Israel Takes Responsibility. Who Else Does? - WSJ op-ed

[question everything]

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War is hell. Everyone knows that. Bullets don’t discriminate. No bomb is smarter than the person who dispatches it. When the skies are full of lead, accidents are bound to happen, and when they do, political spinmeisters step forward to deny, deflect, delay and distract.

Not here. Israel has taken responsibility. What a concept.

And what a contrast with its adversary. The only thing Hamas takes responsibility for is doing what it loves: spreading terror and delivering death. When a bomb goes off in a marketplace, it claims responsibility. When a crazed maniac knifes random people on a bus, it claims responsibility. But when the subject is its failure to give Gazans a better life, Hamas throws up its arms. It didn’t take responsibility for the lies it told about the misfired terrorist rocket that hit Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital in October, or for that matter for using the hospital as a command center. It doesn’t take responsibility for the human calamity it has unleashed on its people with the unspeakable atrocities of Oct. 7.

No. Hamas, in its rhetoric and propaganda, pushes all responsibility for the suffering of Gazans onto Israel—and not just Israel, onto Jews and Americans. Hamas is always innocent, always at the mercy of perfidious forces. This performative helplessness allows Hamas to play the perpetual victim when, in fact, it is a murderous gang of dead-end losers. It intentionally killed 1,200 people in a single day. Hamas lusts for blood.

Not so Israel, a nation that stands for life, for hope, for freedom. Israel desires peace and has offered it to the Palestinians repeatedly, who always refuse. The offer stands. Israel is engaged now, as always, in a fight for survival. Often lied about, Israel nevertheless respects the rules of war. It fights with precision and restrains its soldiers to protect the innocent. It provides food and aid to its enemy. It owns up to its mistakes.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-takes-responsibility-who-else-does-gaza-hamas-war-bombing-ab8f4556?st=wsqru6mlc1n0h0l&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

[BWdem4life]

1. Saying it was an accident is not taking responsibility.

The World Central Kitchen workers were deliberately targeted. Few people dispute that, but Israel denies it.

[lees1975]

2. How, exactly, has Israel taken responsibility?

Using their US aid to compensate the victims?

Or just saying so.

We need a free press, not a propaganda machine like the WSJ.

[Earth-shine]

3. This part of it is sheer nonsense ...

"Israel nevertheless respects the rules of war. It fights with precision and restrains its soldiers to protect the innocent. It provides food and aid to its enemy. It owns up to its mistakes. "

We knew Hamas were blood-thirsty savages. But now, we know Israel has that potential as well, using the notion of overall defense to justify so much collateral damage (that is, murder).

Now Israel blames it on their choice of AI.