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Hamas holds victory rally in Gaza

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Reply 20
Original post by tibis
avoiding the actual points where i have pointed out that you are incorrect


I addressed your point. I pointed out that you quoted something I didn't even say.

You claimed I said "anywhere near" and criticised that as being contradictory, but seemingly failed to realise I said "anywhere but", not anywhere near, which completely changes the meaning.
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Reply 21
Hamas have a small victory. Israel have agreed to some things such as extending the fishing zone to 6 miles and will be 12 miles later.

FREE PALESTINE AND THE WORLD!!!
Reply 22
Original post by al_94
Israel have agreed to some things such as extending the fishing zone to 6 miles and will be 12 miles later.


Wow. That's a real military triumph.

What about the people in Shujaiyah whose homes were destroyed, who were in tears and cursing Hamas for ruining their lives? What about those people?

You don't care about them do you?
Reply 23
Original post by young_guns
I addressed your point. I pointed out that you quoted something I didn't even say.

You claimed I said "anywhere near" and criticised that as being contradictory, but seemingly failed to realise I said "anywhere but", not anywhere near, which completely changes the meaning.

The only contradiction was in your confused mind. But don't worry your pretty little head about that, serious debate seems to be beyond your intellectual capabilities (let alone writing legibly in English, using proper punctuation and spelling etc)

even if all the people who live in gaza have always lived there it wouldnt change that you are forced into a corner of your homeland, you cant travel outside of it into israel.
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Original post by tibis
i was more thinking that i would be insane from the humiliation of being ethincally cleansed and forced into a small corner of my homeland.
regardless of what happened before i still would not see any excuse for it and even if i could sympathize with the excuse i would not rly give a sht and still feel like killing alot of people.

i was more thinking that i would be the islamofascist dictator with genocidal fantasies than uses children as human shields.

what did i mean? don't u worry ur little head about it, all that stuff in history is just crazy stuff that doesn't mean anything people just did things because they were totally crazy and paranoid and their beliefs were baseless and founded on nothing that was actually happening


Please don't feel historical fact ought to get in the way of your use of incorrect and emotive terminology...
Reply 25
These words quoted in the Guardian say everything


In the neighbourhood of Shujai'iya, scene of the most intensive battle of the war between Israeli troops and Gaza militants, the Musabeh family was picking through the debris of their home.

"There is nothing left, we lost everything," said Naima Musabeh, 49. "Where is the good from this? We are destroyed."Her son Ali, 29, was bitter about the outcome of the conflict. "This war was for nothing. Yesterday they were giving out sweets in the street and shooting [in celebration], but I was crying when they said it was a victory."
Reply 26
Original post by young_guns
Wow. That's a real military triumph.

What about the people in Shujaiyah whose homes were destroyed, who were in tears and cursing Hamas for ruining their lives? What about those people?

You don't care about them do you?


I do feel for any innocent victim of Zionist terror. Hamas will never give up and allow the Zionists victory.
Original post by young_guns
It's more like 55% civilian deaths. Which, for urban warfare, is actually a pretty good hit rate. It looks positively civilised next to the Battle of Berlin. Have you ever heard of World War 2?



Utter nonsense. If Israel didn't value human life, they wouldn't do the "knock on the roof". That point is indisputable.



And I literally cannot believe you're denying it. Even the most ardent pro-Hamas supporters on this forum accept that Hamas fires its rockets from civilian areas knowing what the outcome of this will be.

Hamas spokesmen have even gone on television saying that Palestinians would go onto the roofs of Hamas commanders houses and "bare their chests" at the F-16s, and that this was an effective tactic (i.e. a human shield).

The fact you are denying it indicates you are exceptionally stupid and/or blinkered

nope pretty sure most sources say about 70%.
And "knock on the roof" shows the humanity of Israel how exactly? the terror caused by Israel on the Gaza population has no regard towards human life.If these methods of "Humanity were so effective then why such a high civilian death rate?
and please read the article i posted before replying with some isreal propaganda lie
Reply 28
Original post by al_94
Hamas will never give up and allow the Zionists victory.


This is a perfect example of the insanity that runs so deep in the "pro-Palestine" movement.

Hamas will never "allow" the Zionists victory? The "Zionists" have already won. The question is, how much suffering are the Palestinians willing to take before they cut a peace deal?

How much suffering are they willing to endure to fire off a few ineffectual rockets at Israel? That's a very heavy price to pay for some rather futile self-indulgence.

But perhaps more interesting is that armchair chicken hawks like you, outside Palestine, are usually more fond of Hamas than the Palestinians are themselves.

Of course, you are willing to fight to the last drop of their blood. And why wouldn't you? You're sitting here comfortably in the West, and you'll keep cheering on the "resistance" because no matter what happens, you personally will never suffer
Reply 29
Original post by the north
nope pretty sure most sources say about 70%.


The sources that say 70% are based on the figures of the Gaza Ministry of Health which is controlled by Hamas (i.e. completely unreliable).

This happened in 2009 as well, Hamas claimed they only lost 70 fighters, or some crazy low number (which tilts the civilian death rate up, proportionally), but years later admitted they had lost hundreds of fighters, in fact almost exactly the number the IDF had claimed at the time.

And "knock on the roof" shows the humanity of Israel how exactly?


So it would be more humane not to warn them, and just drop the bomb on the house before they've had time to leave?

How much warning do you think we gave German civilians in cities in the Third Reich in World War 2 before we bombed the hell out of them?
Reply 30
Original post by tabhaa
Pisrael uses Palestinians as shields


Uh, you misspelled it. It's Israel
Reply 31
Original post by young_guns

How much warning do you think we gave German civilians in cities in the Third Reich in World War 2 before we bombed the hell out of them?

leaflets were widely dropped declaring every german city was going to be carpet bombed and if anyone wanted to live to leave the cities so alot of warning
Original post by young_guns
The sources that say 70% are based on the figures of the Gaza Ministry of Health which is controlled by Hamas (i.e. completely unreliable).

This happened in 2009 as well, Hamas claimed they only lost 70 fighters, or some crazy low number (which tilts the civilian death rate up, proportionally), but years later admitted they had lost hundreds of fighters, in fact almost exactly the number the IDF had claimed at the time.



So it would be more humane not to warn them, and just drop the bomb on the house before they've had time to leave?

How much warning do you think we gave German civilians in cities in the Third Reich in World War 2 before we bombed the hell out of them?


nope its an UN estimate mate
and you cant compare this conflict to that of world war 2 mate for obvious reasons
Reply 33
Original post by young_guns
This is a perfect example of the insanity that runs so deep in the "pro-Palestine" movement.

Hamas will never "allow" the Zionists victory? The "Zionists" have already won. The question is, how much suffering are the Palestinians willing to take before they cut a peace deal?

How much suffering are they willing to endure to fire off a few ineffectual rockets at Israel? That's a very heavy price to pay for some rather futile self-indulgence.

But perhaps more interesting is that armchair chicken hawks like you, outside Palestine, are usually more fond of Hamas than the Palestinians are themselves.

Of course, you are willing to fight to the last drop of their blood. And why wouldn't you? You're sitting here comfortably in the West, and you'll keep cheering on the "resistance" because no matter what happens, you personally will never suffer

The Zionist are winning atm, there is no doubt about that. They have accomplished many of their goals but their mission will not be complete until the Palestinians leave the land for the Zionists. Hamas will never allow this to happen.
Original post by young_guns
Nope, just a realist, whereas you seem to be unacquainted with basic facts of this conflict. Even Hamas supporters accept that it uses human shields, though their argument is that this is necessary because of the disparity

Channel 4 factchecker blog confirms that Hamas uses human shields

http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/...-shields/18534


Amnesty International say otherwise: https://www.amnesty.org/fr/library/asset/MDE15/021/2009/fr/9543003e-8282-4a1c-b4c9-bfc4743dc131/mde150212009eng.html

Here is evidence of Israel using Palestinian children as human shields:
http://www.hrw.org/news/2010/11/26/israel-soldiers-punishment-using-boy-human-shield-inadequate
http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/06/20/309997/israel-uses-palestinian-kids-as-shields-un/

If Israel know that Hamas use human shields doesn't it make it considerably worse that they knowingly continue to bomb sites containing human shields?
Reply 35
Original post by al_94
The Zionist are winning atm, there is no doubt about that. They have accomplished many of their goals but their mission will not be complete until the Palestinians leave the land for the Zionists.

lol wow, that is their goals is it?
I feel sympathy for the innocent Palestinians killed but why the hell are like little children carrying ak-47's and shooting them up at the sky in the so called victory parade little kids being brought up thinking shooting is normal... Hamas are barbaric idiots from the 7th century
Reply 37
lol i also like how he says when WE bombed the german cities as if he has anything to do with it like hey dude u remember when we bombed dresden? yea that was great fun.

and also using it as if it was an acceptable thing, my grandfather was highly decorated raf fighter, recon and helicopter test pilot and flew over many of the german cities when they were bombed to the ground.

it traumatised him and he was vehemently anti war and believed there was never a good reason for violence after being a part of it, he became a socialist and part of cnd and believed they were horrific warcrimes which were totally unacceptable and that british and americans should have gone on trial for it
Reply 38
Original post by tibis
lol wow, that is their goals is it?


They want the Palestinians to put down their weapons and give up, to allow the Zionists to live in the land alone.
Reply 39


Sorry, where in that document does it say that Hamas is not using human shields?

Here is evidence of Israel using Palestinian children as human shields:
http://www.hrw.org/news/2010/11/26/israel-soldiers-punishment-using-boy-human-shield-inadequate


And when that occurs, it's terrible. It is extremely telling that the link you did send me to was actually reporting on the punishment of Israeli soldiers for doing that.

War crimes occur, and that is regrettable. But any person of moderate intelligence should be able to understand the fairly basic distinction between on the one hand soldiers doing things they are not authorised to do, and being punished for it as in your example, and on the other a matter of state policy. I.e. Individual IDF soldiers using human shields casts far less of a moral shadow than Hamas strategy and deliberate policy of using human shields

If Israel know that Hamas use human shields doesn't it make it considerably worse that they knowingly continue to bomb sites containing human shields?


The whole point is that they typically don't, in the video of the Hamas spokesman I posted he says that the tactic of "baring their chests" at F-16s had been "effective" (i.e. the Israelis didn't proceed to bomb).

But it is rather telling that you believe that using a human shield entitles you to impunity. What would you do if your neighbour sat his 5 year old boy on his lap, and started firing a machine gun at you and your entire family? Would you forebear to fire back, and let your own children die, because he has been so immoral as to use his child as a shield for his criminality?

It is simply unacceptable in military or legal terms to allow a criminal to create for themselves a privileged sanctuary behind which they can commit crimes simply and avoid punishment or retribution simply by using innocent people as human shields (and in failing to address that, you are allowing other people's lives to be put at risk).

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