Hamas strike on Israel

The case for Israel not existing is strong.

All the end of Mandate Palestine and the forced establishment of the state of Israel was a disastrous international policy decision which replaced one sort of genocide (the Shoah) with another (the Nakba)

It has reverberated through history since and today is just the latest chapter.

Israel Inc has succeeded in achieving a political coup in the IHRA (non legally binding working definition) of antisemitism, much of which needs major scrutiny, inter alia

• Calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or harming of Jews in the name of a radical ideology or an extremist view of religion.

Fine

• Making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or stereotypical allegations about Jews as such or the power of Jews as collective — such as, especially but not exclusively, the myth about a world Jewish conspiracy or of Jews controlling the media, economy, government or other societal institutions.

Fine

• Accusing Jews as a people of being responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a single Jewish person or group, or even for acts committed by non-Jews.

Fine

• Denying the fact, scope, mechanisms (e.g. gas chambers) or intentionality of the genocide of the Jewish people at the hands of National Socialist Germany and its supporters and accomplices during World War II (the Holocaust).

Fine

• Accusing the Jews as a people, or Israel as a state, of inventing or exaggerating the Holocaust.

Fine

• Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of Jews worldwide, than to the interests of their own nations.

Not fine, this is most certainly a thing, especially among orthodox communities who attempt to live outside both the law and social norms of the nations in which they live. Something which would be unacceptable in Israel itself.

• Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavour.

The existence of Israel may or may not be a racist endeavour, but its certainly an act of ethnic cleansing and genocide, at a level other nations have been bombed to hell for, eg FYR Serbia

• Applying double standards by requiring of it (Israel) a behaviour not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation.

Bullsh1t, this has been long term Isreali state policy to silence debate of its acts against Arab and Palestinian civilians, among other things.

• Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis.

Fine

• Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.

If the cap fits.....Israel has engaged in State sponsored forced ghettoisation and impoverishment of Arab and Palestinian civilians. If the State of Israel wishes to end comparisons between its policies and those of the Nazis, they should stop pursuing policies which mirror aspects of those of the Nazis. Simple enough.

• Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel.

Fine.

Going by the videos on Twitter showing the treatment of young Israeli soldiers the response to this will be staggering

God help the innocent civilians who the terrorists will hide behind in the next few days

It's not designed to shoot some bloke down using a paraglider

Won't end well for anyone, even for people far removed from Israel. Will probably provoke more terrorist attacks in western cities etc. The impact of drones and their potential for attacks hasn't been imo fully examined. Imagine the impact a single drone laden with explosives on a European sporting event would have. Would probably mark the end of the great sporting occasions that entertain us all. Another dismal day in what is becoming a more dismal world.

It's Muslims voting for a Muslim party so I'm not sure what other outcome was expected

Disgusting images on line and the usual suspects on here defending the indefensible. Hopefully the terrorists Hamas and their supporters will be wiped out.

To my mind, we're seeing two lots of 'bad guys' : a right wing authoritarian state in Israel which has committed numerous atrocities against the Palestinian people and a terrorist movement in Hamas capable of horrible attacks. It's impossible to like either of them and, as you say, innocent civilians will pay the price.