Excuse me for doubting the word of a terrorist organization on their unverifiable numbers. Regardless, even if it was 4 children it would be a tragedy. But the alternative of leaving Hamas in power is far worse. The allied forces had to make the same choice against the Nazis. In any case, it's not a numbers game of whose side has more deaths. That's not a moral argument in any way.
We are disagreeing on fact so there may be nothing more to discuss. I believe the evidence that Hamas is using hospitals, mosques, etc to cover their tunnels and to launch rockets from. Do you agree that, IF that were the case, Hamas is to blame?
You're working so hard to defend Hamas, when they couldn't give less of a fuck about you. They want to die in holy glory and meet their 72 virgins in heaven. You say dehumanization is the first step to genocide. But I'm not dehumanizing the people of Gaza, only those for which the above applies, that fill the ranks of Hamas, especially their leadership. They are part of the Muslim fanatic worldwide movement that horrendously misreads the Qur'an.
I don't understand why you think we blame Arabs for the holocaust. I've never heard that argument in my life from anyone. Nazis hated Arabs too. We do blame the Arabs, generally speaking, for attacking us as we declared independence with the agreement of the UN. Then again in 67. Then again in 73.
I'm not saying Israel is blameless, but in this case there is no comparison. Again, if anything, Israel is to blame for not acting more forcefully against Hamas earlier. Both sides could have been much better off.
Hamas literally say that their goal is to vanquish every Jew from Israel, and we have seen that they would be extra happy if the method was to horrifically kill every Jew. On the other hand, Israel had over half a century to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians. Do you think Israel couldn't do that if it wanted to? It could do that in a week. Why is it taking so long, then?
If you had a button and reversed everything, Hamas being the occupiers and Israelis the occupied, I assure you that every Jew would be dead by the end of the year. They have claimed that in words and proven it with actions.