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Tariq Kenney-Shawa, Al-Shabaka's U.S. policy fellow, said: "This is among the worst footage I've seen. Not only were these boys clearly unarmed and present no threat whatsoever, but they were struck multiple times even after stumbling/crawling away. There is no way they could have been considered combatants. This is unreal."

Assal Rad, an author with a Ph.D. in Middle East history, said: "Have we ever seen so many war crimes take place right before our eyes? Any country still providing weapons and aid to Israel is complicit in these crimes."

[Warning: the article contains a footage whose content may distress users.]

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[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For sure. Nevertheless it is the state of Israel carrying out the dirty work, rather than a bunch of rogue Zionists doing it by themselves.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Agreed. The state of Israel is thoroughly in the hands of the Zionist elements.

My point is that the options and views of the people aren't always well reflected in their government. A lot of countries have the same problem (US and UK, definitely!). It's human nature to band together, when attacked from the outside. Focusing attacks on the culpable entity helps a lot in correcting that.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I mean your point is true in general but Israel just has that many genocidal maniacs. Just look how much support the war has, even though they want Natanyahu out.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Much of that is the effect of propaganda. Once it becomes "us Vs them" a lot of logical thinking goes out the window. The first step to countering it is to stop feeding into it.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

I guess so, but what I meant is that this isn't a case of people being misrepresented by their government. The government is following the majority (which is growing, by the way) position of "let's genocide the Palestinians for Lebensraum", setting aside why that's the minority position. This mess won't end with Netanyahu and his ilk leaving.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago