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[–] 47 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I mean, Hamas's actions are pretty unambiguously war crimes.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hamas’s actions are pretty unambiguously war crimes

    Yes, and they're also clearly terrorism.

    But then, Israel have been reportedly and apparently focusing on "power targets", which are defined as those with little to no military value, where the goal is to destabilise the civilian population such that they put pressure on Hamas to enact change. "Using violence against civilians in pursuit of a political goal" is the dictionary definition of terrorism.

    Both acts are horrific, and above the threshold of anything that could be considered acceptable. It frankly isn't even worth comparing the two to try and figure out which one is worse - to do so would only tarnish your soul. They're different, but they're both unequivocally wrong.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    They are war crimes but they are very clearly not genocide.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    but they are very clearly not genocide.

    Only for lack of success.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I mean, their founding constitution literally says death to Israel. Lack of success is literally the only reason why.

    Doesn't justify Israel war crime, but people should atleast understand what both sides goals are.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (31 children)

    No it was pretty clear that they were not trying eradicate everyone. You don't get 33% military kills when you're going for genocide.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 2 years ago

    Too bad they're too busy going after Iran instead

    https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/analysis-israel-and-the-genocide-case-against-iran-at-the-icj/

    Let's hear some more from the "experts":

    By now AMAN, the IDF intelligence service, must have all the evidence against Iran’s involvement in the genocide on October 7 that was found right after the massacre and during the ground operation in Gaza.

    This evidence makes Iran complicit in the genocide carried out on October 7, 2023 against Israeli Jews in the villages around Gaza.

    The case that Israel will bring against Iran at the ICJ therefore appears to be a lot stronger than that of South Africa against the Jewish state.

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