r/Palestine Sep 15 '24

Call For Action Palestine has the right to defend itself

We should popularize this phrase the way the zionists say it about Israel. I feel like it speaks to the root of the problem, the ongoing colonization for the past 75 years. Going to start saying it and putting it everywhere✊🏼🇵🇸❤️

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '24

100% and we have the fact to back it up.. Israel don't have the right to defend itself and we also have the fact for that.

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u/Randyfox86 Sep 15 '24

More accurately, Israel doesn't have the right to defend itself against the Palestinians, since Israel are the occupying entity, they have a duty of care to the occupied nation.

Israel can defend itself against anyone it's not currently occupying. At least that's my understanding of international law (im not a lawyer).

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u/HopperDragon Sep 16 '24

"Right" is obviously nebulous and subjective. They have the right in that it would be legal under international law for them to defend their borders with force against a hostile state. Whether it's moral or just is another thing altogether. Although, israel does break the law all the time. The settlements, demolitions, war crimes, collective punishment, land theft, most of it is against either international or even Israeli law. They just do it anyway.

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