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Supporters of Israel's actions in Gaza - why do you think the Geneva convention should not apply? (lemmy.world)

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The Geneva convention was established to minimise atrocities in conflicts. Israeli settlements in Gaza are illegal and violate the Geneva convention. Legality of Israeli settlements Article 51 of the Geneva convention prohibits indiscriminate attacks on civilian population yet Israel attacked hospitals with children inside. Whether you agree or not that Hamas were present, children cannot be viewed as combatants.so when no care was taken to protect them, does this not constitute a violation? According to save the children, 1 in 50 children in Gaza had been killed or injured. This is a very high proportion and does not show care being taken to prevent such casualties and therefore constitutes a violation.

So my question is simply, do supporters of Israel no longer support our believe in the Geneva convention, did you never, or how do you reconcile Israeli breaches of the Geneva convention? For balance I should add "do you not believe such violations are occurring and if so how did you come to this position?"

Answers other than only "they have the right to go after Hamas " please. The issue is how they are going after Hamas, not whether they should or not.

EDIT: Title changed to remove ambiguity about supporting Israel vs supporting their actions

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[-] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago

The Jewish homeland was formed by killing and kicking out people who were living there.

[-] meep_launcher@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

I think this comment wasn't supposed to be an argument for the existence of Israel, but rather directed at the initial premise. They are challenging the assumption that support for the Israeli state and support for the conflict in Gaza are one in the same.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

As were most countries.
And the Jewish people were killed and kicked out everywhere they lived for centuries prior to that.

[-] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago

That not Palestinians fault.

Why not give Jews half of Germany?

[-] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

As a German, I'd be fine with that. They can have the Eastern half.

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

Or Sitka, Alaska?

[-] dondelelcaro@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

That didn't work out so well.

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

I read the book because my wife is from Sitka. Apparently there is a disproportionately large Jewish population in real life as well, though not nearly like in the book.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 2 months ago

That's how it should have been handled tbh

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