[Air-L] Difficult Discussion: What's Missing -- Digest, Vol 234, Issue 29

[Sam Lehman-wilzig]

The call for some sort of “response” to Israel’s actions might have some legitimacy if:

  1.  Previously we heard similar calls against China’s cultural genocide against the Uighurs.
  2.  Ditto: any call to stop the slaughter of HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Africans in the Sudan.
  3.  Some mention of Hamas’s Oct. 7 atrocities, VIDEO-documented by THEIR OWN FIGHTERS.
  4.  Some mention of the fact that in contravention of all international law, Hamas abducted and is holding hostage for over 3 months Israeli civilian women, men, and children.
  5.  Hamas hid massive amounts of armaments in hospitals, schools, kindergartens, and private civilian homes (e.g., under baby cribs!!) – again, against Geneva Convention laws of warfare. Thus, where exactly is Israel supposed to fight? Just on roads or parks?
  6.  Israel sent messages (flyers and phone calls!) to all Gazan civilians in North Gaza to get out and move south in order NOT to be in the line of fire when the IDF attacked Hamas soldiers. This is the very opposite of intended genocide.
  7.  If already people here mention “genocide”, then what do you call Hamas’ Charter that calls for the elimination not of Israelis but of all JEWS? And after Oct. 7, their spokesman said that they will do it (Oct. 7) again and again. So who exactly is “genocidal” here?
Given that this forum is for academics, one would expect a bit more “context” in respondents’ posts – not to mention understanding and noting ALL the facts involved.

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