An Argument I do not understand
A key argument of apologists for the slaughter in Gaza is that Hamas are a collection of armed thugs (they are) who force themselves on the Gazan people.
They acknowledge that the Gazans have little or no control over Hamas. How can unarmed civilians and children overthrow men with machine guns and rockets?
They then defend dropping high-explosive on those unarmed civilians on the grounds that Hamas hides itself amongst them. The civilians can’t control Hamas, yet suffer in their hundreds from the retaliation.
Large explosions kill indiscriminately. The Israeli military know this, and so know civilians will be killed. Because the Hamas gunmen live amongst the civilians.
They do not know how many, if any, members of Hamas will be killed by each bomb. They do know civilians will die.
How can that be justified without resort to the denial of an oppressed Palestinian’s basic humanity? They did not choose for a Hamas gunman to live across the gutter from them, yet they die because of it.
How can you justify that?