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But if this Trojan Horse operation was as precise as it appears to have been, then it ranks among the most ethical acts of self-defense in memory. There are no “innocent” members of Hezbollah—whose only contributions to human culture have been the ruination of Lebanon and the modern evil of suicide bombing. This Iranian proxy has been firing
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Tragically, four children are reported to have been killed. However, compared to almost any other military operation, this act of mass sabotage appears to have produced very few unintended deaths. It is an example of exactly the sort of calibrated violence that Israel’s critics claim to support. And it has delivered a profound psychological blow to
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First, the cities Israel takes out are military strongholds, not civilian population centers.
Joshua Ryan Butler • The Skeletons in God's Closet: The Mercy of Hell, the Surprise of Judgment, the Hope of Holy War
The Legitimacy of Violence as a Political Act?
chomsky.infoPalestinian state must seek to maintain an absolute monopoly over military, paramilitary, guerrilla, and terrorist violence, as the Jewish state did in 1948 when it forcibly and permanently disarmed Etzel and Lechi. Even before it becomes a state, the Palestinian Authority must show that it is willing and able to disarm all terrorist groups,