Righteousness

By definition, “Carnage” is the killing of a large number of people; “Massacre” is an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people; “Atrocity” is an extremely cruel, violent, or shocking act; “Holocaust” is destruction or slaughter on a mass scale; “Collective Punishment” is a retribution or sanction imposed on a group for acts allegedly perpetrated by a member of that group, which could be an ethnic or political group, or just the family, friends and neighbors of the perpetrator; “Extermination” is the killing, especially of a whole group of people; whereas, “Genocide” is the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group, while "Fascism" is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement; "Apartheid" is a policy that is founded on the idea of separating people based on racial or ethnic criteria; "Concentration-Camp" is a place where people are deliberately detained, confined or imprisoned, in a relatively restrained, besieged area with inadequate facilities, usually under harsh conditions, in large numbers, and sometimes used for menial (forced) labor, while awaiting eventual mass execution; .and “Ethnic Cleansing” is the mass expulsion or killing of members of one ethnic or religious group in an area by those of another.

Whereas, "Righteousness" is the quality or state of being morally correct and justifiable. It can be considered synonymous with "rightness" or being "upright" or to-the-light and visible. It can be found in Indian, Chinese and Abrahamic religions and traditions, among others, as a theological concept.

Judaism has an all-enveloping and passionate dedication to the ideal of justice. The moral imperatives of justice, ethics and morality were taught by the Torah and the Jewish Prophets, so that they are religious ideals and obligations, rather than just good behavior.

In rhetoric and ethics, “Two wrongs don't make one right: Two wrongs won't right a wrong” (Romans 12:17-21) both Biblical phrases denoting philosophical norms.

Thus, when it comes to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as Lao-Tzu said to Confucius, “You speak of men who have long decayed together with their bones. Nothing but their words has survived.”

Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940), British conservative statesman, and Prime Minister, said, “In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.”

To this end, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said “Israel should stop its ‘collective punishment’ of Gaza’s civilians with actions beyond self-defense”, warning it would worsen regional tensions and lead to humanitarian disaster…

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Food for thought!