…according to the Wall Street Journal, in a piece by George E. Bisharat. Bisharat writes with great moral clarity, outlining the precise timeline leading up to the current conflict and putting the toll taken by both sides into proper perspective. A quick excerpt (you should read the whole thing):
Israel has also failed to adequately discriminate between military and nonmilitary targets. Israel’s American-made F-16s and Apache helicopters have destroyed mosques, the education and justice ministries, a university, prisons, courts and police stations. These institutions were part of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure. And when nonmilitary institutions are targeted, civilians die. Many killed in the last week were young police recruits with no military roles. Civilian employees in the Hamas-led government deserve the protections of international law like all others. Hamas’s ideology — which employees may or may not share — is abhorrent, but civilized nations do not kill people merely for what they think.
