tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post6123389888303080277..comments2023-10-26T06:29:39.824-07:00Comments on The Magnes Zionist: Rabbis for Human Rights Launch Gaza WebsiteJerry Haberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173892714754718716noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-48375810945527260692009-07-21T15:17:50.456-07:002009-07-21T15:17:50.456-07:00"5. Have a complete disarmament of the IDF to..."5. Have a complete disarmament of the IDF to the armament level of Hamas."<br /><br />Oh. Yes!Margaretnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-76339591411041725812009-07-19T23:02:09.460-07:002009-07-19T23:02:09.460-07:00Anonymous,
You forgot number 5.
5. Have a comple...Anonymous,<br /><br />You forgot number 5.<br /><br />5. Have a complete disarmament of the IDF to the armament level of Hamas.<br /><br />Then, if they act like Hamas they will achieve a LOT less death and destruction to the other side than the IDF presently does.<br /><br />I am sure that many Palestinian will approve of your suggestion.Jerry Haberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173892714754718716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-86528328311991437972009-07-19T21:49:12.929-07:002009-07-19T21:49:12.929-07:00The Stand With Us testimonies are entirely missing...The Stand With Us testimonies are entirely missing the point. I'll accept even without formal evidence that there were soldiers who did not commit war crimes in Gaza. So what? In what way does this disprove that some other soldiers did commit crimes?fiddlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-11534825346059596462009-07-19T21:23:47.144-07:002009-07-19T21:23:47.144-07:00Israeli soldiers need to learn from Hamas soldiers...Israeli soldiers need to learn from Hamas soldiers:<br />1. wear masks<br />2. train slow children to be suicide bombers<br />3. shoot guns at weddings and funerals<br />4. shoot from behind children throwing rocksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-12266803271381870572009-07-19T15:30:09.799-07:002009-07-19T15:30:09.799-07:00Motivation: "it's the heat of operation, ...Motivation: <i>"it's the heat of operation, as well as racism.<br />This was an operational need – to raze the area and prevent infiltration of Qassam launching crews. in the midst of all of this, the other stuff doesn't look that bad.</i>"<br /><br />An operational need, perceived as necessary to the defense of Israel. Whereas the need to defend Israel is perceived by others as arising from the inequality inherent in Israel's structural privileging of one group over another. <br /><br />Which takes me back to questions about "just" war. Most wars now are justified as preventive. Yet still they result in invasion of other countries and usually end in the exploitation of the losers by the winners.<br /><br />Might there be an inherent contradiction between the idea of equal rights being universal and the idea that individuals need nations to defend their rights as individuals?Margaretnoreply@blogger.com