Another thing to bear in mind is how Hamas has weaponized childbirth at the expense of women and children. Women in Gaza are barred access to birth control (never mind abortion) and thus have birthrates equivalent to the poorest countries in Africa--far higher than countries that are economically equivalent. Liberation of Gaza from Hamas is a women’s rights issue.
Thank you for your thoughtful articles. A few thoughts:
(1) With the unequivocally stipulation that the loss of all innocent lives is a tragedy - The 17,000 figure is from Hamas and is not verified, yet the media publishes it as it were fact. We also do not know how many Hamas terrorists have died. Would we accept statistics from ISIS?
(2) Taking a lesson from the ISIS conflict, where civilians where given safe passage to a conflict free area to avoid the hostilities. Knowing that Hamas uses innocents as human shields, setting up temporary refugee camps (out of harm's way) in the Sinai until the fighting ends would save countless lives. The Palestinian civilians should not be used as pawns by the Arab world, as they have been for 75 years, to focus and foment hatred toward Israel and deflect criticism in their own countries.
(3) It would be helpful to highlight how Rohingya, Uyghur, Sudanese, Congolese women are treated? What about countries ruled by Sharia law - where women have almost no rights? There lives are also in daily jeopardy, yet they are forgotten by the world
1. Israel has been wreaking havoc in Gaza for two months now. What’s your estimate of the number of deaths, civilian and combatant?
2. Don’t the conventions of war forbid attacks on civilians even if combatants are using those civilians as human shields? In any case, Israel makes more terrorists than it destroys by asserting it is justified in killing innocent people. Your criticism of the Arab world has in no way deflected my attention from what Israel is doing in Gaza.
3. As JF said in the article to which you are responding, the fact that there are other situations does not mean you can’t examine this one.
Another thing to bear in mind is how Hamas has weaponized childbirth at the expense of women and children. Women in Gaza are barred access to birth control (never mind abortion) and thus have birthrates equivalent to the poorest countries in Africa--far higher than countries that are economically equivalent. Liberation of Gaza from Hamas is a women’s rights issue.
Jill,
Thank you for your thoughtful articles. A few thoughts:
(1) With the unequivocally stipulation that the loss of all innocent lives is a tragedy - The 17,000 figure is from Hamas and is not verified, yet the media publishes it as it were fact. We also do not know how many Hamas terrorists have died. Would we accept statistics from ISIS?
(2) Taking a lesson from the ISIS conflict, where civilians where given safe passage to a conflict free area to avoid the hostilities. Knowing that Hamas uses innocents as human shields, setting up temporary refugee camps (out of harm's way) in the Sinai until the fighting ends would save countless lives. The Palestinian civilians should not be used as pawns by the Arab world, as they have been for 75 years, to focus and foment hatred toward Israel and deflect criticism in their own countries.
(3) It would be helpful to highlight how Rohingya, Uyghur, Sudanese, Congolese women are treated? What about countries ruled by Sharia law - where women have almost no rights? There lives are also in daily jeopardy, yet they are forgotten by the world
Respectfully,
Hon. Evan J Segal
1. Israel has been wreaking havoc in Gaza for two months now. What’s your estimate of the number of deaths, civilian and combatant?
2. Don’t the conventions of war forbid attacks on civilians even if combatants are using those civilians as human shields? In any case, Israel makes more terrorists than it destroys by asserting it is justified in killing innocent people. Your criticism of the Arab world has in no way deflected my attention from what Israel is doing in Gaza.
3. As JF said in the article to which you are responding, the fact that there are other situations does not mean you can’t examine this one.