Comments by "Acid Joke" (@PWMoze) on "" video.

  1. The mainstream media want to hold Israel solely responsible for the civilian deaths in Gaza and now in the Lebanon too. The IDF have undoubtedly committed many atrocities in The Gaza Strip and delivered a terrible death toll upon the civilians in that zone. Nobody in their right mind would argue otherwise. However, why can they not also accept that it is the intention of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houtis and the Iranian regime to do exactly the same things to all Israelis? If it were not for the ‘Iron Dome’ all these brutalities would be equally inflicted upon the Israeli settlements if not worse, especially in the North, near the Lebanese border. Why can they not con sider who else is responsible for these innocent civilian deaths. Knowing the Israelis would attack their strongholds in response, Hamas authorized the most brutal terrorist attack upon a civilian target since 9/11. NOT a breakout from a 'prison' and not and act of 'resistance' but a brutal act of terror. Fully knowing the Israelis, in response, would seek out their bunkers and weapons caches they hid them beneath buildings full of civilians, such as hospitals and schools. Since the carnage began Hamas have not allowed civilians to shelter in their various extensive tunnel complexes, nor have they built bomb shelters with the money raised and given to them by the international community. Similarly they have chosen not to share most of the food and water supplied by NGOs. The truth is, most senior Hamas leaders are currently living in luxury in Qatar, paid for with money syphoned off from aid given to the people of Gaza, some are even living safely in London. Despite all the subsequent destruction caused by Oct 7th, the civilian deaths and the misery, Hamas leaders are on record as saying they would repeat such acts regularly if they were able. This is because Hamas believe that their own civilian casualties are a means to bring shame upon Israel and gain support from the wider international community. They have no regard for their own people's lives or safety, indeed they use religious rhetoric about martyrdom to justify their being cruelly sacrificed. The same could be said of Hezbollah and their relationship with benighted Lebanese people. Those who amplify this message, that 'Hamas has no guilt in this situation and that the blame only lies with Israel' are simply useful idiots, advocating on the terrorists’ behalf. With this in mind, Israeli's actions are described as 'genocidal' and 'indiscriminate' and yet compared to other similar conflicts, especially those fought in urban areas, the civilian death count is extraordinarily low. Out of a population of 2.2 million we are currently told (by Hamas, who clearly have an interest in inflating the numbers and conflate combatants with civilians) that there have been 42,000 civilian deaths over this past year. It actually seems a remarkably low number, considering the difficulties in fighting a war in a densely populated urban setting. We also know that the IDF have taken significant steps to restrict civilian causalities. For example, they warn civilians to evacuate before bombs are dropped on particular targets, yet we also know that Hamas positively and sometimes violently discourage people from evacuating those buildings and neighbourhoods targeted. Hamas have even (possibly accidentally) destroyed buildings, with civilians inside them, themselves. If the Israelis truly sought the genocidal destruction of the Palestinian people why is the ratio of civilian casualties against combatants only 2/1, rather than more like 16/1, as it has been in other similar wars and conflicts? Why, if the Israelis seek the annihilation of Palestinians are they not murdering the 2 million Palestinians currently living safely within the Israeli borders? For a nation so well equipped for war, are they not doing a very poor job if they really do seek a genocide? I'm not trying to defend the I.D.F's brutality, but I find myself wondering what any other country would do under similar circumstances? Would you not expect the UK to do the same if brutally and unexpectedly attacked by a continually hostile neighbour? If a group of radical Mexican terrorists crossed the border and raped, murdered and kidnapped Texan communities, would you not expect the US to react in the same way? Why are the Israelis expected to do any less, to be ‘proportional’, to allow ‘off ramps’ or be answerable to their other enemies in the UN? Why should the Israeli civilians not be protected and defended as completely as possible by their own government and military? Why should the Israelis tolerate being attacked by their neighbours? I'm just pointing out that it seems, in this bloody struggle, the BBC and other mainstream media outlets want to blame one side but not the other. No one wants to accept the reality of the situation: BOTH sides of the divide hate each other and there is no possibility of a peaceful solution while each side represents an existential threat to the other. Also, in an asymmetrical conflict such as this, where one side is significantly better equipped for warfare than the other, many civilians are inevitably going to be killed. It is a tragic consequence of one side caring significantly less for their own civilian population than the other. It also reflects the utter impossibility of Israel finding a peaceful settlement or even having a ceasefire with such a fanatical opponent. Meanwhile, ALL the ordinary people suffer, not just the Palestinians in Gaza, and both sides are responsible, not just the Israelis.
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