States do not have rights. People have rights. The people of Isreal have a right to exist. The people of Palestine have a right to exist. They have a right to live, have their basic needs met, recieve an education, work, and travel. And they have a right to self governance, to form and uphold a state of their collective choosing. They have a right to individual religious choice and practice. They have a right to justice and to protect themselves and to fight back against oppression.
Some of the things they do not have: 1) Genetic or historical rights to a land/buildings/real-estate (you have a right to your own personal property alone, and you have a right to get back property stolen from you. You do not have a right to property your ancestors owned 100 generations ago, even if it was confirmed to be stolen from them). 2) Rights to establish apartheid states. 3) Rights to kill non-combatants. 4) Rights to restrict access to basic infrastructure and resources of non-combatants. 5) Rights to take non-combatants as hostages or prisoners of war, or to torture anyone. 6) Rights to intentionally attack humanitarians bringing aid into a war zone. 6) Rights to enforce religious restrictions and choice onto others. Etcetera, etcetera.
That does go for everyone, including both sides of the Gaza war, but of course only one side is committing some of these crimes and committing all of them with overwhelming force, tech and money backing them.
States do not have rights. People have rights. The people of Isreal have a right to exist. The people of Palestine have a right to exist. They have a right to live, have their basic needs met, recieve an education, work, and travel. And they have a right to self governance, to form and uphold a state of their collective choosing. They have a right to individual religious choice and practice. They have a right to justice and to protect themselves and to fight back against oppression.
Some of the things they do not have: 1) Genetic or historical rights to a land/buildings/real-estate (you have a right to your own personal property alone, and you have a right to get back property stolen from you. You do not have a right to property your ancestors owned 100 generations ago, even if it was confirmed to be stolen from them). 2) Rights to establish apartheid states. 3) Rights to kill non-combatants. 4) Rights to restrict access to basic infrastructure and resources of non-combatants. 5) Rights to take non-combatants as hostages or prisoners of war, or to torture anyone. 6) Rights to intentionally attack humanitarians bringing aid into a war zone. 6) Rights to enforce religious restrictions and choice onto others. Etcetera, etcetera.
That does go for everyone, including both sides of the Gaza war, but of course only one side is committing some of these crimes and committing all of them with overwhelming force, tech and money backing them.