Myths & Facts: Online Exclusives – MYTH: All nations have the same policy about avoiding civilian casualties in war | Jewish Virtual Library

Myths & Facts: Online Exclusives – MYTH: All nations have the same policy about avoiding civilian casualties in war | Jewish Virtual Library

FACT

Israel is pilloried each time non-combatants die inadvertently when measures are taken to defend its citizens. The world does not seem to care that the enemy Israel is fighting uses its own people as human shields, which makes it impossible to attack the terrorists targeting Israeli civilians without the possibility of injuring the innocent. The world also does not give Israel credit for taking unprecedented wartime steps to warn civilians. Meanwhile, the same countries that condemn Israel hypocritically use whatever measures are necessary to kill their enemies and rarely apologize for the collateral damage they cause….