As I've previously stated I am tnot in favour of killing civilians. However Hamas and its support structure are legitimate targets.to
No, they arent. International law is quite clear - you cannot go after civilian targets / supporters / police stations in the way that the IDF has been. Targets do not become "legitimate" just because the IDF deems them so.
zachor said:
I'm the very first to say (check my threads if you disagree) to say that the Palestinians a) deserve to be compensated financially for the events at the recreation of the state of Israel and b) that I would accept a withdrawal from the West Bank if this was a cause of long term peace.
How good of you to offer peace on your terms. One wonders whether the Palestinians would accept money to fuck off, I rather think not.
zachor said:
I am vehemently opposed to Hamas as i am opposed to all fascists. Fascism doesn't always come in lederhosen and smart uniforms, fascism can also come in the form of a religious movement such as Islamism.
Thats as close as you could have come to saying islamofascism, that delightful staple of the neocons that attempted to conflate one very serious problem with their own, rather less serious, "problem". I also note the "death cult" staple below.
Zachor said:
I hope that 'land for peace' would lead to a lasting reduction in animosity between Palestinians and Israelis but the more I read about Islamism the more I see it for what it is which is a fascist idelogy which wants nothing less than a second Shoah. Its not Israel the state which is the problem it is the People Israel, the Jewish people who are the main target of their hatred and agression.
Is it any wonder that loons such as Hamas get in (though I rather think their loonage is overstated by the likes of you) when all the moderate opinion, all the non-violent resistance, all the diplomatic side of things is told to fuck off by the Israelis? "
WTF? We keep them in prison for sixty years, steal their land, blow up their leaders and they are electing people who profess to not like us? Bastards.".
Zachor said:
Its been centuries since we had full scale religious war in the UK and quite frankly we've forgotten as a nation what it is like although to think of the NI Troubles and multiplying the effects and the hatred by a factor of 100 may give you some Idea.
Ah yes, we really dont know what we are talking about, we should bow to your greater understanding in order to comprehend why the regions most heavily armed state bombing the prison they constructed for the same people they dispossessed is a good thing.
Zachor said:
I'm mortally disappointed to see people on the Left who were always enemies of antisemitism standing shoulder to shoulder with right wing fascist Islamists, who desire either the submission of Jews to Islamist rule as second class 'Dhimmi' sub citizens or the outright destruction of Jews. The is because of a misguided view that Hamas are some sort of 'liberation movement' for the Palestinians they are not. Hamas are no more liberators of Palestinians than the Nazis were liberators of the Germans. This misguided idea that supporting fascists such as Hamas and similar groups is being progressive or bringing freedom must be challenged. Its a false premise.
Again, few people
if any here are supporting Hamas - far more people are opposing the Israeli action for various, entirely justifiable, reasons. This kind of Zionism-or-nothing, therefore any action is justified, is, ironically enough, far more likely to lead to a second Shoah than anything else is.
Zachor said:
As I've said before I and nor are many Israelis who I've talked to who are closer to the situaiton than I am geographically support the idea of indiscriminate killing of civilians but sometimes civilians get killed in wartime. When you factor in that Israel is fighting a death cult which thinks nothing of putting its own civilians in harms way the number of civilians killed is considerably less than say for example the Russian attacks on Grozny. If people want to campaign against disproportionate responses they should turn their attention to the govt in Moscow not the one in Jerursalem.
"The Israeli actions arent evil, and anyway there is someone who is more evil than us."
Zachor said:
During the war against German fascism civilians from Germany, the Netherlands, France etc etc all suffered from bombing which was aimed in the main at the military infrastructure of the German aggressor. It is a similar situation in Gaza. Civilians are being hit as part of a war against fascism that is unfortunate but better than letting the fascists of Hamas et al win.
A nonsensical comparison. The Nazis were a military superpower that was able to conquer most of geographical Europe and seriously fight the rest of the world for three years. Hamas are able to fire single rockets into Israel, no less than 6000, of which about 18 people have died.
Zachor said:
Some of my family marched with the Communists and Jews at Cable Street to confront fascists and that is why I'm marching against Hamas and for peace tomorrow.
Good for you.