that might reach Hamas - would be a legal form of warfare. Since Hamas steals the food, that would unfortunately mean stopping all food until Hamas surrenders.
As the US Law of War manual says:
Allowing passage of these items [food, medicine] is not required by the party controlling the area unless that party is satisfied that there are no serious reasons for fearing that:• the consignments may be diverted from their destination;• the control may not be effective; or• a definite advantage may accrue to the military efforts or economy of the enemy.
But what about innocent Gazans? It might be legal to starve those who are near Hamas, but is it moral?
There was (and still is) a solution. They should have gone to Egypt or Jordan - with guarantees that they would return to Gaza when Hamas is gone. The international community would have happily funded camps and food in Egypt, with no war getting in the way to take care of the Gazans.
Egypt and Jordan didn't want them? So pressure them. Their economies depend on world support, and they could have made out quite well with billions coming in. Aren't human lives more important than two countries that have accepted millions of refugees from everywhere else changing their rules for Palestinians only?
Apparently not, when deaths can be blamed on Israel.
And that's the issue. If the world cared about Palestinians, the war could have been over by now, and the rebuilding could have started, as long as there are security guarantees for Israel. Is that so unreasonable?
But the world cares more about putting Israel into impossible positions and then blaming Israel when it cannot do everything perfectly with demands that no other nation at war ever had to follow.
Israel doesn't want to a single innocent person to die. The international community could have done things to save hundreds or thousands of lives, but they prefer virtue signaling and antisemitism.
Watching the war with any amount of objectivity and seeing how people are interpreting it is like being Alice in Wonderland. It is not human rights to allow Hamas to survive, yet the world is signaling clearly that this is the outcome they want.
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