Comment on Hamas condemns US air strikes on Yemen, labels them as war crime

• Opinionhaver@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Targeting Israeli civilian population with unguided rockets for decades.

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  • stink@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    UN charter says you’re allowed to do that to settlers actually

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    • Opinionhaver@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’re misrepresenting international law pretty severely here. The UN Charter does support the right of peoples to self-determination, and yes, that principle has been reaffirmed in various General Assembly resolutions, especially in the context of decolonization and occupation. But nowhere in the Charter - or in any binding international legal document - does it say it’s lawful to target civilians, including settlers, with indiscriminate weapons.

      That claim usually stems from a misreading of UN General Assembly resolutions which acknowledged the right of occupied peoples to resist. But even those non-binding resolutions do not override the Geneva Conventions, which are binding and universally recognized. The Geneva Conventions make it crystal clear: civilians are protected from attack at all times, regardless of their location, nationality, or political status.

      Launching unguided rockets into civilian areas is a textbook example of an indiscriminate attack, and it’s a war crime under international humanitarian law. The right to resist occupation doesn’t mean you get to ignore the rules of war.

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      • stink@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Settlers are not civilians.

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