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Re:ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu fo... by tptacek on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:00PM (#40449539)
My argument doesn't depend on the premise of Israel ending hostilities if Hamas surrenders. I don't think they will. The argument is simply that Hamas's continued hostilities will increase Gazan civilian casualties, which is difficult to argue against.
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Re:ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu fo... by tsimionescu on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:20PM (#40449676)
It's not if Israel continues its killing campaign. At best, I could agree that Hamas surrendering would not increase casualties, but I doubt it would decrease them in any way.
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Re:ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu fo... by tptacek on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:23PM (#40449692)
I don't think that's a very defensible argument, but if you really believe that our premises are probably too far apart for it to be productive to keep talking about it. I don't think that Israeli attacks on Hamas installations are proportionate, but I don't think it's a mainstream bit of analysis that they're completely decoupled from Hamas itself.

Again, I would say, the Rule of Lord Farquaad applies.

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