Question then. If I were to go to a group of young, impressionable kids in a developed country where they are living comfortably, how successful would I be in recruiting them to be in a militia?

Again, what force? They're being recruited, not forced. I know what you said about them being young and impressionable, but no happy kid would rather go fight in a war instead of playing with their friends. So again, ask yourself here. Why do they feel the need to?

You're kind of missing my point here....

You're not wrong for being angry and bitter about the situation. Children should be allowed to be children, I'll never argue against that. A lot of the Houthi's grew up with the oppression that made the civil war possible and necessary along with the civil war itself that is being continued by foreign powers. They were children too and they grew up in this environment. They are living the only way they know how.

Israel, on the other hand, has spent billions to protect its citizens.

You just literally pointed out the distinction. Israel is privileged enough to have these kinds of systems. Palestine is not. And why is Palestine so poor, might you ask? What has happened to them for over 70 years where they can barely even defend themselves?

Also, the Hamas using the hospital as a base accusation has long been debunked.

In another story that spread a few weeks ago, United Hatzalah President Eli Beer told of a baby that was placed in an oven and burned to death. Beer made the remarks at a donors conference in the United States. The British newspaper The Daily Mail changed it from “baby” to “babies."

But this story also is not true. Ten-month-old Mila Cohen was murdered in the massacre, along with the baby still in the womb of her mother who died after her mother was shot on the way to hospital. The police have no evidence showing that other babies were killed. A source at United Hatzalah said a volunteer mistakenly interpreted a case at the Shura base and passed the inaccuracy on to Beer.

So this one was untrue.

The report above was later quoted on social media, often referenced as “dozens of beheaded babies,” though sometimes it was “burnt babies” or “hanged babies.” For example, the Foreign Ministry published an account by Col. Golan Vach from the Home Front Command, who said that in one house he found the bodies of eight burnt babies.

This one the story changed from burned to hanged. Which one was it?

There is no evidence that children from several families were murdered together, rendering inaccurate Netanyahu’s remark to U.S. President Joe Biden that Hamas terrorists “took dozens of children, tied them up, burned them and executed them.”

This one was incorrect as well.

Some of the incorrect descriptions were made by Zaka personnel; one repeatedly talked about 20 bound and burned bodies of children at a kibbutz.

Oh and another one.

So let me ask this question. If there are multiple incorrect stories by an organization known to lie and create false truths to justify their atrocities. Why would I believe any of them? On top of that, why would that excuse what they've been doing for the past year?

And what happened in 2023 that made the Houthi's much more active and aggressive? What's Saudi Arabia doing to Yemen with US made weapons currently? If you and your neighbors are being massacred indiscriminately simply because you're the wrong ethnicity, it's not a stretch to think you would choose to pick up a gun and fight.

You might recall that Israeli civilians were deliberately burned to death on Oct 7, 2023, which is how this war started.

That was proven to be false.

And the second link is not proof of anything, other than that people were found dead with their hands bound. There is absolutely no evidence to prove that the IDF executed those people.

Yes, and why is there a lack of proof? Is it a coincidence that Israel has deliberately targeted journalists, threatened them, and harassed them? If only they were still alive to help us understand why a huge number of bound Palestinians were executed all while they are being invaded by a country known to commit huge human rights violations.

Money. They have money. Biden has received more money from Pro-Israeli lobbyists than any other senator in history.

So where's the proof? If the Canadian government is going to make this kind of claim, they should cite their evidence. You don't expect a guilty verdict without seeing the reasoning behind it.

The fact that you knew exactly who I was talking about is proof that they most likely are.

And there is proof.

And the executing part as well.

Remember when Canada turned away a boat full of Jewish refugees during WW2 and we had immigration officials saying shit like "None is too many" when it came to accepting Jewish refugees. Remember how we just allowed ourselves to overlook what was happening to the Jews for the sake of racism and political convenience? Or how about all disgusting things that we did to the Aboriginals and First Nations? Trudeau publicly apologized for both but seems ok with the same circumstances happening today.