> They do not value their own lives [...] If the Palestinians valued their own lives

You can't post slurs like this to HN, no matter which people you have a problem with. No more of this, please, regardless of how divisive the topic and how justified the strong feelings about it are.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

(Edit: yes, we moderate HN the same way regardless of which population is being slurred)

Edit 2: please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45454073 also. You went even further over the line in that case.

> Israel values the lives of their hostages above all else and will try to rescue them no matter the cost.

Then why did the Israelis violate the ceasefire in March earlier this year, after they refused to move on to the second phase which would've seen the release of more of the hostages? They broke the ceasefire by killing 400 Palestinians in one day, including over 200 children. [0] Conveniently Netanyahu used it as an excuse to get out of a court appearance for his corruption trial the next day.

[0] https://apnews.com/live/latest-updates-israel-launches-new-w...

[1] https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-testimony-in-graft-...