I’m seeing a disturbing amount of focus on what the IDF is doing, when I agree with your take on this. “But they do it too” is absurd. I heard one thing on NPR this morning from someone who has been part of previous peace talks, and his stance that the American response being “We stand with Israel” is awful for resolving the conflict. Palestinians lack security and means, which is what pushed them to violence. Israel’s response with more violence is going to be like putting gasoline on the fire.
Hamas isn’t doing itself any favors, and having gone after a rave party with a bunch of youth, many of which support peaceful resolution and coexistence, is batshit crazy. The IDF going for body count with Hamas using human shields is also making this worse. Israel has a vast military superiority, and Palestinians stand no chance of an up front fight. Picking sides is choosing evil itself here.
I’m seeing a disturbing amount of focus on what the IDF is doing, when I agree with your take on this. “But they do it too” is absurd. I heard one thing on NPR this morning from someone who has been part of previous peace talks, and his stance that the American response being “We stand with Israel” is awful for resolving the conflict. Palestinians lack security and means, which is what pushed them to violence. Israel’s response with more violence is going to be like putting gasoline on the fire.
Hamas isn’t doing itself any favors, and having gone after a rave party with a bunch of youth, many of which support peaceful resolution and coexistence, is batshit crazy. The IDF going for body count with Hamas using human shields is also making this worse. Israel has a vast military superiority, and Palestinians stand no chance of an up front fight. Picking sides is choosing evil itself here.
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This is why this news makes me so depressed. It just reveals a bunch of atrocities and there’s not much I can do about it. It’s just depressing.