Gaza: Operation Gomorrah!
Eye for eye or just 'stand your ground'?
– #Extremely Short Paradoxical Intention upon request: Please wait ‘til you‘re feeling the knife’s blade ticklin‘ your throat, then ... –
But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. (Exodus 21:23-25)
TO | WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Since Hamas‘ attack[1] on Israel, the armed and humanitarian escalation as much as the Hostages’ Situation in the Gaza Strip[2] have been gradually worsening.
Most recently, global Pro-Palestinian Protests[3] have been on the rise in lockstep with Accusations against Israel to have commited several war crimes[4] in the meantime.
Alongside, Turkey’s[5] and Iran‘s[6] political bigwhigs have – either implicitly or explicitly – considered Hamas’ assault on Israel an Act of Self-Defence.
In lockstep, Proporters of Humanitarian and International Law[7] seem to have interpreted the armed Conflict as if the Rules to Playing Chess had been violated.
Correspondingly, the UN‘s Resolution[8] and US Foreign Minister Blinken’s intervention[9] have tacitly convicted Israel on their Military Action in terms of having accounted for a humanitarian Crisis and civil Casualties beyond necessity.
Now, what the hell’s been going on here – a reversal of Perpetrator and Victim having either been carried out unwittingly or on purpose?
OBJECTION | ANYONE, ANYONE?[10]
What do the following words mean to whom: Aggression[11] ... Self-Defence[12] – reactive[13] Retaliation[14] ... preemptive[15] Vengeance[16] ... reasonable[17] Retribution[18] – Operation[19] – Victim[20] ... Perpretrator[21] ... Culprit[22]?
To what extent, does the End justifies the Means from the Muslims‘[23] and Jews‘[24] diverging points of view in terms of collective Memory and History Record of their respective Persecution?
TIME CAPSULES | ASSAULT AND RETALIATION
# Arab-Israeli Wars[25]: Palestine vs Israel
# Pearl Harbor: Japan[26] vs the United States[27]
# WWII[28]: Third Reich[29] vs the United Kingdom[30]
# WWII: Third Reich[31] vs Jews[32]
# Wars on Terror: United States of America[33] – Syria[34] – Turkey[35]
When the sun come shining, then I was strolling / And the wheat fields waving, and the dust clouds rolling / The voice was chanting as the fog was lifting / This land was made for you and me (Woodie Guthrie, This Land is Your Land)
REFERENCES | INTERNATIONAL DECLARATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF SELF-DEFENCE[36]
# Common Definition[37]
# Legal Elaboration[38]
# Humanitarian Law[39]
# Human Rights Law[40]
# Constitutional Law[41]
# International (Criminal) Law[42]
RESOURCES | INTERNATIONAL RESOLUTIONS ON AND CONCEPTS AGAINST AGGRESSION[43]
# Reactions to Armed Attacks[44]
# Anticipatory Action[45]
# Reasonable Force[46]
# Homeland Defence[47]
CODA
A penny for your thoughts ... sorry ... action is louder than words.
Kind regards,
Cal Caleido
Frame of Reference
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[1] 2023 Israel–Hamas war (Wikiped) ––– October 9, 2023 - Israel-Hamas war news (cnn.com) Israel pounds Gaza by air; Biden condemns 'evil' Hamas attacks | Reuters ––– U.S. Helps Israel Defend Against Hamas Attacks (U.S. Department of Defense)
[2] Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as outcry grows over Gaza crisis (cnn.com)
[3] Demonstrators from around the world call for a cease-fire in Gaza | AP News ––– Pro-Palestinian rallies in Washington, London and elsewhere accuse Israel of genocide | The Times of Israel ––– Protesters march in major cities to demand Gaza ceasefire | Reuters
[4] Israel accused of war crimes as Gaza camp is bombed again | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera
[5] Turkey’s Erdogan Defends Hamas and Lashes Out at Israel - The New York Times (nytimes.com) ––– Turkey's Erdogan: Hamas aren't terrorists, they're mujahideen defending homeland | The Times of Israel ––– Turkey’s Erdogan scraps Israel trip over ‘inhumane’ Gaza war | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
[6] Iran says attack on Israel is Palestinian 'self-defence' | Reuters
[7] ICC Prosecutor speaks in Cairo on the situation in Israel and Palestine - YouTube ––– State of Palestine | International Criminal Court (icc-cpi.int)
[8] General Assembly Adopts Resolution Calling for Immediate, Sustained Humanitarian Truce Leading to Cessation of Hostilities between Israel, Hamas | UN Press
[9] Blinken addresses calls for a cease-fire in Gaza (nbcnews.com)
[10] "Anyone, anyone" teacher from Ferris Bueller's Day Off - YouTube
[11] aggression | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)
[12] self- | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com) ––– defense | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)
[13] reactive | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)
[14] retaliation | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)
[15] preemptive | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)
[16] vengeance | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)
[17] reasonable | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)
[18] retribution | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)
[19] Russia’s “Special Military Operation” and the (Claimed) Right of Self-Defense - Lieber Institute West Point
[20] victim | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)
[21] perpetrator | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)
[22] culprit | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)
[23] Persecution of Muslims (Wikiped) ––– Persecution of Muslims by Meccans (Wikiped) ––– Persecution of Jews and Muslims by Manuel I of Portugal (Wikiped) ––– Persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction (Wikiped) ––– Persecution of Ahmadis (Wikiped) ––– Persecution of minority Muslim groups (Wikiped) ––– Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar (Wikiped) ––– Uyghur genocide (Wikiped) ––– Rohingya genocide (Wikiped) ––– related: List of Islamophobic incidents (Wikiped)
[24] Persecution of Jews (Wikiped) ––– Antisemitism (Wikiped) ––– History of antisemitism (Wikiped) ––– Timeline of antisemitism (Wikiped) ––– Expulsions and exoduses of Jews (Wikiped) ––– Persecution of Jews during the Black Death (Wikiped) ––– Persecution of Jews and Muslims by Manuel I of Portugal (Wikiped) ––– The Holocaust (Wikiped) ––– related: Nazi Germany (Wikiped)
[25] 1948 Arab–Israeli War (Wikiped) –––Suez Crisis (Wikiped) ––– Six-Day War (Wikiped) ––– Yom Kippur War (Wikiped) ––– related: Munich massacre (Wikiped)
[26] Attack on Pearl Harbor (Wikiped)
[27] Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Wikiped)
[29] V-1 and V-2 intelligence (Wikiped)
[30] Area bombing directive (Wikiped) ––– Operation Gomorrah: Firestorm created 'Germany's Nagasaki' - BBC News ––– related: Arthur Harris (Wikiped)
[31] The Holocaust (Wikiped) ––– related: Nazi Germany (Wikiped)
[32] Eichmann trial (Wikiped) ––– related (1) as follows: Eichmann in Jerusalem (Wikiped) ––– Adolf Eichmann (Wikiped) ––– related (2) as follows: Fritz Bauer (Wikiped) ––– Secret Life of the German Judge Who Brought the Mossad to Eichmann - Haaretz Com - Haaretz.com ––– related (3) as follows: Mossad (Wikiped) ––– Eichmann was nabbed by Mossad after tipoff from German co-worker, report reveals | The Times of Israel ––– The Daring Israeli Spy Operation to Capture Nazi Mass Murderer Adolf Eichmann | HISTORY ––– The Mossad Mission to Capture Architect of Holocaust | Courthouse News Service ––– related (4) as follows: Hannah Arendt (Wikiped) ––– Hannah Arendt - Eichmannn in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (platypus1917.org)
[33] War on terror (Wikiped) ––– Operation Enduring Freedom (Wikiped)
[34] Syrian civil war (Wikiped) ––– Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2023) (Wikiped) ––– related interventions as follows: Iranian intervention in the Syrian civil war (Wikiped) ––– American intervention in the Syrian civil war (Wikiped) ––– ––– Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war (Wikiped) ––– related sideshow: Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war (Wikiped)
[35] Terrorism in Turkey (Wikiped) ––– Turkey–Islamic State conflict (Wikiped) ––– related as follows: Kurdistan Workers' Party (Wikiped) ––– Abdullah Öcalan (Wikiped)
[36] Pleading Self-defence - Noble Solicitors
[37] Right of self-defense (Wikiped)
[38] Legal Dictionary | Law.com ––– Self-Defense – Criminal Law (umn.edu) ––– Self-Defence and the Prevention of Crime | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk) ––– Self-Defense Law: Overview - FindLaw ––– Self-defense | Criminal Defense, Civil Liability & Legal Rights | Britannica ––– self-defense | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute (cornell.edu) ––– The Expanding Law of Self-Defence on JSTOR
[39] Doctors without borders | The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law (guide-humanitarian-law.org)
[40] "The Right of Self-Defense and the Organic Unity of Human Rights - Part II" by David Little - Canopy Forum ––– A Human Right to Self-Defense? | Human Rights and Personal Self-Defense in International Law | Oxford Academic (oup.com) ––– The Human Right of Self-Defense (byu.edu)
[41] Self-Defence and the Constitution. | CanLII
[42] Self-defence | How does law protect in war? - Online casebook (icrc.org) ––– Non-Forcible Measures And the Law of Self-Defence | International & Comparative Law Quarterly | Cambridge Core ––– A Human Right to Self-Defense? | Human Rights and Personal Self-Defense in International Law | Oxford Academic (oup.com) ––– Conditions for the lawful exercise of the right of self-defence in international law | SHS Web of Conferences (shs-conferences.org) ––– Principles of International Law on the Use of Force by States in Self-Defence (live.com) ––– Right to Self-Defence in National and International Law: The Role of the Imminence Requirement, The (iu.edu) ––– The Legal Origin of the Inherent Right of Self-Defence and Anticipatory Self-Defence (austlii.edu.au) ––– On the ‘Inherent’ Character of the Right of States to Self-defence (westminster.ac.uk) ––– Anticipatory Self-Defence Under International Law (american.edu) ––– Legal Basis of the Right of Self-Defence under the UN Charter and under Customary International Law (uva.nl) ––– The Threat of Force as an Action in Self-Defense Under International Law (vanderbilt.edu) ––– The Threat of Force as an Action in Self-Defense under International Law (worktribe.com) ––– related as follows: Right of Self-Defence Under International Law: The Response to the Terrorist Attacks of 11 September | Office of Justice Programs (ojp.gov) ––– The Right of Self-Defence in the Period after the Second World War | International Law and the Use of Force by States | Oxford Academic (oup.com)
[43] The Definition of Aggression and Self-Defense (justsecurity.org)
[44] United Nations Charter (full text) | United Nations ––– Full article: Reconceptualising the right of self-defence against ‘imminent’ armed attacks (tandfonline.com) ––– Exculpatory Effect of Self-Defense in State Responsibility, The (uga.edu) ––– Right to Self-Defence in National and International Law: The Role of the Imminence Requirement, The (iu.edu) ––– Bethlehem - Self-Defense Article (un.org) ––– The Threat of Force as an Action in Self-Defense Under International Law (vanderbilt.edu) ––– Self-Defense Against Terrorists: The Meaning of Armed Attack (umich.edu) ––– The threat of force as an action in self-defense under international law (worktribe.com) ––– related conscientious objection: A right to self-defence or an excuse to use armed force (diva-portal.org)
[45] Anticipatory self-defence — Int Law ––– The Legal Origin of the Inherent Right of Self-Defence and Anticipatory Self-Defence (austlii.edu.au) ––– Anticipatory Self-Defence Under International Law (american.edu) ––– The Doctrine of Preemptive Self-Defense (villanova.edu)
[46] Using reasonable force against intruders - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) ––– What is Lawful Use of Force in Self Defense? – What is Lawful Use of Force in Self Defense Firm (lawjrc.com)