Palestinian death toll rises to 1500.

This in a few days of bombs and missiles into civilian areas. This is before the ground offensive starts and before or the health system collapses. Two things that are about to happen.

This is likely to result in tens of thousands of deaths and many more due to starvation and disease. This is before we get to life changing injuries, which will be tens of thousands again.

I'm not shedding a tear for the Hama's fighters who targeted civilians but I am for everyone else. If a whole population must be made collectively responsible for the actions of their government then, well I deserve to die. By logical extension, I must be responsible for the Iraq war, Brexit and all the poverty caused by Tory austerity policies.

Do we value all lives equally? If we do, then we should be all be condemning the actions of the Israeli state.

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HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M

Hamas was duly elected and carried out the attack.

Israel is protecting itself.

Goodbye Hamas

Guitarman123 · 31-35, M

@HoraceGreenley need a 2 state solution

HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M

@Guitarman123
It looks that way

Guitarman123 · 31-35, M

@HoraceGreenley both sides killing innocent people will never achieve anything

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@HoraceGreenley Yeah I wish things were that black and white. Sadly the more I look at it the more I doubt the narrative. Israel was arming Hamas and giving it money. The US was paying Hamas. Hamas operates in a large concentration camp with guards all around it. Egypt and Israel by land and Israel by sea keep a tight lid on the people in the area. How did it get the arms unless someone let them in? How did the practicing of the Hamas raid go unnoticed? Why were the guards asleep at the switch? Why was the much vaunted Iron Dome turned off? This has Israeli malfeasance written all over it. Then Israel engages in war crimes in revenge for what it allowed to happen. Hmmmmm

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@hippyjoe1955 That's a very astute analysis of the situtation. I agree with your opinion on this matter as you have expressed it in your recent comment.