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Title: | Notice Harel`s sleight of hand at the beginning? | |||
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| Name: | Johnboy | | |||
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| City: | Sydney | State: | Australia | | |
| It is indeed subtle. Check it out: AH: "The Palestinians, it is thought, have suffered a nearly intolerable amount of casualties this past week and are looking for a way out of the hostilities." AH: "But it appears that Israel forgot to take into consideration Hamas` military wing, whose operatives have continued to launch Qassam and Grad Katyusha rockets on the western and northern Negev." Well, if we are "forgetting" Hamas` military wing then just who, pray tell, are these "Palestinians, it is thought" that you are talking about???? You didn`t say "The Hamas political wing". You said "the Palestinians". Harel is attempting to justify collective punishment i.e. the idea that if Israel inflicts enough pain on the Pals who ***aren`t*** firing those rockets then the Pals who ***are*** firing the rockets will be forced to stop. That Is Collective Punishment, And That Is A War Crime. |
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