So you're saying Hamas committed less war crimes than Israel?
lol.
So you're saying Hamas committed less war crimes than Israel?
lol.
That is exactly what I'm saying and I challenge you to prove otherwise.
1. there is no trolling in this thread and only a fool thinks there is
2. you are the accuser in this case. mrbazoun has laid out his arguments and his points intelligently and logically and has already engaged in conversation with someone in a civilized manner, which is a sharp contrast to your own posting.
so, what you should do is say 'wait are you telling me that hamas has done less than israel? that's bullshit and here's why: blah blah blah'
otherwise you aren't contributing to the thread at all, just causing contention for no reason whatsoever. don't do that.
The IDF has certainly killed more Palestinian civilians than Hamas has killed Israeli civilians (or civilians and soldiers combined); the IDF has also caused far more damage to Palestinian residential areas, infrastructure, etc. than Hamas has caused to the same things in Israel. Israel also continues settlement in the occupied territories, which is a violation of Article 49 of the Geneva Conventions on the conduct of warfare (population transfer into occupied territories). Their control of the flow of goods into Gaza also causes massive human suffering, certainly much more than anything caused in Israel by the actions of Hamas.
I'm not pro-Hamas--just the opposite really--nor would I describe myself as anti-Israel (I just think they need to act differently in many ways). I'm not saying that Israel is "more evil" than Hamas or anything like that. But Israeli political power over Palestinians, as well as their technological/military superiority over the Palestinians, has allowed them to inflict far more destruction and suffering on the Palestinians (much of which could be called war crimes) than the Palestinians have ever inflicted on them.
Last edited by Syme; 12-09-2009 at 10:14 AM.
Bookmarks