I’m an expert in urban warfare. Israel
is upholding the laws of war
Posted By: Judy W., 11/7/2023 5:19:06 PM
All war is hell. All war is killing and destruction, and historically civilians are inordinately the innocent victims of wars. Urban warfare is a unique type of hell not just for soldiers, who face assaults from a million windows or deep tunnels below them, but especially for civilians. Noncombatants have accounted for 90% of casualties per international humanitarian experts in the modern wars that have occurred in populated urban areas such as Iraq’s Mosul and Syria’s Raqqa, even when a Western power like the United States is leading or supporting the campaign. The destruction and suffering, as awful as they are, don’t automatically constitute war crimes
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This is a synthesis of brutal information, so here is lighter fare to start. (Snip)
Some of the following disasters are forced on us, and others are suppression or concealment of effective treatments. For example, iodine restriction is obviously purposeful. For the rest, ask yourself, “Could this have been solely caused by chance, greed, or incompetence?” The answer is mostly “No.”
The following hazards are in rough order of importance.
Medical abuses
Using therapies that do not work, that cause active harm, or for which simpler, safer, or more effective alternatives are available. This is at least half of modern medicine, and it is the biggest risk on this list.
All war is hell. All war is killing and destruction, and historically civilians are inordinately the innocent victims of wars. Urban warfare is a unique type of hell not just for soldiers, who face assaults from a million windows or deep tunnels below them, but especially for civilians. Noncombatants have accounted for 90% of casualties per international humanitarian experts in the modern wars that have occurred in populated urban areas such as Iraq’s Mosul and Syria’s Raqqa, even when a Western power like the United States is leading or supporting the campaign.
The destruction and suffering, as awful as they are, don’t automatically constitute war crimes
Islamic Nazis
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Quiz: What is the difference between Hitler’s Nazis and Palestinian supporters of Fatah and Hamas? Both are national socialists, both have embraced the totalitarian oppressors of their respective peoples and elected them whenever they were given the chance. Both are driven by a demonic hatred to exterminate the Jews. Both deploy “Big Lies” to justify their malignant cause.
Answer: The main difference is that Hitler hid the “Final Solution” – the extermination of the Jews – because he feared that Germany’s citizens were too civilized to embrace such an inhuman and evil cause. By contrast every Palestinian leader has stated their intentions clearly, written them in their covenants and visions
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The Daily Beast’s Matt Fuller linked his tweet to a story that discussed Johnson’s financial position as “extraordinarily precarious.”
Fuller mocked the new House Speaker for having a mortgage that only costs $250,000-$500,000, a home equity loan, and a personal loan.
Welcome To The Party, Pal!
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UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky is shocked, shocked at the amount of antisemitism present throughout elite academia. (Snip)
Ten years ago on Instapundit:
Berkeley Hatewatch Update.
Jewish students coming out of worship services have been pelted with eggs and subjected to epithets, Oleon said. Last week someone threw a cinder block through the front windows and wrote “F-Jews” in black marker on the Jewish Hillel cultural center’s recycling bins. Some Jewish students believe that Berkeley professors, even those who are Jewish, have unfairly come down hard on Israel in lectures.
Some things haven’t changed much.
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#5 - New research finds heart anomalies within 48 hours after the COVID-19 shot.
#4 - Florida Surgeon General drops eye-opening revelations on Biden admin’s booster push.
#3 - Swiss banker calls for arrest of Bill Gates and those responsible for “democide.”
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The Two Big Myths about the Middle East
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Propagation of myths has consequences. Let us examine a couple.
Myth 1. The State of Palestine
This so-called state is like Brigadoon, with two exceptions:
a. It never appeared.
b. It refuses to go away.
Neither a country nor a state of Palestine has ever existed.
The Kingdom of Judah is named after Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. (Snip)
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We are dealing here with the land of the Jews.
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Gaza fighting to allow civilians to flee,
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Gaza fighting to allow civilians to flee,
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I am amazed that CNN published this fair article that shows in some detail how Israel is following the laws of war, even going beyond the requirements by notifying civilians that they need to evacuate before an attack. It makes clear that urban war is horrible no matter what anyone does to try to mitigate it, and gives some examples from American battles in cities during the war on terror, where the numbers of civilians killed are much larger than Gaza's.