81 Reasons Why Gaza Has The Right To Self-defense

[ToughGong]

Seventy-nine of them can be found in United Nations Security Council Resolutions “directly critical of Israel for violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions, the U.N. Charter, the Geneva Conventions, international terrorism, or other violations of international law.” (1)

Number 80 can be found in the Goldstone Report (2), the recommendations of which have yet to implemented some 18 months after its submission to the Human Rights Council, and Paragraph 1912 of which stresses “all States parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 have in addition the obligation, while respecting the United Nations Charter and international law, to ensure compliance by Israel with international humanitarian law as embodied in that Convention."

The most compelling reason number 81, can be found in the United Nations Charter, Article 52 which states: “Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security.” (4)

There would also be a Reason 82, but for the United States power of veto exercised in the Security Council in February 2011. (5)

If the international community has abandoned its responsibilities towards Palestinians, and particularly towards Gaza, as the above examples over the last 63 years plus this map of Palestinian territories so graphically illustrate, what else is left to Gaza but self-defense?



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[union]

A violent struggle against Israel won't work. The best the Palestinians can do is throw away their arms and try to garner international sympathy/support through non violent resistance.

[ToughGong]

I agree actualy the Palestinians should give up on achieving their original goal of removing the Jews from their lands.They should lobby for a one state solution.Problem is the Jews say the one state solution is anti-semetic on the grounds that since it negates Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state i.e an Apartheid State

[union]

They say no to the one state solution because they're not stupid and they know the arabs will try to outbreed them.

[quark]

i dont think we will see a palestian state in our lifetime. i hope iam wrong

what can you do about someone born in newyork whos father was born in newyork all over sudden moves to the westbank and settles in palestian teritory because he believes god wants him to do that.

and every western nation supports that injustice

[LobsterUnit]

Self defense is a basic, non negotiable right. You don't need some articles on the net talking shiish to tell you that.