The Guardian’s view on the killing of children in Gaza

by confuzzled dude Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:07 pm

"Wars kill people, including teachers in their classrooms, nurses in their hospitals, and farmers in their fields. But when children die in the hail of steel soldiers direct at one another there is a special kind of obscenity. Children have no agency, not even the slightest shred of the responsibility or complicity that adults to one degree or another may possess."

"The Israelis did not go into Gaza to kill children. But, as Jon Snow implied in his passionate video this week, they went in knowing that they would kill children because it is impossible in that crowded, chaotic territory to pursue their foes without massive collateral damage. The only way not to kill children would be not to go in at all. And that raises the most critical issue, which is why they went in. The immediate justification was that Hamas rockets and raiding parties entering through tunnels were a threat to Israeli civilians. One may quarrel with that, because this threat has been, so far, relatively limited. It might get worse in the future, but is a country justified in the use of force because of something that may happen rather than something that has happened? That threat might never fully materialise because of Israeli technical superiority or because political developments rendered it irrelevant."

"The more fundamental reason why Israel went in is not related to what Hamas or Israel has done, but to what Israel has left undone. The distinguished Israeli writer David Grossman, addressing himself to Israeli leaders, asks: “How could you have wasted the years since the last conflict without initiating dialogue, without even making the slightest gesture toward dialogue with Hamas, without attempting to change our explosive reality? Why, for these past few years, has Israel avoided judicious negotiations with the moderate and more conversable sectors of the Palestinian people … Why have you ignored, for 12 years, the Arab League initiative that could have enlisted moderate Arab states with the power to impose, perhaps, a compromise on Hamas?”"

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/31/guardian-view-killing-children-gaza?commentpage=1

by confuzzled dude Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:47 pm

"Nothing is more shameful than attacking sleeping children," said the UN secretary-general as he pointed out that the precise location of this school had been communicated to the Israeli military authorities 17 times.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/gaza/11001759/Gaza-crisis-Nothing-is-more-shameful-than-attacking-sleeping-children.html

by ashdoc Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:29 pm

whatever israel is doing , the ISIS and boko haram do far worse . why dont the muslims complain about that ??

is killing of muslims by other muslims okay , and only israeli killing of muslims is bad ?? this attitude reeks of communalism .

by confuzzled dude Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:34 pm

ashdoc wrote:whatever israel is doing , the ISIS and boko haram do far worse . why dont the muslims complain about that ??

is killing of muslims by other muslims okay , and only israeli killing of muslims is bad ?? this attitude reeks of communalism .

Muslims complaining?! How did you deduce that? and your comparison of Israel with ISIS & Boko Haram says it all.

by MaxEntropy_Man Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:44 am

it's important to humanize the faces of the children being murdered. thanks for posting this.

spare a thought also for the brave people who work in such difficult war zones rendering humanitarian aid.

http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/5636731?utm_hp_ref=uk

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/un-spokesman-chris-gunness-cries-gaza

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Aug 02, 2014 12:38 pm

confuzzled dude wrote:
ashdoc wrote:whatever israel is doing , the ISIS and boko haram do far worse . why dont the muslims complain about that ??

is killing of muslims by other muslims okay , and only israeli killing of muslims is bad ?? this attitude reeks of communalism .
Muslims complaining?! How did you deduce that? and your comparison of Israel with ISIS & Boko Haram says it all.

Mullah Confuzed Davod is right...and ashdoc is wrong.

Muslims killing muslims is wrong...ISIS and Boko haram killing muslims is wrong. israelis killing muslims is wrong.

Muslims, ISIS, Boko Haram killing Christians and hindus is the only thing that is correct...and the Ummah reinforces that gospel every time citing Koran.

by confuzzled dude Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:35 pm

America gives Israel more ammunition - and more children die

The Guardian’s view on the killing of children in Gaza Gaza-conflict

40-day old Kerem Ebu Zeyid died after receiving injuries during an Israeli rocket attack

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/gaza-crisis-america-gives-israel-3945643#ixzz39HhuKlZq

"A Palestinian “miracle” baby who was born by caesarean after her mother, 23, was killed in an Israeli air strike died after battling to survive in hospital for three days"

by confuzzled dude Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:54 pm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/gaza-counter/

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