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916 points phillipharris | 1 comments | 21 Apr 25 08:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.221s | source
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throw310822[dead post] ◴[21 Apr 25 08:43 UTC] No.43749654[source]▶
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mschuster91[dead post] ◴[21 Apr 25 08:50 UTC] No.43749688[source]▶
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regentbowerbird ◴[21 Apr 25 08:59 UTC] No.43749753[source]▶
If I follow your logic:

- Israel has to eradicate Hamas as its existence is too much of a threat ("there is no alternative")

- Hamas has embedded itself in the civilian population in Gaza so that they are indistinguishable

- therefore, Israel must eliminate all Gazawis to guarantee its security

So.. Will Israel kill millions to avenge the deaths of thousands?

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mschuster91 ◴[21 Apr 25 09:03 UTC] No.43749774[source]▶
> therefore, Israel must eliminate all Gazawis itself to guarantee its security

Guess why they're keeping the Palestinians on a run: to ransack the entire place for weapons caches or Gaza Metro entrances. And that's not eliminating the Gazan population, by the way.

I don't like it very much myself, but honestly, I do not see any other way of making sure Hamas does not rise up again.

> Will Israel kill millions to avenge the deaths of thousands?

Again: it's not about revenge any more, it's about preventing the repeat of 2006-2023 aka constant terror from Qassam rockets and other terrorism.

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1. jtrip ◴[21 Apr 25 09:30 UTC] No.43749933[source]▶
I wonder what would have happened if the Americans had taken the same approach with the Iraqis and the Afganis. As someone said, if your enemy is carrying a baby, you don't punch him through the baby, you punch around it.

The staggering number of civilian casualties, deaths and literal executions that have been inflicted in the name of peace must give the acting populace a pause. In the name of humanity. The place is just rubble now. How much more security could one country want? No one else has done something like this since the first world war.