Mitchell Plitnick đ„đ sur X :
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#Israel has used the October 7 attack by #Hamas to destroy many norms. The biggest ones have gotten the most notice, those that are part of genocide and ethnic cleansing. But thereâs more, and itâs going to have profound effects on warfare going forward.
Israel has intentionally targeted civilians, hospitals, ambulances, schools, journalists, UN shelters, humanitarian workers, and civilian infrastructure of all kinds. Theyâve done these things before but never on this scale and never so openly.
Israel has made no effort to hide these acts. On the contrary, they have tried to justify them as intentional acts. Theyâve been supported in this by the US and EU. In the future, other countries will do the same and opposition will only reinforce the already widely held view that there are no rules, just what the US will allow its friends and forbid others.
The US and #Israel have struck what could be a mortal blow to the fledgling effort to establish international laws that protect civilians.
Congratulations.
