Ep. 360 — When Did Self-Defense Become a "War Crime"?

Fireside Chat with Dennis Prager

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Self-improvement, Education, How To

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🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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An opinion piece in The New York Times recently accused Israel of committing “war crimes” for taking out Hezbollah terrorists by detonating explosives in pagers and walkie-talkies. If Israel drops bombs, they’re labeled mass murderers. If they target terrorists' communication devices, it’s a “war crime.” Is there anything Israel can do to defend itself against those who want to exterminate it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the fireside chat. I'm Dennis Prager. This is number 360.
0:36.0	So I have an interesting opening statement and it won't be long, although I say that every week and then they end up long.
0:44.4	So I'm well aware of that, but I don't think this will happen this time.
0:48.8	Be that as it may.
0:51.0	So Israel is attacked around the world, Western world, Muslim world,
0:59.0	Eastern world, United Nations everywhere because of bombing in Gaza.
1:05.0	So Israel should not be bombing Gaza even though there is no choice
1:21.2	because there is no choice because the Hamas terrorists hide among civilians deliberately in schools and hospitals, everywhere there are civilians.
1:26.5	I mean, everyone knows this, no one denies that.
1:29.2	So the question is, what should Israel do nothing with people who want to annihilate them.
1:37.3	But my subject is not that.
1:39.8	My subject is this.
1:42.0	So just last week, quite a number of Hezbollah, which is the Lebanese
1:50.3	version of Hamas, another group directed by Iran to eradicate Israel and to kill
2:00.0	as many Jews in Israel as possible.
2:02.7	That's their entire purpose.
2:04.8	They have ruined Lebanon, and it's a perverse universe, but my point is the following.
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