If Israel was targeting civilians, how would we know?

Middle East • January 2009 • Views: 516

I know that some of you won’t like this question, but let’s ask it anyway. How would we know if Israel was targeting civilians? Surely they wouldn’t tell us, right? So, how would we know?

It strikes me that folks are quick to dismiss what Hamas says as nonsense but then accept what Israel says as complete truth.

Might it be that the truth is actually somewhere in the middle?

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9 comments

The Vicious Babushka Jan 5, 2009 11:44:21am

Israel is not targeting civilians, asshole. They are targeting Hamas terrorists who hide behind civilians.

Spenser (with an S) Jan 5, 2009 11:46:43am

Because they have a free press and the eyes of the world on them, of course. Compare that to the non-curious media response to Pali atrocities and you’ll perhaps understand.

Carl in Jerusalem Jan 5, 2009 11:47:07am

If Israel was targeting civilians, there would be 400,000 dead ‘Palestinians,’ not 400.

Moron.

joeljournal Jan 5, 2009 11:47:46am

change name to ‘dunce-in-training’

Super-ego Jan 5, 2009 11:52:59am

Don’t feed the troll!

NY Nana Jan 5, 2009 11:53:53am

re: #3 Carl in Jerusalem

/Please do not insult morons.

Amy Jan 5, 2009 11:54:00am

We know that Israel is not targeting civilians because if Israel were targeting civilians, there would be tens of thousands of them dead by now instead of about a hundred. Whole streets or even whole neighborhoods would have been flattened if civilians were the targets. The Israelis would have done what Hamas tries to do: targeted and hit day care centers (if they even have them there), schools, playgrounds, outdoor markets, mosques (the ones not used for storing armaments, that is), hospitals, etc., etc. If you want to kill civilians, you carpet bomb; you don’t carry out pinpoint strikes as the Israelis have been doing, which requires a lot of planning and care in execution. The fact that there are so relatively few civilian casualties compared to combatant casualties proves that Israel is not targeting civilians.

Any more stupid questions?

manray favjet Jan 5, 2009 11:56:32am

…and he claims he is Pro-Israel. With friends like this, who needs enemies…

deacon Jan 5, 2009 12:50:23pm

A more appropiate question would be….

if Israel was targeting civilians as we know Hamas to be targeting them, would be media be as silent?

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