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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
SomeUN OCHA numbers to consider. Since 2000 Hamas has killed 2,746 Israelis. Tragic and heinous. No one is defending Hamas and everyone is in agreement that Hamas should be hunted out of existence.
On the other side of the engagement Israel has killed 14,293 Palestinians during that same time. A ratio of 5.2 to 1. Is this not equally as tragic and heinous? These numbers do not include the death and suffering caused from the apartheid state the Palestinians are living under. When is this going to enter the larger conversation? |
Why do the numbers matter at all?
Intent is always what matters. We have this in western society all the time. Someone can stab 5 people without intent, or murder 1 person with intent, and the outcome from our justice system will always be more severe to the person that only killed one person but with intent.