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Originally Posted by Pointman
If you look up the definition of "collective punishment", it is something that happens after the war is over. If Hamas surrenders and then Israel jails Gazans simply because they lived in Gaza, that would be collective punishment.
What currently happens can not be described as "punishment", because punishment implies that one side gave up and is receiving a "punishment".
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I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this 'explanation.'