Many allege war crimes against Israel not because there is legitimate concern that Israel is committing war crimes, but instead to delegitimize Israel and justify genocide against Jews.
Almost every country that has been at war, or that is at war, commits war crimes or is accused of war crimes. But only when it comes to Israel is this used as the excuse to destroy the country and commit genocide against Israelis.
If Israel is committing war crimes in its war against Hamas in Gaza, then that is unacceptable, indefensible, and there must be accountability.
The United States, Canada, Great Britain, France and other countries have committed war crimes, including in recent wars. No one said, for example, that because the United States committed war crimes, the entire country must be destroyed and Americans exterminated.
No one demands the destruction of the Russian nation and Russian people because of Russia's war and war crimes in Ukraine.
Demonizing Israel is used to justify destroying Israel and slaughtering its population.
Israel's conduct in war, just like every nation that is at war, must not deviate from the rules of war and rules of engagement.
It is critically important to separate ensuring Israel does not commit war crimes, and if it does, there is accountability, from the insidious and far more prevailing sentiment in which war crimes are used as another excuse to demonize Israel and Jews, and to justify further hate and genocidal ambitions against Israel and Jews.
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