israel isnt in the wrong in the israeli gaza war

Hello, and thank you for this debate. To understand why Israel is not in the wrong, we must look at the objective origin of this specific conflict. This is not a war of choice or expansion; it is a defensive response to the events of October 7th, which involved the largest mass murder of Jewish civilians since the Holocaust. Any sovereign nation has a legal and moral obligation to protect its citizens and retrieve its kidnapped people.
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And to pre-counter this statement: "Israel is killing civs." 

(Israel is fighting an enemy (Hamas) that intentionally hides in hospitals, schools, and tunnels under homes.)

While the loss of civilian life is tragic, the moral responsibility lies with the party that uses its own population as human shields.
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And another pre-counter to this statement: "Israel isn't here for peace; Israel only looks for war and killing of Palestinians."

The Offer: The UN proposed dividing the land into a Jewish state and an Arab state.

Israel's Stance: Jewish leaders accepted the plan, even though it gave them a very small, non-contiguous piece of land.

The Rejection: Arab leaders rejected it and launched a war the day after Israel declared independence.

My point: if the Palestinians had said "yes" here, they would have had a state for 75 years already.

And there were many other offers that Israel has offered, and Palestinian leaders have declined.

Thank you for reading this.