Israel’s Big Lie of “Self-Defence”

[Shusha]

The military occupation of the past 50 years is illegal and their treatment of the Palestinians is criminal.

Israeli military control over Areas C and B is a result of a mutual agreement between the State of Israel and the State of Palestine. This is how States interact with each other (not illegal). Also, the territory was not occupied prior to the Oslo Accords.

 

[watchingfromafar]

Israeli military control over Areas C and B is a result of a mutual agreement between the State of Israel and the State of Palestine. This is how States interact with each other (not illegal). Also, the territory was not occupied prior to the Oslo Accords.

You are joking~~~~~~

Israel does not nor has it ever recognized “Palestine”., not now, not ever.
Only an Israeli mole would take your side.
No offence
Implied
Or otherwise
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[Shusha]

You are joking~~~~~~

Israel does not nor has it ever recognized “Palestine”., not now, not ever.
Only an Israeli mole would take your side.
No offence
Implied
Or otherwise
-

Sure. "State of Palestine" is an overreach. Technically, it is the "Palestinian Interim Self-Governing Authority" but sometimes you have to baby-step it for people.

 

[badbob85037]

An occupier does not have the right to use arms in “self-defence”.​

There are four reasons why Israel cannot cite a legal right to self-defence in response to Palestinian violence.

First and foremost is that the ability of a very strong military power to achieve anything defensive by the attrition of a much weaker military power is spurious and leads into the genocidal logic of attempting to deprive a people of all capacity for violence.

The second reason is that Israel is actively contravening UN Security Council resolutions and the UN Charter is very clear on the fact that the right to self-defence exists “until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security.” A state that works to thwart UNSC measures to maintain peace and security cannot logically be extended the unimpaired right to self defence.

On the third count Israel is an occupying power and the occupied have a legal right to armed resistance. It would be nonsensical to accord a legal right to use arms to defend against another’s legal resistance.

Fourthly, it would be equally paradoxical to allow each party to act in self-defence against each other’s acts of self defence. Thus one of the parties must be the aggressor. On several counts, not least its defiance of UNSC resolutions, Israel must be considered the aggressor.
Israel’s only legitimate way of defending itself begins with ending its occupation. Israelis have a right to life and they deserve peace and security as we all do, but they have no right to kill Palestinians and claim that they are pursuing those things.

Let's make no mistake, Israel is the aggressor! And it is committing genocide. According to Arnon Soffer...

“When 2.5 million people live in a closed-off Gaza, it’s going to be a human catastrophe. Those people will become even bigger animals than they are today … The pressure at the border will be awful. It’s going to be a terrible war. So, if we want to remain alive, we will have to kill and kill and kill. All day, every day..."

These words are shockingly Himmleresque in labelling a people animals; in stating that mass killing is neither choice nor desire, but necessity...

All the Israeli supporters at this website echo this theme that it is "necessary" to inflict all this damage on the Palestinian's. This is Germany in the 30's all over again!

Pull your head out. The lack of oxygen is destroying your brain cell.