[From article]
Alas, though the world’s largest per-capita recipient of foreign aid, Gaza didn’t become Canada-on-the-Mediterranean. After destroying the greenhouses and violently overthrowing the Palestinian Authority government, Hamas diverted resources and exploited cease-fires to build a vast military infrastructure — amid civilians and even U.N. facilities — from which to terrorize Israelis.
Hamas knows its most lethal weapon is retaliation-caused devastation, which is why its “dead-baby strategy” works. But critics accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza are not only libelous — they ignore Hamas’ disproportionate immorality reflected in its eagerness to kill its own citizens, never mind authentic genocides such as Syria’s and Darfur’s.
Consider these moral inequities: Israel uses missile defenses to protect civilians while Hamas uses civilians to protect missiles, war is Israel’s last resort but Hamas’ first, and Israel undertakes unprecedented efforts to forewarn innocents in attack zones while Hamas urges (and often compels) innocents to become propaganda-aiding victims.
Hamas knows its most lethal weapon is retaliation-caused devastation, which is why its “dead-baby strategy” works. But critics accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza are not only libelous — they ignore Hamas’ disproportionate immorality reflected in its eagerness to kill its own citizens, never mind authentic genocides such as Syria’s and Darfur’s.
Consider these moral inequities: Israel uses missile defenses to protect civilians while Hamas uses civilians to protect missiles, war is Israel’s last resort but Hamas’ first, and Israel undertakes unprecedented efforts to forewarn innocents in attack zones while Hamas urges (and often compels) innocents to become propaganda-aiding victims.
http://www.aspentimes.com/opinion/12395822-113/israel-hamas-gaza-evil
Sturm: Confronting evil in Gaza — if not now, when?
Melanie Sturm
Think Again
July 31, 2014
Sturm: Confronting evil in Gaza — if not now, when?
Melanie Sturm
Think Again
July 31, 2014
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