Hamas
is certainly an extremist group included in the Western list of terrorist
organizations. It needs to be fought and its actions ought to be stopped.
But
fighting Hamas is not an excuse for Israel to behave as a State that does not
respect the laws of the war, the principle of proportionate force, and the
overriding rules about the protection of civilians and the interdiction to
inflict collective punishment on innocent populations.
These
norms should guide the actions of any civilised State, even when that State is
exercising the right of self-defence. In all legislations, self-defence has its
limits and needs to be advised by a great sense of restraint. That´s what the
modern world is about.
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