Actually, I specifically did mention that, and the information that I'm about to repeat concerning this topic was present from the moment I first posted this article. I will try to summarize what I wrote about the Hamas attack. I could quote myself word for word, but you can re-read the article yourself if that's what you want.
History did not start with the Hamas attack on October 7th. There was a long history of previous complaints, provocations, and fighting. This includes Israel's illegal land, sea, and air blockade that it has enforced on the Gaza Strip since 2007, four military assaults on Gaza from 2008-21, and a previous history of massacres and other offensives dating back to 1948. I felt that it was not necessary to review all of that for the purpose of this post.
I reviewed how Israel has violated many principles of the Christian principle of "just war," as well as US and international law. (By the way, the US' continued supply of arms to Israel is in violation of our own laws). I mentioned, for example, how Israel's response to Hamas' attack is disproportionate to the original offense. Disproportionate meaning, if an enemy kills about 1100 of your people, that doesn't give you the right to kill 45,000 of theirs while focusing mostly on women and children, not to mention all the destroyed civilian infrastructure, which is also a war crime. Israel is obviously attempting to starve as many Palestinians as possible. It was already an open-air concentration camp, but now they've forced people to live in tents, cut off their water and electricity, and blocked food and medical aid deliveries. I didn't mention this, but they've even banned UNRWA, which Palestinians had been relying on for food and vital services. I also pointed out that Palestinians are our fellow humans, created in God's image, and are therefore deserving of basic human rights just like you and I. All they want is for Israel to recognize their right to exist, and to be able to govern themselves. Like us, they also have the right of self defense.
Israel could get along peacefully with all its neighbors if only it would stop committing violence against them, stop stealing land, and allow the Palestinians to have their own state. This deal has repeatedly been offered to Israel through the Arab Peace Initiative, but Israel doesn't want peace.
The only relevant edit made to this post was that I shifted the paragraph about Hamas up a little so that it will take a little less time for readers to get to it. I'm glad you brought to my attention the need to address this topic a little sooner. Still, I know the topic triggers many people emotionally, and that it can try their patience just to read it. Please feel free to reply with any further questions or objections.
I didn't think it was necessary to explicitly state that I disapproved of Hamas' attack because, by having said that Israel's response was "disproportionate," that implied that I would have been satisfied with seeing a proportionate response. If Israel had done that, this would have been all over by the end of October-November 2023. I will do a minor edit to make my views about that attack even more explicit.
You forgot to mention how Hamas brutally attacked Israel.
Actually, I specifically did mention that, and the information that I'm about to repeat concerning this topic was present from the moment I first posted this article. I will try to summarize what I wrote about the Hamas attack. I could quote myself word for word, but you can re-read the article yourself if that's what you want.
History did not start with the Hamas attack on October 7th. There was a long history of previous complaints, provocations, and fighting. This includes Israel's illegal land, sea, and air blockade that it has enforced on the Gaza Strip since 2007, four military assaults on Gaza from 2008-21, and a previous history of massacres and other offensives dating back to 1948. I felt that it was not necessary to review all of that for the purpose of this post.
I reviewed how Israel has violated many principles of the Christian principle of "just war," as well as US and international law. (By the way, the US' continued supply of arms to Israel is in violation of our own laws). I mentioned, for example, how Israel's response to Hamas' attack is disproportionate to the original offense. Disproportionate meaning, if an enemy kills about 1100 of your people, that doesn't give you the right to kill 45,000 of theirs while focusing mostly on women and children, not to mention all the destroyed civilian infrastructure, which is also a war crime. Israel is obviously attempting to starve as many Palestinians as possible. It was already an open-air concentration camp, but now they've forced people to live in tents, cut off their water and electricity, and blocked food and medical aid deliveries. I didn't mention this, but they've even banned UNRWA, which Palestinians had been relying on for food and vital services. I also pointed out that Palestinians are our fellow humans, created in God's image, and are therefore deserving of basic human rights just like you and I. All they want is for Israel to recognize their right to exist, and to be able to govern themselves. Like us, they also have the right of self defense.
Israel could get along peacefully with all its neighbors if only it would stop committing violence against them, stop stealing land, and allow the Palestinians to have their own state. This deal has repeatedly been offered to Israel through the Arab Peace Initiative, but Israel doesn't want peace.
The only relevant edit made to this post was that I shifted the paragraph about Hamas up a little so that it will take a little less time for readers to get to it. I'm glad you brought to my attention the need to address this topic a little sooner. Still, I know the topic triggers many people emotionally, and that it can try their patience just to read it. Please feel free to reply with any further questions or objections.
I didn't think it was necessary to explicitly state that I disapproved of Hamas' attack because, by having said that Israel's response was "disproportionate," that implied that I would have been satisfied with seeing a proportionate response. If Israel had done that, this would have been all over by the end of October-November 2023. I will do a minor edit to make my views about that attack even more explicit.