Derek welcomes back Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), to discuss the humanitarian situation Gaza since the International Court of Justice’s rulings at the end of January in South Africa’s case against Israel. They get into what the court actually ordered, Israel’s response, the current humanitarian catastrophe, the
It’s as clear as day Israel is deliberately starving Gaza to death as part of their genocide campaign, so why accept Israel’s framing and rebut their bogus talking points one by one? It’s better to frame things rationally, and to proof them one by one.
The humanitarian situation in Gaza was caused by a humanitarian situation in Israel. That situation was caused by the terrorists that Israel is committed to defeating to prevent another humanitarian crisis in Israel. Because the terrorists in Gaza have clearly articulated that they will not stop causing humanitarian crises in Israel, to prevent further crises in Israel, Israel has no choice but to defeat/eradicate the terrorists.
Maybe those truly concerned about the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza, instead of heading toward anti-Israel (and by proxy anti-Israeli Jew) activism, they would demand and end to the terrorists committing to causing ongoing humanitarian crises in Israel.
But then that would mean eventually finding a new cause to fill a life-meaning gap.
Meanwhile the same sponsor of these Gaza terrorists, Iran, is fomenting terrorism on the Red Sea... disrupting the Global Order and risking major global economic trouble as supply chains are disrupted and shipping risk insurance skyrockets.
But there is little to any chatter from the anti-Israel and antisemite left about this fact. In terms of overall human harm a global reset of supply chains will result in massive starvation for many parts of the world that have grown reliant on food transportation on the seas.
Anytime a military force or a nation resorts to using mass starvation as an instrument of war against a civilian population it has lost any basis for claiming the moral high ground. If Israel had limited its activity to holding the militant-wing of Hamas accountable for October 7th, the backlash against Israel would be much more limited. Instead it has unleashed violence against the entire population without any distinction. The violence on October 7th also has to be viewed in the context of what has been happening in the West Bank throughout the past year. Do the Palestinian people have a right of self-defense, or does this right of self-defense only apply in one direction?
Hamas embeds themselves within the Gaza population. They like to especially stay where there are children around so to give good media propaganda to Western antisemites.
The use of starvation as a weapon of war against a civilian population is never acceptable under any circumstance. The moment you start carving out exceptions, you are treading down a slippery slope traveled by some of the biggest racists and antisemites of the past 100 years. The same is true with respect to torture and other forms of collective punishment.
It’s as clear as day Israel is deliberately starving Gaza to death as part of their genocide campaign, so why accept Israel’s framing and rebut their bogus talking points one by one? It’s better to frame things rationally, and to proof them one by one.
The humanitarian situation in Gaza was caused by a humanitarian situation in Israel. That situation was caused by the terrorists that Israel is committed to defeating to prevent another humanitarian crisis in Israel. Because the terrorists in Gaza have clearly articulated that they will not stop causing humanitarian crises in Israel, to prevent further crises in Israel, Israel has no choice but to defeat/eradicate the terrorists.
Maybe those truly concerned about the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza, instead of heading toward anti-Israel (and by proxy anti-Israeli Jew) activism, they would demand and end to the terrorists committing to causing ongoing humanitarian crises in Israel.
But then that would mean eventually finding a new cause to fill a life-meaning gap.
Meanwhile the same sponsor of these Gaza terrorists, Iran, is fomenting terrorism on the Red Sea... disrupting the Global Order and risking major global economic trouble as supply chains are disrupted and shipping risk insurance skyrockets.
But there is little to any chatter from the anti-Israel and antisemite left about this fact. In terms of overall human harm a global reset of supply chains will result in massive starvation for many parts of the world that have grown reliant on food transportation on the seas.
Anytime a military force or a nation resorts to using mass starvation as an instrument of war against a civilian population it has lost any basis for claiming the moral high ground. If Israel had limited its activity to holding the militant-wing of Hamas accountable for October 7th, the backlash against Israel would be much more limited. Instead it has unleashed violence against the entire population without any distinction. The violence on October 7th also has to be viewed in the context of what has been happening in the West Bank throughout the past year. Do the Palestinian people have a right of self-defense, or does this right of self-defense only apply in one direction?
Hamas embeds themselves within the Gaza population. They like to especially stay where there are children around so to give good media propaganda to Western antisemites.
The use of starvation as a weapon of war against a civilian population is never acceptable under any circumstance. The moment you start carving out exceptions, you are treading down a slippery slope traveled by some of the biggest racists and antisemites of the past 100 years. The same is true with respect to torture and other forms of collective punishment.
This guy is obviously a paid Israeli troll, just ignore him.