Is the killing of almost 1,000 children a week self-defence?
That’s a question that leaders around the world are going to need to contemplate in coming days as the war between Israel and Hamas continues — or indeed escalates.
It’s a confronting question. It’s one that may pit Israel and its strong supporters against others. It’s a question that Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may be asked at some point.
Organisations such as Save the Children and UNICEF are examining the figures provided by the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health say the civilian death rate is staggering…
Imagine if 1,000 American children were being killed a week. The world’s response would be completely different.
John Lyons’ imaginings could have been – in fact, they substantially were – scripted by terrorists.
Alf, perhaps explain your point re the clip of Rachel Goldberg.
Her son is still a hostage of Hamas. She would have been counseled to include a nice word for Gazan civilians.
No Alf.
I’m not permitting baiting on this topic at the site.
If we continue down this road, I’ll close the thread down.
Cassie: I wouldn’t know. I remain interested in your view of the Mum whose child is in Gaza.
CL: the point is very plain. Her view is the same as Netanyahu on the subject at hand. Terrorism is no response to terrorism. If you watch it all you can hear her own words. And my point is that the hateful remarks here need to be tempered with humanity and decency.
That’s good because Israel is not conducting terrorism but seeking to destroy hamas terrorists and retrieve hostages.
Hamas continues its terrorism domestically, refusing to allow foreign nationals to exit gaza, withholding fuel and other essentials from the civilian population, discouraging and preventing civilians from exiting a war zone in the north, using civilians as human shields, firing rockets from sites close to civilians, dropping their poor quality rockets on their domestic population as as well as indiscriminately attacking the civilian population of Israel.
They should surrender and release all hostages.
Despite C.L.’s request, Alf from Toowoomba continues to bait.
Okay then….
Alf aka Bob: I remain interested in your view of the murdered 1400 Jews across Southern Israel and the kidnapped Jews, held against their will, in Gaza. Do you condemn what happened, yes or no? It isn’t a hard question. I remember your vociferous condemnation of the massacre in Christchurch in 2019. You were right to condemn that atrocity, but I note your silence over the 1400 butchered, slaughtered, raped, mutilated, and beheaded Jews from the invasion of 7 October 2023.
Alf aka Bob: or are you a hypocrite? It appears so, and sadly, nothing has changed. When you were allowed to plaster Sinc’s site with your tedious ramblings, I and others called you out for the hypocrite you are, and clearly, given your nasty comments here, you remain a hypocrite.
I think it’s best if C.L. closes this thread down. Your comments are beyond distasteful.
I’ll just state here, the IDF and Israel’s response is NOT terrorism. And only a Jew hater would think that.