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If you ignore it, perhaps declaring a 'war on terror', you get in a muddle and find yourself giving terrorists equal status with soldiers. When you catch the terrorists they can then claim to be POWs, not criminals.
Not much of a muddle, to be frank. Just refuse to do it, against prior laws and reason, and hold out until people forget.
No one’s been punished for torturing people at Guantanamo Bay and other black sites, without ever having put them in front of a judge, or formally charging them, or even acknowledging their detention.
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Firstly, the writer is from a local council. He doesn't represent Israel or its leadership.
Secondly, all he's done is write something. He hasn't actually removed people from Gaza.
Thirdly, Israel is a sovereign state. People who fight on behalf of a sovereign state are soldiers, not terrorists. This is an important distinction, explained in dictionaries. If you ignore it, perhaps declaring a 'war on terror', you get in a muddle and find yourself giving terrorists equal status with soldiers. When you catch the terrorists they can then claim to be POWs, not criminals.