Hamas Attacks Israel: 70 Israelis, 198 Palestinians Dead

[Dill]

(10-10-2023, 08:33 AM)basballguy Wrote: So make an argument that IDF is terrorizing people.  I’m not saying one is and the other isn’t.  

What I am saying is the majority of the world calls these actions terroristic.   Now I feel like you do agree this is terrorism (hence why I called it silly) but you would rather lock in on a random comment simply because you enjoy arguing with people.  

Or I could be completely wrong.  You could possibly think murdering teenagers in cold blood to incite fear isn’t terrorism.  I doubt you feel that way though :)

The majority of the world calls the occupation illegal.
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/10/commission-inquiry-finds-israeli-occupation-unlawful-under-international-law

So far it looks to me like you are applying a double standard here, on a number of levels. World opinion matters when it favors Israel,
but not when it favors palestinians under their military control. 

But I'll make the argument the IDF has and does terrorize people, focusing for the moment on Gaza.
Israel has killed thousands of civilians in Gaza. The Israeli human rights group B'etselem keeps a data base
which disaggregates casualties by gender and age. 
https://statistics.btselem.org/en/stats/during-cast-lead/by-date-of-incident?section=minors&tab=charts

Israel has killed far more Palestinian teenagers, most of the death raining down on trapped civilians from the air--to "incite fear." 

Two million people whose grandparents were stripped of their land are penned into an open air prison they cannot leave. 
Any show of resistance to that imprisonment brings bombs.  Ho hum. Excusable.

But if some break out and kill their captors there is suddenly outrage at "terrorism" which "nothing can excuse."

Hamas is nuts. Twisted. They have become more twisted year by year, and have themselves killed hundreds of 
Palestinians--anyone who supports the two-state solution and peace. But it is Israeli policy, with US support, that has
created this monster. It is aggravating that when they suddenly strike back at their jailers, so few, SAFE here in the US, have time
question why they were jailed in the first place--for three generations--while so many deny that understanding this history
should play any role in resolving present war and preventing future ones.