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[–] 359 points 3 years ago (98 children)

"Israel has a right to self-defence, but it has to be done within international law ... cutting water, cutting electricity, cutting food to a mass of civilian people is against international law," said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday (10 October).

He repeated the view more than once in his press briefing. "The Palestinian people are also suffering," he added.

An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. This cycle of violence and repression needs to stop.

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  • [–] 84 points 3 years ago (20 children)

    It's not an eye for an eye though. Israeli atrocities over the decades dwarf what has been inflicted upon them by Palestine and Hamas.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (15 children)

    You go far back in history enough and we can be here all day over who is guiltier

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Why is it political taboo to call them both monsters, and advocate for not supporting either until they can sort out the differences themselves?

    Because there's an obvious power imbalance and not picking a side just favors the already powerful?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Welcome to the human condition. Justice isn't real, but that doesn't mean we can abandon it. It's impossible to undo the damage of the past, but if you turn a blind eye to it then nobody will follow you into the future.

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