Still waiting for credible source for your bullshit claim.
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This is perfectly clear. It is an odious statement. The problem I have is that you are using one emotional statement, yes, even by the Defense Minister, in the midst of an invasion, attack, and the commission of atrocities against the sovereign people of Israel as an indication that Israel, as a whole, either its government or its people, have an ongoing policy toward causing the starvation of the people of Gaza with intent and purpose to commit genocide.
This is so easily refuted by the ACTIONS taken by the Israeli government in the past six months, that it defies belief anyone could hold such an opinion, let alone one who calls for "objectivity". There are hundreds of trucks going in to Gaza every day. Food. Water. Fuel. Medical supplies. Emergency shelters. Not only are both truck crossings open and functioning, but there is now an operating port(!) for this purpose. Things are not "closed". You can argue that there is not ENOUGH. You can argue that it takes too much TIME to inspect each truck. You can argue that there is inadequate DISTRIBUTION. You can argue the significant DANGER inherent during an active conflict. These would be reasonable and objective arguments. But arguing that "no food, no water, no fuel" is entering Gaza is patently ridiculous.
The objectivity and credibility of the humanitarian organizations IS in question. I would be happy to delve into that further, should you wish to pursue that line of conversation.
But let's discuss the specific claims made by Oxfam in their report. They are:
Did you want to start at the top? Or do you have a favourite?
- A total military siege amounting to collective punishment.
- An unjustifiably inefficient process of inspection protocols.
- Arbitrary rejection of "dual-use" items.
- Decimation, destruction, disruption.
- Attacks on aid workers, humanitarian facilities, and aid convoys.
- Absence of safety and forced displacement.
- Systematic denial of humanitarian missions and access restrictions humanitarian workers.
This is perfectly clear. It is an odious statement. The problem I have is that you are using one emotional statement, yes, even by the Defense Minister,
I suppose it depends on what you mean by "Islamic". I think the best success we have had with peace and prosperity is when Jews and Arabs live together under Israeli rule. It tends to cut down on the radicalization and demonization of the other. For that reason, I think it is a good idea for Jewish Israelis to move into Gaza.Do you feel that there will be a significant Islamic response if Gaza's existing civilians are killed and expelled and Settlers move in or do you feel that the Islamic world is too indifferent to get involved?
I suppose it depends on what you mean by "Islamic". I think the best success we have had with peace and prosperity is when Jews and Arabs live together under Israeli rule. It tends to cut down on the radicalization and demonization of the other. For that reason, I think it is a good idea for Jewish Israelis to move into Gaza.
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It tends to cut down on the radicalization and demonization of the other.
I think it is a good idea for Jewish Israelis to move into Gaza.
Load of hooey. Israel bombs family homes all of the time. They have for decades. It is SOP.No, of course not, but your question is irrelevant. The issue of how and when it is legal to kill civilians in a war is the subject of International Humanitarian Law, which Israel has been following meticulously. No IDF general can order a strike on a target that might cause civilian damage unless IDF lawyers first certify it would be in compliance with IHL.
I think even you know that's not true. Civilians die in wars, but they are not targeted by the IDF. In this war, 11% of the rockets fired at Israel, 1100 rockets, crashed in Gaza, no doubt accounting for many civilian casualties, and in 2008, 30% of the rockets fired at Israel crashed in Gaza. It is the madness of the Palestinians trying to undo the 1948 war that established Israel that is the cause of all the civilian casualties.Load of hooey. Israel bombs family homes all of the time. They have for decades. It is SOP.
They kill mom and the kids, sisters, aunts, grandmas. Civilians have always been the targets.
And this would be where you misunderstand my position. I am Canadian of Scots/Irish descent and live in Canada. I fully support the self-determination, independence, and sovereignty of the First Nations (indigenous) peoples.Finally, I don't know where you live or how long you've lived there but if you are like everyone else I've asked, you would resist the foreign invader - occupiers by any means possible.
But the Jews dispossed the people who were living in caanan, at least according to the tales of Joshua. Nevertheless, some scientific evidence suggests the Jews were merely one segment of Canaanites, and may actually be indigenous ... althought the Sabra and Palestinians share similar DNA.And this would be where you misunderstand my position. I am Canadian of Scots/Irish descent and live in Canada. I fully support the self-determination, independence, and sovereignty of the First Nations (indigenous) peoples.
The Jewish people (the collective of Jewish people) are the indigenous peoples of Israel, Judea and Samaria. I fully support the self-determination, independence, and sovereignty of the Jewish people.
And no, "resistance by any means necessary" is not at all the only way to cope with secession of a peoples in order to fulfill their aspirations for self-determination and sovereignty. There are numerous examples, including the First Nations people of Canada.
I am extremely uncomfortable with using blood quantum or DNA measures to "prove" ancestry for the purpose of determining people's rights. The value for determining indigeneity is (and should be) culture.But the Jews dispossed the people who were living in caanan, at least according to the tales of Joshua. Nevertheless, some scientific evidence suggests the Jews were merely one segment of Canaanites, and may actually be indigenous ... althought the Sabra and Palestinians share similar DNA.
Well, then the Jews lose. Joshua.I am extremely uncomfortable with using blood quantum or DNA measures to "prove" ancestry for the purpose of determining people's rights. The value for determining indigeneity is (and should be) culture.
I'm not sure what you mean. The Jewish people are indigenous to that land.Well, then the Jews lose. Joshua.
Load of hooey. Israel bombs family homes all of the time. They have for decades. It is SOP.
They kill mom and the kids, sisters, aunts, grandmas. Civilians have always been the targets.
Still waiting for credible source for your bullshit claim.