They bomb hospitals, and yet there are some who still champion Israel’s right to self-defence. In any self-styled civilized country, self-defence is proportionate to the attack. In these 20 days we’ve counted 1,075 dead Palestinians, 85% of whom were civilians, and over 5,000 injured, of whom half were under 18 years of age. 303 children have been atrociously massacred. Thankfully, there were still only four victims on the Israeli side. It’s equivalent to saying that for Israel, butchering at least 250 Palestinians is a justified bloodbath in avenging each civilian victim on its own side. How
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