Pushing forward
By Manal Tellawi | January 29, 2009Many proponents of the recent offensive in Gaza have perpetuated the view that Israel?s disproportionate response, incurring the deaths of more than 1,300 Palestinians, was justified, that it was because of Hamas that Israel was forced to kill innocent Palestinians.Those who perpetuate this misguided view are blind to the fact that collective punishment is illegal under international law, and that nothing justifies killing innocent civilians.
