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"What is it if not a war crime?" Former Israeli prime minister Olmert blasts war in Gaza.
Posted on 5/28/25 at 11:28 am
Posted on 5/28/25 at 11:28 am
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Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has blasted the country’s political leadership and the conduct of its military, telling CNN he is no longer able to defend Israel against accusations of war crimes.
Olmert, who led the country from 2006-2009, pointed to Israel’s 11-week blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza and the soaring number of Palestinians killed.
“What is it if not a war crime?” he asked rhetorically in an interview with CNN. He said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and far-right members of his government are “committing actions which can’t be interpreted any other way.”
Since the start of the war, Olmert has defended Israel abroad against accusations of genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. When women and children were killed, Olmert said he told officials and interviewers that Israel would not deliberately target civilians.
But 19 months into a war Olmert says should have ended a year ago, he believes he can no longer make that case. CNN spoke to Olmert following the publication of an op-ed by the former prime minister that was published in Israel’s Haaretz newspaper on Tuesday, in which he wrote: “What we are doing in Gaza now is a war of devastation: indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing of civilians.”
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Posted on 5/28/25 at 11:31 am to Bunk Moreland
Were the folks killed on October 7th civilians or soldiers, I can’t remember?
Posted on 5/28/25 at 11:32 am to Bunk Moreland
Ehud Obama
Posted on 5/28/25 at 11:47 am to Bunk Moreland
so a former PM who resigned in disgrace and was jailed for corruption is now criticizing his successor? frick you, convict.
corrupt PM
corrupt PM
Posted on 5/28/25 at 12:06 pm to Bunk Moreland
What a loser....they never released all of the hostages, so why should Israel stop?? He sounds like a Neville Chambelain and doesn't have the moral fortitude to do what's necessary.
Posted on 5/28/25 at 12:09 pm to Bunk Moreland
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Olmert, who led the country from 2006-2009, is no longer able to defend Israel against accusations of war crimes.
Good thing it's not his job anymore... go away, Olmert!
Posted on 5/28/25 at 12:26 pm to Bunk Moreland
Hail:Trump as Bunk: Jews
Posted on 5/28/25 at 12:31 pm to BeepBopBoop
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Posted on 5/28/25 at 1:28 pm to slidingstop
quote:No kidding. I saw the numbers recently where the civilian/military casualty ratio was the lowest of all modern conflicts. You truly would never know that just by following the "news".
so a former PM who resigned in disgrace and was jailed for corruption is now criticizing his successor? frick you, convict.
Posted on 5/28/25 at 1:29 pm to Bunk Moreland
I’m shocked that Obama’s boy would make these statements. Obama tried hard to coup d’tat Bibi with him. Sounds like Obama and crew are making another run at it
Posted on 5/28/25 at 1:31 pm to Big Scrub TX
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I saw the numbers recently where the civilian/military casualty ratio was the lowest of all modern conflicts
Now THAT would be a useful stat. Do you have a link? How many Hamas military have been killed?
Posted on 5/28/25 at 2:47 pm to Bunk Moreland
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What is it if not a war crime?
Well how about if we just call it war.
War is hell is an expression for a reason.
Posted on 5/28/25 at 3:08 pm to IvoryBillMatt
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Now THAT would be a useful stat. Do you have a link? How many Hamas military have been killed?
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If we are, for argument’s sake, going to accept Hamas numbers then we should also accept IDF numbers that the military has killed around 9,000 combatants (if you accept a terrorist’s numbers please have the decency to accept the democracy’s claims too).
With those numbers, the combatant-civilian death ratio in Gaza is about 1:1.5 and less than 1:2. In other words, for every combatant killed, around 1.5 civilians are killed.
Every loss of civilian life is tragic, but with this ratio, not only should Israel not be accused of genocide (that’s obvious), world leaders should be applauding the IDF’s precision-strike capabilities. As a point of reference, according to the UN, civilians usually make up around 90 percent of casualties in war. That’s a 1:9 ratio (one combatant for every nine civilians).
What is happening in Gaza is unique - it is a new form of warfare (urban setting, extensive use of human shields and massive tunnel infrastructure) and still the ratio is low.
What the IDF is doing will be studied by other militaries for decades to come. No other military in the world has ever achieved this.
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Posted on 5/28/25 at 3:14 pm to Bunk Moreland
Maybe we can commisson Smithfield and Hormel to do some ham and bacon air drops
Posted on 5/28/25 at 3:16 pm to Bunk Moreland
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But 19 months into a war Olmert says should have ended a year ago
Reckon why it hasn't ended?
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