Does the end always justify the means or behaviors to achieve it? Or is this poor thinking?
The Ecuadorian government expresses its concern about the Israeli bombing of the refugee camp in Gaza
In Christian historiography there is an episode of the Holy Innocents. In the Gospel according to Matthew, we read: “Then Herod, seeing that he had been tricked by the wise men – the wise men from the East, who did not inform Herod where the child whom they had visited, guided by the star of Bethlehem – was born, became enraged and sent to kill the children in Bethlehem and all its surroundings , from two years upwards (…).” An angel of God appeared to Josip in a dream and said to him: “Get up. Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the child to kill him. That night, Joseph fled to Egypt with Mary and the child and stayed there until Herod’s death…
Does the end always justify the means or behaviors to achieve it? Or is this poor thinking?
About the fire of Rome, 64 AD. C., the historian Tacitus pointed out that Nero sought the guilty and ordered the persecution of those who called themselves Christians. “…Christ, after whom they were named, suffered the death penalty during the reign of Tiberius by one of our procurators, Pontius Pilate. The superstition it created was suppressed, but it resurfaced not only in Judea, but also in Rome (…). Those found guilty were arrested; not only because he burned the city, but also because of his alleged hatred against humanity (…). Their executions were accompanied by all kinds of mockery. Covered with animal skins, they were torn apart by dogs and suffered, or crucified, or condemned to the stake…
And the “Inquisition” arrived, ordered at the synod in Toulouse in 1229, centuries later, in 1542, the “Holy Office” for the persecution, imprisonment, torture and death of the so-called heretics and dissidents of the Roman Catholic Church and his relatives. Its processes were closed in the 18th century.
United Nations experts warn of the danger of genocide in Gaza
It must be remembered that on August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and another on Nagasaki, which caused destruction and tens of thousands of people. killed and seriously injured non-combatants – bombings ordered by President Truman, because after the occupation of Germany on May 9, 1945, Japan did not surrender. On August 15, 1945, Hirohito, the Japanese emperor, announced Japan’s unconditional capitulation in a radio message.
Was the terrorist attack by the Hamas group on Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, causing hundreds of deaths and thousands of wounded and hostages, justified? No, none, it was a criminal proceeding. All hostages must be released unconditionally.
“Israel has no plan for Gaza when the war ends,” warn experts
The Israeli response, the bombing and destruction in Gaza, until all the hostages are freed since October 7, with the result of thousands of dead and wounded non-combatants, with the destruction of their homes and uncertain conditions for survival – it is mentioned that there are more than 3,800 dead children – is also not permissible.
Ecuador and other countries emphasize that “an urgent, permanent and fully respected humanitarian ceasefire is necessary”. (OR)
Source: Eluniverso
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