And for anyone that has been following this conflict for more than just half a year, this isn't new. Israel has been doing this for decades now. It's fairly normal practice for them.
Oh look more Credible Evidence of war crimes. And we're just going to ignore it like everything else.
IDF: Hamas is terrible; they use human shields!
also IDF:
For those that haven't seen it yet, here's the newest Aljazeera video with hard video evidence of israel using Human Shields in Gaza. Even dressing them up as IDF soldiers and forcing them to clear buidlings
I first started following the Israeli-Palestinian conflict twelve years ago and the IDF were using Palestinians as human shields back then (and I believe well before then). While this is nothing new, seeing video evidence of it is so jarring, horrifying, and indefensible it has left me feeling shaken and infuriated at the wanton disregard for human life and international law.
Do you know of any version with English subs?
Someone posted this below it looks accurate.
I just used closed capation auto translate on the YouTube video.
Another day, another disgusting thing done by Israel. And another day other countries governments just don't seem to give a shit. What the fuck.
"full-fledged", unlike all the many, many, other only partially-fledged war crimes /s
Geneva suggestion misinterpretations
Yepp - condemnation it is!
I found the first part where the guy was digging in the rubble, then later searching the tunnel to be inconclusive. I couldn't tell who or what was going on.
However, the second part, where the guy is handcuffed in his underwear, surrounded by soldiers, then later on it looks like the same guy being herded through a building... that doesn't look good. Someone below mentioned a possible prisoner swap. I don't think prisoner swaps are handled like that.
"The most moral army in the world"
Almost as moral as the fullest void is full
I swear, if they accuse us of antisemitism for criticizing this move for the umpteenth time, I will checkmate them by saying that real Jews would never, ever, encourage this sort of behavior.
Why is it so easy to excuse Israel for this disgusting thing they're doing?
real Jews would never, ever, encourage this sort of behavior.
I really wish that were true. I’m a Jew, and I am fully against this genocide and Israel’s hypocrisy in general, but Israel is full of real Jews who absolutely encourage this behavior. It’s sad, demoralizing, and shameful, especially for us “normal” Jews who see it for the evil that it is, but I’m not sure enough of the world realizes how normalized this kind of violence is in Israel. I’ve spent a lot of time there, and the vapid, bloodthirsty hatred for Palestinians is absolutely real, and many many more Jews than you or I would like to believe support these atrocities.
I’m a descendant of Holocaust survivors, with a sizable contingent of family that escaped Europe to Israel, and I frankly won’t be talking to any of them ever again now that I know they happily support genocide.
I get what you're saying but I think they're trying to say anyone who would do this isn't a real Jew. In the same way we try to disavow Christians who are punishing the poor and homeless.
Ah yeah that makes sense. Though in the past I’ve gotten in trouble for trying to say who is and who isn’t a “real” Jew (many an argument about Messianic Jews over the dinner table). But yeah, anyone who supports genocide doesn’t deserve my respect, so I’m okay calling them not real Jews.
Truly what a depressing time we live in. 😪
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