From this Green Party press release in New Zealand:

“The people of Gaza are still living with the terrible impact of the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas, which resulted in the death of 2,300 civilians…

Let’s break this down: Hamas itself says that while 2,310 people died, and that around 70 percent (of the count up to 2,143) were civilians. That means that even Hamas acknowledges that no more than 1,650 Palestinians killed were civilians, yet the Green Party has added 650 to the worst-case-scenario death count.

So already you have them exaggerating on that point, and not mentioning that the civilians who died (realistically, about half of the total casualties) were killed because Hamas encouraged the use of and used human shields.

But then they add:

… and the destruction of hundreds of thousands of homes, schools and hospitals

Part of this is just a grammar/syntax nitpick. You don’t leave a dangling thing like that. It sounds like hundreds of thousands of homes, and hundreds of thousands of schools, and hundreds of thousands of hospitals, all might’ve been destroyed.

But moving on, the next problem we see is that this is false. During the last war, despite how often Hamas used human shields, even the UN said 96,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. The vast majority were damaged, some only slightly. There was no widespread destruction of “hundreds of thousands” of homes. In fact, only 7,000 homes were completely destroyed, and another 10,000 or so were “severely damaged”…largely because Hamas hides weapons and tunnels in those homes. But this is nowhere near “hundreds of thousands”.

But then again, I guess facts are hard for the party when it comes to Israel.

I continue concentrating on Israel and Palestinian’s history. To learn the culture and politics of Israel and the Jewish people, how they think and feel about non-Jews generally and Muslims particularly. All aspects of the way of life of the Israeli people.

The most basic of what I have ascertained, which has altered my life, is that they were never taught to hate non-Jews or kill those who are not of their faith. All they want is to live in peace and harmony which is their basic right granted by the Almighty. In the nearly two years since Operation Protective Edge started and my Muslim community disowned me, I have learned enough to understand about what Israelis are, what they think, how they react, what are their religious beliefs and their geographical history and, of course, their love for the land given by HaShem/Allah.

It was Hamas, who chose the Muslim’s Holy Month of Ramadan to increase strikes against Israel to provoke a reaction and it was already pre planned.  It was Ismael Haniyeh and Khaled Mashal who dragged their people into the fire. They are the real agitators and implementers of apartheid. They knew Israel will retaliate with the full force of her power that would result in the damage of the whole of Gaza’s economic and physical infrastructure that Hamas have neglected since taking power.

What the actual fuck?! Are you FUCKING serious?! They. Bombed. An. International. Civilian. Airport! How is that justifiable?! There are NO military forces stationed in Ben Gurion Airport. All attacks on the settlements closer to Gaza were given without warning. Hamas themselves claimed they will use the tunnels to launch a massive terror attack, killing and taking civilians hostage, on the Jewish New Years. The Hamas haven’t assaulted ONE base during the entire two months. Only towns, cities and Kibbutzim.

And yet you continue to justify them. And I would like to hear your excuses, because I know you are nothing but antisemitic assholes who wear a mask of human rights activists, yet undermine an Israeli civilian’s right to live.