Dude that was HILARIOUS!
Go to 2:59
*British accent* "Even the Goldstone Report, itself a document with SEVERE PRO-ZIONIST OVERTONES issued by a declared Zionist and supporter of Israel, states unequivocally Israel's campaign was blah blah blah."
I really like how much time the commentator spent emphasizing the fact that Goldstone is a self-declared Zionist (and a Jew...goldy, HELLO!), while dubiously saying the report had..."pro-zionist overtones" which I don't even know what that means.
for those who don't want to watch the video, most of it is about a flower mill that was hit by an israeli shell.
The goldstone team (3 people) claimed the mill was hit intentionally to deprive the Gazan people the ability to access flower and thus went beyond the rules of war and was a violation of international law (collective punishment - read the G.C.
the commentator cites goldstones claim without challenge even though many commentators - including goldstone himself - have taken issues with the report, and most of the language has been reduced to pallywood propaganda without facts to support.
the entire video is how the war was designed to ruin the lives of the palestinians - and cites examples where power plants and flower mills were destroyed.
as if they were the target and not the hamas trolls shooting behind them.
what totally demolishes this narrative is that once israel found out it had hit flower plants, it starting shipping in flower DURING THE WAR to compensate.
what country does this. 4 years on and entire neighborhoods are still leveled since operation phantom fury.
perhaps americans should be more concerned about their own country destroying another nation instead of picking on the moral standard - israel.
I wish the USA fought like Israel. Imagine the lives we would save.
my biggest issue I have of course is the casualties the video lists:
1400 killed (false)
80% civilian (false)
342 children (false)
~1,100 have been confirmed. rights groups cited palestinian sources without question, and the 1400 number is the extreme. the most updated list only has the names of ~1,100 people - IDF posted a very explicit report with ages, occupation, etc..etc..
80% civilian is also false. even the Goldstone Report doesn't say 80%. the rights of civilians were largely compromised because hamas embedded itself among civilian areas (admitted) but this does not make them immune from attack according to international law.
also, hamas notoriously abused ambulances to attack israelis, and even prohibited wounded palestinians from seeking treatment in israel.
as far as children are concerned, rights groups considered anyone under the age of 18 a child (seriously.) according to the MFA at least, the overwhelming majority of children were combat-age males, males outnumbered females by a factor of 6.
also know palestinians have a long history of arming children so it really is a moot complaint.
what is most surprising about this conflict is how quickly gaza recovered. while egypt shut down its borders, israel shipped in 30 million lb of aid and within 2 months humanitarian conditions are back to pre-war levels.
the only issues are destroyed or damaged buildings...
truly is beyond me why israel continues to ship in aid, even as hamas shoots at israeli workers escorting the aid into gaza....
it seems users like sand exploit this conflict to demonize israel. whether this is malicious intent or liberal ignorance cannot be determined, but i wish it would stop.