Hundreds of casualties as Israel hits Gaza hospital sheltering thousands
www.aljazeera.com
Israeli air strike hits the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City where thousands are seeking safety and treatment.
  • dontcarebear
    -25•2 years ago

    Well, Israel is bound by international law and is a (flawed) democracy. Doesn’t excuse them from wrongdoing though, but it makes things more gray than black.

    The rest of the nation’s in the middle-east (or West Asia) are authoritarian nations that brutalize the population on occasion. Jordan in black September springs to mind as the Palestinians tried to overthrow the Jordanian rule and conquer it.

    So, yeah, it is complicated.

    • @ubermeisters@lemmy.world
      15•2 years ago

      “It’s complicated” is double speak for “if I say what I think, you people will realize how shitty my views are, and I’m unprepared to back them up with rational explinatiom because i have none”

      • dontcarebear
        -8•2 years ago

        I just pointed at a genocide perpetrated by Jordan, another west asian state. On Palestinians.

        It isn’t double speak, it is backing up a direct claim against the original claim.

        Can’t you read?

    • LollerCorleone
      20•2 years ago

      Well, Israel is bound by international

      The entire issue here is that they aren’t. They are openly committing war crimes in breach of international conventions and none of the self-appointed guardians of democracy in the West seem to be batting an eye.