skinster wrote:This UN resolution.
The closest that document gets is the statement:
2. Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples for independence, territorial integrity, national unity and liberation from colonial and foreign domination and foreign occupation by all available means, including armed struggle;But it does not outline resistance means, the UN has a document all about how to wage war and about the responsibilities of the occupier. So I find it odd that they are being obviously obscure with the statement. Given the UN's condemnation of terrorism conducted by Palestinian resistance movements.
But the document you listed, is a bunch of UN statements. It is not a set of UN laws ratified and signed up to by nations. Which is what I was expecting...
I don't think the UN would be so meticulous on occupations and then so nonchalant when it comes to the waging of resistance.
But meh... the UN is a body of selfish self interested nations, can't hamper themselves too much in telling resistance movements how to fight when you can just label it all terrorism by the oppressed.
As a side note, this one...
11. Reaffirms that the practice of using mercenaries against sovereign States and national liberation movements constitutes a criminal act and that the mercenaries themselves are criminals, and calls upon the Governments of all countries to enact legislation declaring the recruitment, financing and training of mercenaries in their territories and the transit of mercenaries through their territories to be punishable offences, and prohibiting their nationals from serving as mercenaries, and to report on such legislation to the Secretary-General;...is curious given the use of mercenaries in Iraq, Sryia, Lebanon.
skinster wrote:Your opinion isn't important.
Nether of
our opinions are important. We are just two random voices in the mass of voices on the internet who have no impact whatsoever on the conflict. They will be killing each other today, tomorrow, a year from now, regardless of our discussion and points of view.
skinster wrote:Nobody was punished for these massacres on an imprisoned civilian population, in their own territory.
I totally agree. I even posted an article some months ago about how David Ben-Gurion was concerned about forbidding the Death Penalty as he was concerned Jews would then be unconcerned about killing Arabs out of hand without such a harsh punishment waiting in the wings for such a deed. Yet look at the situation today, Israeli's are calling for the Death Penalty for a Palestinian who murdered three Israeli Settlers. Yet when three Jews kidnap, brutally beat and then burn alive a Palestinian, there are no calls for the Death Penalty. Goodness the assassin of the former fifth Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin was spared the death penalty.
skinster wrote:Ah, the hypotheticals and crying racism while apologizing for a racist ideology.
Apologizing for racist ideology? Curious, since I've been writing about the racism of both sides.
skinster wrote:Palestinians are punished - if they're lucky it's just prison and beatings/torture, otherwise a straight up execution - even though they resist in their own territory, where they're justified to fight for self-determination.
How many times do I have to write that I agree in principle, but we diverge on what is an ethical form of resistance.
skinster wrote:Israelis kill Palestinians with impunity, every day.
Yes, and they unjustly get away with it. I completely agree.
skinster wrote:Yes there is. I'm explaining it to you. Perhaps I should direct you to your signature-quote.
No there is not. Simply doing something horrible to someone else because they come from a group of people that includes someone who did something horrible to you or someone else from your group, does not make your actions moral or ethical. It is just revenge and blind rage.
skinster wrote:You would say that, not that it matters since your agreement doesn't mean shit and Israelis continue to murder Palestinians with impunity pretty much every day.
Our argument doesn't mean shit. Israelis and Palestinians will be killing each other for some time to come regardless of our words.