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THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 27 June 2025
to continue: Thailand Live Saturday 28 June 2025 https://aseannow.com/topic/1365014-thailand-live-saturday-28-june-2025/ -
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Report Thai Student's Attack in NY Highlights Safety Concerns
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US Pushes Forward with Private Aid Plan for Gaza Amid UN Opposition
I don't accept the phrasing of your questions. I don't believe Israel has shown disregard for "Palestinian lives, cities, hospitals, help workers, doctors, journalists, schools, refugee camps, children`s lives, and, and ,and ..." I believe Israel has shown as much regard for Palestinian lives and property as is possible during urban warfare in the Gaza Strip. An unfortunately high number of non-combatant lives have been lost and many buildings and much infrastructure has been destroyed, but hat's due to the strategy and tactics of Hamas which turn civilians and civilian facilities into legitimate military targets. Hamas hides fighters and military equipment in protected sites such as schools, hospitals and apartment buildings, and the Palestinians in whose name it claims to be acting pay the price. John Spencer, an expert on urban warfare, has been quoted on this issue in several threads on AN. I'll quote him again, because he is spot on. https://www.newsweek.com/israel-has-created-new-standard-urban-warfare-why-will-no-one-admit-it-opinion-1883286 "But all available evidence shows that Israel has followed the laws of war, legal obligations, best practices in civilian harm mitigation and still found a way to reduce civilian casualties to historically low levels. "Those calling for Israel to find an alternative to inflicting civilian casualties to lower amounts (like zero) should be honest that this alternative would leave the Israeli hostages in captivity and allow Hamas to survive the war. The alternative to a nation's survival cannot be a path to extinction." The sentence I put in bold text is the overriding reason why Israel should not be condemned. It is fighting for its survival against a terrorist group which seeks to destroy Israel and massacre its citizens. The tactics used by Hamas, mainly hiding among non-combatants, force Israel to use harsh responses to defeat it. -
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