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[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There's zero similarity between the two situations.

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In both cases a smaller weaker nation has been on the receiving end of military aggression. In both cases civilians were displaced causing them to become refugees.

[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There are people in Gaza who participated in the massacre that included Canadian citizens. The vetting of ANY would be refugee from Gaza must be strict. It will take a while.

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231211-report-nearly-25000-children-in-gaza-now-orphans/

Initial figures from Gaza indicate that 24,000-25,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have become orphans as a result of Israel’s genocidal bombing campaign on the besieged enclave, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said.

The rights group’s initial report highlighted that 10,000 children had been killed as a result of Israel’s bombs, while some 25,000 had lost one or both of their parents. Some 640,000 children had lost their homes after they were either partially or totally destroyed, leaving them homeless.

In addition, the future of hundreds of thousands of children is still unknown, as 217 schools in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed during the Israeli attacks, severely affecting the education process in the Strip.

[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We need to heavily vet any would be Gaza refugees for connections to Hamas and Iranian terrorist groups. Getting children out is a challenge because the Hamas terrorists won't allow them out. What we need is for Hamas to surrender to international authorities to face punishment and allow innocent civilians and all other hostages to receive help. The Netanyahu regime is shit and so is Hamas.

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Please supply evidence proving Hamas will not let the orphans leave.

[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hamas terrorists use all of the people as shields. They need them.

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I don't care what you think. I want you to supply actual evidence. Do you have any?

There is plenty of evidence of Israel using Palestinian children as human shields. Perhaps you got confused.

A United Nations committee focused on youth rights accused Israel Thursday of failing to stop the mistreatment of Palestinian children in military and police custody.

The group's report accuses Israeli forces of using Palestinian children as human shields, and alleges that detained children in some cases face torture, solitary confinement and threats of sexual assault.

Assembled by the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child, the 21-page document comes three months after a UNICEF paper criticized the "systematic and institutionalized" mistreatment of Palestinian children detained by the Israeli military.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/un-report-accuses-israeli-forces-of-using-palestinian-children-as-human-shields-abusing-children-in-custody/

Sidenote, there was no image accompanying the above story, but it's very simple to find images with a Google search

[–] cali_ash@lemmy.wtf -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don’t care what you think. I want you to supply actual evidence. Do you have any?

I guess you've been living under a rock for a couple of decades?

https://stratcomcoe.org/publications/hybrid-threats-hamas-use-of-human-shields-in-gaza/87

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

According to a paper published by NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, the strategic use of human shields by groups like Hamas hinges on exploiting Israel's aim to minimize civilian casualties and the sensitivity of Western public opinion. This tactic allows Hamas to either accuse Israel of war crimes if civilian casualties occur or to protect its assets and continue operations if the IDF limits its military response. This approach is an example of 'lawfare', using legal and public platforms to challenge an adversary.[6][7] Israel has said that Hamas's actions have been responsible for civilian casualties in Gaza,[8][9] Human rights groups have said that even if Hamas were using human shields, Israel must still abide by international law to protect civilians.[10][11]

Amnesty International investigated claims made by Israel in the 2008–2009 Gaza War and the 2014 Gaza War that Hamas employed human shields, but found no evidence of such usage. In their report on the 2008-2009 war, Amnesty said that "contrary to repeated allegations by Israeli officials" that it had found no evidence of Hamas directing civilians to shield military assets or that it had forced civilians to remain in or near buildings used by fighters. Amnesty found that Hamas has launched rockets from near civilian locations, which it said endangered civilians and amounted to a violation of the requirement that Hamas take all necessary precautions to protect civilians from military action, but that this does not constitute shielding under international law.[12] In 2014, Amnesty said, regarding repeated allegations by Israel of Hamas using civilians as human shields, that it "does not have evidence at this point that Palestinian civilians have been intentionally used by Hamas or Palestinian armed groups during the current hostilities to 'shield' specific locations or military personnel or equipment from Israeli attacks." They also said that Hamas urging residents to ignore Israeli warnings to evacuate “are not the same as directing specific civilians to remain in their homes as ‘human shields’ for fighters, munitions, or military equipment.”[10] Human Rights Watch also said they found no evidence that Hamas had used human shields in the 2009 conflict.[13] In 2023, HRW stated "Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups need to take all feasible precautions to protect civilians under their control from the effects of attacks and not use civilians as 'human shields.'"[14]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_human_shields_by_Hamas#cite_note-HRW2023-14

Understand some people are squeamish about using wiki as a source, but they have cited all of their sources and we can track them back to the originals if you like.

[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The investigation will not happen if there's no suspicion. Hamas uses Gazans as human shields. Why are you opposed to getting russian aligned bad actors out of the conflict? Don't you want peace?

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

So you don't have any evidence, and now you want to bring mythical "Russian aligned bad actors" in to support your claim?

this was my response to another commenter

According to a paper published by NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, the strategic use of human shields by groups like Hamas hinges on exploiting Israel's aim to minimize civilian casualties and the sensitivity of Western public opinion. This tactic allows Hamas to either accuse Israel of war crimes if civilian casualties occur or to protect its assets and continue operations if the IDF limits its military response. This approach is an example of 'lawfare', using legal and public platforms to challenge an adversary.[6][7] Israel has said that Hamas's actions have been responsible for civilian casualties in Gaza,[8][9] Human rights groups have said that even if Hamas were using human shields, Israel must still abide by international law to protect civilians.[10][11]

Amnesty International investigated claims made by Israel in the 2008–2009 Gaza War and the 2014 Gaza War that Hamas employed human shields, but found no evidence of such usage. In their report on the 2008-2009 war, Amnesty said that "contrary to repeated allegations by Israeli officials" that it had found no evidence of Hamas directing civilians to shield military assets or that it had forced civilians to remain in or near buildings used by fighters. Amnesty found that Hamas has launched rockets from near civilian locations, which it said endangered civilians and amounted to a violation of the requirement that Hamas take all necessary precautions to protect civilians from military action, but that this does not constitute shielding under international law.[12] In 2014, Amnesty said, regarding repeated allegations by Israel of Hamas using civilians as human shields, that it "does not have evidence at this point that Palestinian civilians have been intentionally used by Hamas or Palestinian armed groups during the current hostilities to 'shield' specific locations or military personnel or equipment from Israeli attacks." They also said that Hamas urging residents to ignore Israeli warnings to evacuate “are not the same as directing specific civilians to remain in their homes as ‘human shields’ for fighters, munitions, or military equipment.”[10] Human Rights Watch also said they found no evidence that Hamas had used human shields in the 2009 conflict.[13] In 2023, HRW stated "Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups need to take all feasible precautions to protect civilians under their control from the effects of attacks and not use civilians as 'human shields.'"[14]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_human_shields_by_Hamas#cite_note-HRW2023-14

Understand some people are squeamish about using wiki as a source, but they have cited all of their sources and we can track them back to the originals if you like.

[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago

Putler needs trump and is using all avenues to achieve his goals.