Comment on Hamas condemns US air strikes on Yemen, labels them as war crime
stink@lemmygrad.ml 4 days agoName one war crime Hamas actually committed, no hasbara. I’ll wait.
Comment on Hamas condemns US air strikes on Yemen, labels them as war crime
stink@lemmygrad.ml 4 days agoName one war crime Hamas actually committed, no hasbara. I’ll wait.
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 3 days ago
Targeting Israeli civilian population with unguided rockets for decades.
stink@lemmygrad.ml 3 days ago
UN charter says you’re allowed to do that to settlers actually
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 3 days 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.
stink@lemmygrad.ml 3 days ago
Settlers are not civilians.