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[–] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 343 points 1 year ago (73 children)

"Israel has a right to self-defence, but it has to be done within international law ... cutting water, cutting electricity, cutting food to a mass of civilian people is against international law," said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday (10 October).

He repeated the view more than once in his press briefing. "The Palestinian people are also suffering," he added.

An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. This cycle of violence and repression needs to stop.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 85 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's not an eye for an eye though. Israeli atrocities over the decades dwarf what has been inflicted upon them by Palestine and Hamas.

[–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not an eye-for-an-eye because we shouldn't consider targetting civilians an option. If you want to call militias that target civilians terrorists, be consistent regardless of what uniform they are wearing.

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[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (7 children)

You go far back in history enough and we can be here all day over who is guiltier

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago

In this case you don't need to go back "in history."

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

By this logic, history doesn't exist and nothing that happened yesterday should matter today.

[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Do we get to go back far enough to the part where israel admitted to funding hamas in 2019?

You guys know this isnt a conspiracy, right? Israeli politicians flat out said this in interviews?

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[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy hand-waving-atrocities Batman

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[–] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Welcome to the human condition. Justice isn't real, but that doesn't mean we can abandon it. It's impossible to undo the damage of the past, but if you turn a blind eye to it then nobody will follow you into the future.

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[–] chakan2@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

That's the point. The game is to be the last man standing with at least partial vision.

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