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Netanyahu lashes out at Carney for daring to criticize him (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bruh it’s happened so much there’s an Israeli High Court case that specifically forbids the practice. Hasn’t prevented the practice, there are multiple documented instances, from different conflicts, that the Jewish group B’Tslem has a white paper on just the subject of IDF using human shields:

…soldiers have ordered Palestinians to:

-enter buildings to check if they are booby-trapped, or to remove the occupants

-remove suspicious objects from roads used by the army

-stand inside houses where soldiers have set up military positions, so that Palestinians will not fire at the soldiers

-walk in front of soldiers to shield them from gunfire, while the soldiers hold a gun behind their backs and sometimes fire over their shoulders.

The soldiers in the field did not initiate this practice; rather, the use of human shields is an integral part of the orders they receive.

[–] ninthant@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I am not saying that Israel and the IDF have not used human shields. They absolutely do and you’re 100% correct to condemn this. And I join you in this condemnation.

What am also saying is that people should stop lying in order to defend Hamas. Because you can condemn the govt of Israel without doing that. And the condemnation is more compelling when it’s not accompanied with lies of convenience.

Your comment here being a good example of how that’s done properly. Everything you said is true and it paints a damning picture that is impossible to argue against.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Except that they provided actual evidence of Israel using human shields, while all you've done is go "trust me bro, Israel would never lie to you"

[–] ninthant@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have repeatedly and consistently agreed that Israel uses human shields, because it is true.

You know just as well as I do that Hamas uses their own people as human shields. Their entire operation is to hide amongst their civilian population and infrastructure and use that as cover to attack and kill.

The difference is that you agree with the objectives of Hamas, and so you don’t want to acknowledge the horrors of the tactics they use. Seeing the situation as black and white with “your side” as the unassailable heroes and the “other side” as villains.

But I reject this childish outlook, because it’s not a movie it’s real life. The govt of Israel are indeed villains, but so are Hamas.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago

I see that there are still no links to evidence of Hamas using human shields in your post, and so I'm not reading it.