Silly tankie, it's only a war crime when people do it that we, western liberals, don't like. Silly tankie.
There's also a difference in HOW certain groups support the government. The more modern/city dwelling populace, especially the younger generations, is more of a "general support overall" but they go into the finer details more about which representatives and policies they like and dislike, etc. Whereas the more rural, poorer, and older peoples tend to have a much stronger feeling of support for the communists and less of a breakdown of the finer details.
At least this is what I have heard from interviews with people that travel the area. The Proles of the Round Table podcast have a few good episodes on this.
To quote other commenters in another thread.
What does it mean to be a “civilian” when the violence against Palestine is settler-colonial ethnic cleansing?
I do not advocate for the actual assault of children, but the “civilians” in the settlements are the perpetrators of decades long genocide. People who not only do not care that countless Palestinians, children included, have been murdered, but actually support it. It is not a meaningful distinction in this type of conflict.
They put themselves there because they are ideologically committed to ethnically cleansing the land of Palestinians and taking it for themselves. They are thieves and murderers and actions against them by Palestinian forces is self defence.
Counterpoint, there is no such thing as civilian Israelis. They are all criminal settlers occupying stolen land and condoning genocide against the people they have stolen from.
@201dberg
@lemmygrad.ml