‘Total oppression’: West Bank children being killed at unprecedented rate

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1. >Children in the occupied West Bank “often participate” in riots where stones, molotov cocktails and explosives are thrown, and “even in terrorist activities against security forces and Israeli citizens”, the military said in a statement.

   To anyone who thinks that children ought to be shot for throwing stones at armed settlers or IDF, a UN general assembly resolution has affirmed their right to resist alien subjugation through violence. The resolution:

   >”*reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples for their independence, territorial integrity, national unity and liberation from colonial domination, apartheid and foreign occupation **by all available means, including armed struggle***”.

2. When I was in the IDF the general opinion was no innocent people exist in Palestine. They were all considered animals.

   A lot of us are starting to speak out about it. More and more every day.

   [Channel 4 News: Former IDF tank commander – “The way Israel fights in Gaza is designed in a way that allows us to kill innocent people”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFN7fLs_Io0)

   [CBS News: Former IDF soldier criticizes Israel’s actions in Gaza](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7qEmB_9ZKM)

3. There’s no way Israel is killing innocent children. These are terrorists with guns or throwing Molotovs. This is just classic pure unadulterated leftist anti-semitism by the woke The Guardian. What about Yemen and Sudan? You only care when it’s Jews.

4. This is actually one of those areas that functions as a very clear dividing line between Western views and Israeli views, despite their sometimes being framed as part of the Western world because of the geopolitical ties. Most Westerners would think it was absolutely barbaric to shoot a kid in the back for throwing a rock at the police or military and running away. I think most of the world would. To most Israelis it’s not even controversial though, it’s just regular logic – of course you would shoot fleeing children in the back. Doesn’t matter if they’re ten years old. They threw rocks at the IDF, thus they have signed their own death warrant and their straight up execution in the street is completely normal and regular policing behaviour. Seems weird from the outside but if you don’t believe me, go talk to Israelis about it on /r/israelpalestine, or just /r/israel and you’ll see what I mean. It’s literally just considered normal over there. They get confused by what problem you could possibly have with it.

   Same thing with torture as well, most Israelis won’t dispute the claims about widespread torture in Israeli prisons, they just don’t see it as a big deal. According to polls most Israelis don’t think the guards who were caught on camera raping a prisoner should face criminal charges for it. In some ways the country is utterly insane.

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