What is your point?
Was it an attack on journalists as some falsely claimed? No, they were warned ahead of time.
Do buildings hosting journalists have some special protection in war? No, that's only for civilian hospitals and some other buildings.
Those are my points. I don't know if the Israeli claim that Hamas used the building are accurate or not.
Why you keep focusing on that attack is beyond most of us.
Then I'm sure you'll agree that the arguments against the Hamas rocket attacks are overblown, too, right? That those rocket attacks are just fine, because they're "just targeting buildings" as well, not people? And attacking civilian buildings is totally fine, in your perspective.
Right?
Or have you been talking out your entire ass the whole time?
First and foremost that wasn't the original claim.
But great that we have moved on from the false claim that it was an attack on journalists (which would have been bad), and now focus on whether it was an attack on media.
Misleading comparison again. Targeting civilian hospitals and some other things is bad - and as far as I can see water treatment plants are among those special targets.
But buildings with media companies aren't among them - they are just normal civilian buildings and targeting them isn't ideal - but certainly not as bad targeting civilians, or specially protected buildings like civilian hospitals and water treatment plants.
You are continuously confusing really shitty action (like attacking a water treatment plant) with an attack on a building that housed media, residentials - and possibly was used by Hamas.
I don't understand why you are that confused and focus all the attention on that.
Yeah, no. Considering Arabs are ~20% of population, have almost zero presence in armed forces, against Jews of whom majority have served (remember, mandatory draft, including women) + high level of patriotism it would make for a very onesided war. At most, West Bank might try to do something, but I can't see it mattering.
The Israeli targeted a building that people had left; you are comparing that with rockets in the general direction of cities comprised of buildings with people inside - which is a different issue.
I never stated that it was totally fine, only that it is lot let less bad than attacking civilians, or hospitals etc.
And if you only want to complain about bombing civilian building the fact that there were media companies in the building is irrelevant.
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Benjamin Netanyahu is a literal holocaust revisionist. he and his government are no better than apartheid South Africa but even more brazen with their fascist beliefs.
Given that the Israeli attacks are killing innocent people, you're just ignoring the facts, here.
In fact, the Israeli attacks are significantly more deadly than Hamas' attacks, in terms of innocent civilian lives. And children, specifically, to boot.
And yet, you're defending the Israeli attacks, but not defending Hamas'.
Attacking civilian buildings is attacking civilian populations.I never stated that it was totally fine, only that it is lot let less bad attacking civilians, or hospitals etc.
Particularly when there are deaths connected to those attacks.
55 Palestinian children killed by Israel in the last week.
No, I want to point out that the building was selected to silence journalists reporting on the events, because their reporting put Israel's actions in a bad light.And if you only want to complain about bombing civilian building the fact that there were media companies in the building is irrelevant.
As far as I understand those are other Israeli attacks.
I don't know why you ignored them and focused on the attacks on a building with media companies, and false claimed that the media building attack was an attack on journalists; or why others saw it an attack comparable to an attack on protected buildings like civilian hospitals and water treatment plants.
If you want to complain about targeting or at least not avoiding civilian Palestinians do that - even if they aren't as news-savvy as journalists.
I don't know about the motives, and I find that explanation too simpleminded. What makes you so convinced that you know the exact reason?
Remember that Israel seem to have used more advanced deceptions during this war - including using the media to trick Hamas fighters into a trap.
Look into it if you have time. The situation is really tense.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...-now-1.9500059
"For 40 years, Israel has allowed a radical separatism, fed by political extortion and impunity, to flourish. That Haredi sedition, empowered by its blatant defiance of COVID rules, is now a danger to the Jewish state"
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Indeed, it is important to note here and due to generalisations it does not happen that we are not speaking of all Jews here in support of these aggressive actions (with that i mean the land grab and evicting of Palestinians) not even all Jews in Israel, it's a group of extremists, religious extremists the kind that finds everyone not them lesser beings. Sadly they have gotten more and more power for several reasons, radicalization happening on both ends is going to spell bad news for that entire region.
Every scenario i can think of means bad news for all those living there, where as they think if they get more power they'll end up getting a better situation for them. That region has always been a time bomb but seems the last years things are speeding up.
“My philosophy is: It’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.”
― Anthony Hopkins
An attack on a media building is an attack on journalists. I have no idea why you keep insisting otherwise. An attack on journalists' capacity to do their jobs and broadcast for distribution is an attack on journalists. Whether they were personally injured or killed is not the only factor to be considered.
It's the same way that police smashing a journalist's camera to destroy evidence of their bad conduct is an attack on the journalist who was carrying it. It's a distinction without meaning.
As for the rest; you're just lying out your ass because I've spent plenty of time in this thread attacking Israel's penchant for slaughtering Palestinian civilians and children.
That there is no other reason presented other than Israel's completely unsupported claim that there was a super secret Hamas intelligence office in the building that nobody else in the building knew about.I don't know about the motives, and I find that explanation too simpleminded. What makes you so convinced that you know the exact reason?
I have no reason to believe the word of a murderous regime that has repeatedly and consistently lied in the past.