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[–] JustZ@lemmy.world -3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I don't support Netanyahu at all. He's a maniac and he must be tossed from office. I have a lot of hope he will be soon.

South Africa's complaint is dog shit. It features like 200 links to news articles as its proof. It's anti semitic fan fiction. The only concern I had to the allegations is when did South Africa start doing Iran's bidding?

I'm just ballparking here, but those 200 links describe the same maybe 50 events. Of those 50 events, 35 say right on their face they are unconfirmed reports, of the other 15, 12 are completely blown out of proportion and exaggerated, stories of snipers shooting unarmed kids and so forth, or that any person in North Gaza was killed without a warning, or even now in this thread, the lie that Israel target civilians when in fact they were targeting Hamas commanders, the other 3 are legit claims.

I'm not impressed by a handful of bone fide war crimes. It's a war. Crimes are going to happen. Maybe try, I don't know not starting a war? Especially if it's one you cannot possibly win. One side is probably going to try and cover them up, and maybe if they can't cover it up they will fire everyone involved and prosecute some of them. Not perfect, not even ideal.

The other side, though, guaranteed, is committing war crimes, on purpose, as part of an intentional strategy, and the perpetrators are given cash prizes, funded by the Iranian Immamate and the Qatari monarchy. Everytime they step out without a uniform, war crimes. Every indiscriminate rocket they launch at civilians, war crimes. Every hostage, war crime. Mass shooting, war crime. Do I need to tell you the suicide bombings are also war crimes?

Like wtf are you even talking about here?

If Israel cannot prove up their claims in court, that will convince me otherwise. I'm sure they're going to have no trouble for virtually all of the most sensational claims against them.

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Israel isn’t prosecuting war crimes, actual documented confirmed war crimes by reporters and videos and admissions by the perpetrators and actual official statements by Israeli government officials, which is why it ESCALATED to an ICJ case when other wars don’t. I’m not even referring to the minimal prosecutions like IDF sentenced an Israeli to 3 months of community service as punishment for murdering a Palestinian, but the many others that the government refuses to even investigate or prosecute. The fact that you defend and condone war crimes as part of a war you think is justified tells everyone all we need to know about you. Peace.