Nasser Abu Quta lost 19 members of his family in an instant when an Israeli airstrike blew up his home in a crowded refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip.
I’m sure the ICC is keeping a close eye on what transpires during this war. Perhaps, it’s too much to ask that the perpetrators of war crimes face the consequences of their decisions.
Exactly, a lot of the time it just feels like the flavour of the moment. Something is better than nothing however and whataboutism isn’t a valid argument against, but can be used to point out hypocrisy.
My original comment never explicitly called out Israel nor Hamas, and for good reason. You’re the one that claimed, and I quote, “read the article, there was no war crime”. The line I quoted was pulled directly from the article.
I’m sure now you will be correcting your original claim, right?
No, YOU were talking about Israel. My comment was “clearly” as general as I could make it. You replied to MY original comment, the onus is on you to understand the subject of my comment.
Instead of being intellectually honest about your mixup, you’re re-defining the goal posts. You challenged me to find a single part in the article that would classify as a war crime and to also provide the exact war crime committed. I did exactly that, as requested.
If you are naive enough to think that a bombing a “jam-packed refugee camp” was an honest mistake, then I have a bridge to sell you, going very very cheap.
Blowing up buildings and jam-packed refugee camps, knowing fully well that it’ll create mass civilian casualties is a war crime. And I’d rather take the word of experts rather than a nobody over this.
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But human rights groups have previously said that Israel’s pattern of deadly attacks on residential homes display a disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians and argued they may amount to war crimes.
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused the Israeli military of carrying out attacks that “apparently amount to war crimes” during an 11-day war in May against the Hamas militant group.
The international human rights organization issued its conclusions after investigating three Israeli airstrikes that it said killed 62 Palestinian civilians. It said “there were no evident military targets in the vicinity” of the attacks.
So yeah, brush it off as “Mistakes happen” somewhere else
@wintermute_oregon I don’t think ‘bombing hospitals isn’t *technically* a war crime’ really makes either you or the people you’re defending out to be real heroes.
Israel isn’t exactly operating with improvised explosives. Israel is one of the most well-funded militaries in the region and has enough Western guided munitions to fend off all their neighbours.
Either Western munitions are absolute garbage or Israel is going “oopsie doopsie I totally didn’t see those civilians!”
I’m sure the ICC is keeping a close eye on what transpires during this war. Perhaps, it’s too much to ask that the perpetrators of war crimes face the consequences of their decisions.
I’ve noticed though that these international bodies aren’t really effective at handling these types of conflicts.
Was anything done about Azerbaijan invading Armenia? Nope.
League of Nations 2.0.
Exactly, a lot of the time it just feels like the flavour of the moment. Something is better than nothing however and whataboutism isn’t a valid argument against, but can be used to point out hypocrisy.
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I think you need to read it again, there are multiple instances of war crimes reported.
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Are going for points on mental gymnastics?
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Sure thing, here’s one:
And the corresponding war crime is:
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A good rule of thumb to remember in these situations is who are the “good” guys and who are the “baddies”
For instance, when US bombs a hospital, it is NOT a war crime. DON’T EVEN DARE to call it as such ok. 🤗🤗
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-msf-investigation-idUSKCN0XQ24T
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Maybe you weren’t paying attention on the part where taking hostages is a war crime.
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My original comment never explicitly called out Israel nor Hamas, and for good reason. You’re the one that claimed, and I quote, “read the article, there was no war crime”. The line I quoted was pulled directly from the article.
I’m sure now you will be correcting your original claim, right?
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No, YOU were talking about Israel. My comment was “clearly” as general as I could make it. You replied to MY original comment, the onus is on you to understand the subject of my comment.
Instead of being intellectually honest about your mixup, you’re re-defining the goal posts. You challenged me to find a single part in the article that would classify as a war crime and to also provide the exact war crime committed. I did exactly that, as requested.
If you are naive enough to think that a bombing a “jam-packed refugee camp” was an honest mistake, then I have a bridge to sell you, going very very cheap.
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Blowing up buildings and jam-packed refugee camps, knowing fully well that it’ll create mass civilian casualties is a war crime. And I’d rather take the word of experts rather than a nobody over this.
Quoting from the article itself
The article quotes a previous article Human Rights Watch: Israeli war crimes apparent in Gaza war
So yeah, brush it off as “Mistakes happen” somewhere else
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@wintermute_oregon mistakes don’t make it not a war crime bruv
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@wintermute_oregon I don’t think ‘bombing hospitals isn’t *technically* a war crime’ really makes either you or the people you’re defending out to be real heroes.
Israel isn’t exactly operating with improvised explosives. Israel is one of the most well-funded militaries in the region and has enough Western guided munitions to fend off all their neighbours.
Either Western munitions are absolute garbage or Israel is going “oopsie doopsie I totally didn’t see those civilians!”
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