Humanitarian agencies say women and menstruating people are also facing alarming rates of severe infections due to Israel’s blockade of supplies and water.

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    10 months ago

    It literally is. If I order your whole block to evacuate their homes because I want to blow up a meth lab 3 doors down from you, I am engaging in collective punishment. It’s literally what words mean.

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      10 months ago

      If I order your whole block to evacuate their homes because I want to blow up a meth lab 3 doors down from you, I am engaging in collective punishment. It’s literally what words mean.

      What you describe is an active attempt to protect innocent lives from a violent operation. It’s the opposite of punishment.

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        10 months ago

        TIL being forced from your homes and having them bombed isn’t punishment. Twist those words more brah. I guess I can tell you to leave, then blow up your house and I’d be doing you a favor? And if you don’t like it and stay then your death is your fault.

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      10 months ago

      Forget the fact that countless international organizations warned the time frame was unrealistic for evacuating civilians. Impossible, even.