Try to tell us you are not committing genocide without committing genocide

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/middleeast/west-bank-village-stormed-by-israeli-settlers-intl/index.html

Terrorists on both sides. “They did it first” is no excuse.

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NerdyPotato · M

[quote]Reached for comment by CNN, the Israel Defense Forces said “violent riots were instigated in multiple locations in the area”[/quote]

Interesting how they didn't say who instigated those riots. Phrasing like that is often used by people who did something themselves but don't want to admit it.

trollslayer · 46-50, M

@NerdyPotato the article says it was “settlers”, but Israel has been caught lying in similar incidents. It does at least appear the idf was complicit, as they were unwilling to use force against the settlers to stop the raid. Btw, these raids are not new - but they are getting attention now.

NerdyPotato · M

@trollslayer I don't see the article mentioning the IDF said that. To me it sounded like that information came from Palestinian sources.

It's no surprise that Israelis started this as usual, and only mildly surprising that the IDF didn't fire at Israeli settlers though. Obviously they didn't want to hurt those, but they have hit their own before when they got a little too trigger happy. It's sort of good to see they at least worked up enough constraint to verify someone isn't a colleague before killing them.