The Hamas-run Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip says at least 500 people have been killed in an explosion that it says was caused by an Israeli airstrike.
Updated: Israel denies involvement in deadly Gaza hospital blast, says explosion caused by Islamic Jihad
Supporting Israel probably IS the “best” thing for the world at this point, sad as it is.
The Hamas attack was allegedly bankrolled by Iran as a way to destabilize Israel and to disrupt potential alliance talks with the Saudis. There is the constant fear that things will escalate and… they kind of already are due to the various (alleged?) strikes at or near borders.
Right now, the threat of the US and other “Western” nations getting involved is keeping that somewhat in check. Without that, we are looking at another Six Day War situation… involving multiple nuclear powers.
I REALLY hope there are a lot of back channel condemnations and threats occurring. And I do hope this leads to, bare minimum, economic sanctions. But we more or less can’t say “Fuck it, you monsters are on your own”.
As for “a right to self-defense is not a blank check to commit war crimes”: Uhm… probably check out most (all?) of the wars of the 20th century. Sorry, “conflicts” because the w word is bad. Civilians suffer for the dick measuring of their leaders.
Supporting Israel probably IS the “best” thing for the world at this point, sad as it is.
The Hamas attack was allegedly bankrolled by Iran as a way to destabilize Israel and to disrupt potential alliance talks with the Saudis. There is the constant fear that things will escalate and… they kind of already are due to the various (alleged?) strikes at or near borders.
Right now, the threat of the US and other “Western” nations getting involved is keeping that somewhat in check. Without that, we are looking at another Six Day War situation… involving multiple nuclear powers.
I REALLY hope there are a lot of back channel condemnations and threats occurring. And I do hope this leads to, bare minimum, economic sanctions. But we more or less can’t say “Fuck it, you monsters are on your own”.
As for “a right to self-defense is not a blank check to commit war crimes”: Uhm… probably check out most (all?) of the wars of the 20th century. Sorry, “conflicts” because the w word is bad. Civilians suffer for the dick measuring of their leaders.
lolno