As an occupied people, Palestinians have a right to self defense by projection of force, even against occupying civilians. As an Occupying Power, Israel does not have the right to self defense by projection of force against the occupied people (such as the bombing of Gaza). To legally bomb Gaza in the name of Self Defense, Israel would have to end the Occupation first. I recently bought reference book on international law spelling this out. I have an Israeli friend who brushes this away, saying "Israel is not an Occupying Power." She sent video of Zionist professor arguing that Israel "conquered" Palestine just like other regimes in the world got started by conquering their territory. In other words, theft, and we should all just get over it. We might, if discrimination, apartheid, persecution of Palestinians, and blockade of Gaza were ended. But discrimination and ethnic cleansing seems to be what the "Jewish State" is all about--it started in a burst of ethnic cleansing known as the Nakba in order to create a Jewish majority. The very idea of a "Jewish State" is contrary to liberal principles in which all people are equal regardless of race or religion. If a non-discriminatory state is ever constructed in the southern levant, perhaps it should called something different and non-sectarian. Jews are not the only ones with ancestors from there. 2000 years later, something like 60 generations, we all have ancestors from the southern levant, including especially Palestinians, regardless of what culture or religion we follow now. Zionist Jews only falsely claim to have been chosen for the southern levant by G-d. Actually, G-d revoked that privilege twice and currently, according to Judaism itself--and this is still the belief of many followers of Judaism. And holding on to one particular culture out of thousands that originated or disseminated there gives no special privileges, especially privileges which are themselves crimes against humanity, like Apartheid and Persecution.
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