Throughout history, warfare has often meant targeting civilian populations to break the enemy’s will. From the bombing of cities in World War II to the U.S. campaigns in Korea and Vietnam, the Gulf War, and the fight against ISIS, civilians were frequently in the crosshairs.
The Geneva Conventions were intended to change this, yet their impact has been limited.
Remarkably, these championed conventions seem to apply most stringently only when Israel is involved.
Hamas can openly fire rockets at Israeli cities, carry out kidnappings, murders, and rapes, and use hospitals, schools, and mosques as shields—yet the chorus of accusations about “international law” violations is directed at Israel.