I don’t know enough about the Yemeni incident to comment on Jones’ criticism of the Saudis. But as for Israel, I have five thoughts:
1. Using casualties as some kind of moral barometer is perverse. Jones simply strips the numbers of all context to sling his mud.
If the number of dead Israelis isn’t equal to (or greater than) the number of dead Palestinians, it’s not for lack of Palestinian effort. We don’t apologize for surviving years of suicide bombings, drive-by shootings, stabbings, rock throwings, firebombings and now incendiary kites and balloons. If Hamas was capable of producing more precise rockets or outgunning Iron Dome, it would.
2. Israel’s battle with Hamas
is a battle with Hamas. Sorry, Jones, but the
nearly 200 rockets fired on Wednesday night aren’t objects you
frame (or
spin or
whitewash).
3. If Gaza is indeed “open-air prison camp,” it’s not because Israel is throwing its weight as a “regional military superpower.” It’s because Hamas is trying smuggle weapons into Gaza
by sea and
by land. When the Gaza terror threat ends, so will the blockade. For now, Hamas is remarkably persistent.
But Israel is too.
Deal with it.
(full article online)
Casualty Counts as a Moral Barometer and Virtue Signalling | HonestReporting
