Human Rights Watch Condemns Israel's Collective Punishment on Gaza, Urges Biden to Help Restore Aid

[JohnSJ]

2. It isn't meant to be "collective punishment" any more than the fire-bombing of Dresden during WWII,

the bombing of Afghanistan for sheltering bin Laden.

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was done to end the war, and prevent massive American losses that would have been incurred with an invasion of Japan, as was demonstrated in the battles of okinawa and iwo jima, etc.

The Hamas charter calls for the extermination of ALL Jews, that is an example of intent to commit genocide. So when HRW says "Hamas Must Condemn Attacks on Civilians", and they don't, it shouldn't surprise anyone.

"The Palestinian armed group Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack in a Tel Aviv café, which killed nine civilians in addition to the bomber. After the attack Sami Abu Zuhri, a long-time official spokesman for Hamas, was widely quoted as saying that “the operation is a natural reaction to continued Israeli crimes against our people,” and that “the Palestinian people are in a state of self defense and have every right to use all means to defend themselves.”

Other Hamas officials also endorsed the attack. Wasfi Kabha, minister for prisoners’ affairs in the government, told reporters that the attack occurred “in the framework of legitimate right of resistance against Israeli violations and crimes.” Musa Abu Marzuk, a senior member of Hamas’s political bureau, called the attack “a natural response to the Israeli aggression on our people.”

The president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, who also leads the Fatah organization, condemned the attack. However, neither Prime Minister Ismail Haniya nor any other Hamas official has apparently done so."

https://www.hrw.org/news/2006/04/20/palestinian-authority-hamas-must-condemn-attacks-civilians