Mark Hughes<p>Apologists for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> will be telling you that the nine year old child of a Hezbollah member had it coming.</p><p>Some, like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RichardHalpin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RichardHalpin</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Newsnight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Newsnight</span></a> last night will say that Israel's latest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/warCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warCrime</span></a> - the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PagerAttack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PagerAttack</span></a> which is explicitly outlawed under the Geneva Convention because it involves planting explosives in everyday devices - is justified because of other people's crimes.</p><p>For them, Israel's crimes not to be criticised or prosecuted. Why not?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KierStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KierStarmer</span></a> silent.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICC</span></a> incoming</p>