Yes Isreals occopuation is horrible and directly lead to these attacks. But it is still bad to kill unarmed people, I don’t care if they are settlers, they are still non combatants and should not just be shot in their homes.
There is no such thing as zionist civilian except children. Every settler older than 18 has gone through army training and is combatant
There is an argument (by which I mean Geneva Conventions) that combatants should be identified as such. They need to carry weapons or wear a uniform (and this is actually why the resistance wears bandanas, this is their uniform).
However in the case of Occupation, which Palestine is recognized as being under by the UN, another set of laws apply. And I’m no jurist and will probably need to one day still sit down and read through the entire document, but think of this way in an occupation setting… are you not allowed to capture or kill an accountant signing the orders to send Jews to Germany from France because he doesn’t wear a uniform?
Can you not take out Himmler because Saturday is his day off and he’s at home? You have to wait until Monday otherwise it’s illegal?
The Nuremberg trials found that “I was just following order” was not a valid defense. Can the accountant say “oh but I was just signing the orders you see, I was not actually engaged in the invasions”?
I would be very surprised if Occupation law did not take this into account. I mean even in warfare, can you not target the enemy’s barracks at night because they’re not carrying weapons and they’re not in uniform when they sleep?
So yes, by conscripting everyone into the IDF at the age of 18, “Israel” is digging its own grave.
