Two views on the conflict in Gaza
For today's op-ed segment, we get two views on the conflict in Gaza.
Amos Guiora, former Israeli Defense Forces judge advocate general argues that Israel has chosen to protect its civilian population while Hamas chose to protect its missiles.
From The New York Times:
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International law requires distinguishing between Hamas and innocent Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Thousands of missiles have been fired into Israel over the years; in response, Israeli leadership invested millions of dollars in protecting its civilian population. Hamas chose to protect its missiles with its civilian population.
Ghada Ageel, visiting professor of political science at the University of Alberta, said it's important to look back at who started the current conflict.
From The New York Times:
[W]hile states have the right to defend themselves, so do people under occupation. Despite the Israeli claim that it no longer occupies Gaza, Israel effectively controls the strip - particularly the air and sea - and, in conjunction with Egypt, the borders, too. When Israel demands that Palestinians flee their homes, is it not legitimate self-defense to say Israel did this once before and will pass through my neighborhood over my dead body?