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What is the point where "collateral damage" and "killing civilians" aren't different? We saw well in Gaza how the Israeli government didn't care at all about civilians and just razed entire cities.

It's not "just this time": Israelis have been involved in terrorist killings against civilians since even before the existence of Israel, and continued the atrocities against civilians after[1], with the goal to displace them.

> "Most Israelis want to live in peace"

Yet support colonization and elect far-right governments which openly defend an imperialistic "Great Israel" agenda.[2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cast_Thy_Bread [2] https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-says-...





> What is the point where "collateral damage" and "killing civilians" aren't different?

Essentially "collateral damage" is not intentional targeting of civilians. The laws of war allow for "collateral damage" as they were written in a way so as not to encourage the use of human shields.

> We saw well in Gaza how the Israeli government didn't care at all about civilians and just razed entire cities.

They made efforts to move civilians out of the way, deaths compared to the amount of damage is quite low. Not a lot of options when Hamas built tunnels under most of the cities.

> Yet support colonization and elect far-right governments which openly defend an imperialistic "Great Israel" agenda.[2]

It's generally not even clear what "Greater Israel" means in general. In any case the best option for those concerned about "Greater Israel" would be to negotiate peace agreements that solidify borders.

> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cast_Thy_Bread

I'm skeptical anyone involved in that would even be alive at this point.




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