During a United Nations Security Council meeting this week, U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield launched a full-throated condemnation of Russiaā€™s bombing of Ukraineā€™s largest childrenā€™s hospital on Monday. The attack was a part of a Russian bombing campaign that killed more than 30 Ukrainian civilians.

ā€œWeā€™re here today because Russia ā€¦ attacked a childrenā€™s hospital,ā€ Thomas-Greenfield said. ā€œEven uttering that phrase sends a chill down my spine.ā€

Thomas-Greenfield went on to list a string of Russian attacks on other Ukrainian hospitals throughout the war. She described Russiaā€™s aggression as a ā€œcampaign of terrorā€ and labeled its attacks on civilian infrastructure as violations of international law. Representatives of other countries, such as the United Kingdom and France, echoed Thomas-Greenfieldā€™s denunciations. (Russiaā€™s ambassador denied responsibility for the Monday bombing.)

ā€œIā€™m very glad the U.S. is coming out and so vocally condemning all of those actions,ā€ said Jessica Peake, an international law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, referring to Thomas-Greenfieldā€™s comments toward Russia. ā€œBut at the same time, we donā€™t get any language anywhere near as strong as that when weā€™re talking about Palestinian hospitals, or Palestinian schools, or Palestinian children.ā€

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    Can hamas say the same with confidence? Even though their medical facilities were very close to the fighting?

    Uhā€¦ Yes. ā€œTheirā€ medical facilities were very close to the fighting because all of Gaza is a warzone what are you even talking about?

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      6 months ago

      Exactly. And that is a difference. Since it is different, it means the circumstances are different. Iā€™m not saying itā€™s fair, circumstances are usually very unfair. They still exist though.

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        Why are they dropping bombs that take out entire blocks though? They arenā€™t even being precise about it. It is not like they have hidden their genocidal intents.

        ā€œThe emphasis is on damage and not on accuracyā€ ā€“ Daniel Hagari

        ā€œWe are fighting human animals and we are acting accordinglyā€ ā€“ Yoav Gallant

        Just a few of many quotes that reveal their intents and yet here you are defending genocide.