The line drawn at October 7 is the issue. The way it gets portrayed as the start, which it isn'tWell it happened. If it hadn’t, Israel wouldn’t have gone after Hamas and the death and destruction in Gaza wouldn’t have occurred. There is no getting away from that
I thought that's what we would get. There are pictures in newspapers and on websites. There were children. Some had their hands tied behind their backs, executed.While there is evidence of mass graves, where is the evidence of “mass slaughter”?
Were they victims of bombings? Were they collaborators? Who buried them, Israel or other Palestinians. He said , she said.
No he said she said. The israeli silence says it all, It's a war crime
But many people said they deplored October 7 and that hasn't been good enough. Do you condemn it as a war crime?I thought I’ve answered that many times over the course of these discussions. Obviously some people suffer from a short memory span or don’t read what I actually post. But I’ll say it again.
I deplore the loss of any innocent civilians. Israeli or Palestinian .
No doubt I’ll get asked that again…and again
You don't get to tell me how I can answer a question, sorryNow how about you answer one question in return. If October 7 didn’t happen do you believe the death and destruction in Gaza would have occurred?
A simple “yes” or “no” will do. No deflecting, no waffling on. A simple yes or no.
The attack on Gaza was precipitated by the October 7 attack but the disproportionate nature of it is because of something else. However the question back is whether October 7 would have happened if the denial of the rights of the palestinian people had not continued for so long as the hands of the state of Israel? This continual treatment of October 7 as if it is an isolated event and not a symptom is a denial of facts.
If it were not for the persecution of the Palestinian people Hamas would not even exist. There would be no reason for it.