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Legal expert Mark Goldfeder, Special Counsel for International Affairs at the American Center for Law and Justice, has written a detailed post on X/Twitter explaining why Israel’s seige of Gaza is legal under international law, and not “collective punishment.”
Goldfeder, who is also Director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, was responding to a claim by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , whothat it would stop supplying electricity, fuel, and other supplies to Gaza in the wake of a Hamas terror attack that has, thus far, killed some 1,300 Israelis and wounded over 3,600 more. Over 100 Israelis were taken hostage.: “The targeting of civilians is a war crime, no matter who does it.
You don’t understand the first thing about international law, but that doesn’t stop you from spreading your ignorance. Here is a quick primer on the Law of Armed Conflict to explain why you and“Distinction” means that combatants should not launch military attacks that intentionally target civilians. Hamas, obviously, targets civilians; Israel does not. Denying services to Gaza affects civilians, but it is not a military attack against them.
Moreover, Israel is not under any legal obligation to provide services to a territory whose effective government has launched a terror attack against Israeli civilians and whose stated purpose it to destroy Israel Because Hamas both attacks Israeli civilians, and hides among Palestinian civilians, it is entirely reponsible for civilian casualties.But it does mean that any and all unavoidable loss of life or collateral damage as Israel pursues its just objective is entirely on Hamas’ account.Thus far, no Arab country has been willing to accept refugees from Gaza.
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