Reminder that Arafat walked away from a deal that gave him 99% of what he wanted to start the Second Intifada in 2000. Now an entire generation of Israelis grew up with daily bus bombings, cafe bombings, and rocket attacks. Imagine my shock that they donât trust Hamas to be a genuine partner for peace.
Well, itâs a humanitarian issue, not a political one. You wouldnât ask a guy manning a free kitchen in Kalamazoo if he condemns Hamas because supporting or condemning Hamas hasnât got to do with what heâs doing. Weâre talking about keeping people alive, fed, etc.. The question of âshould the Gazans be starved to deathâ is the biggest question of them all, and Iâm not interested in asking any questions. If I know your answer then I have nothing more to ask you.
This is a very biased way to rephrase tit for tat. Israelâs claim to inherently represent all Jews in all it does has been nothing but harmful since the very start. Itâs literally the goal of the Israeli government for the world to be more antisemitic because antisemitism in the basis on which Israel claims to not have to follow international law / generally not have to behave like a civilized, modern nation
Yes, claiming Israel inherently represents all Jews is antisemitic. I agree. Iâm sure the Mizrahim who were ethnically cleansed for being Jewish (which you claim was a direct response to Israelâs actions) agreed as well, and thought it was pretty fucked up when their Arab neighbors started blaming them for the Nakba and bombings they had nothing to do with.
yes i agree and iâm sure they did. doesnât change the fact that Israel = Judaism = all Jewish people has been the stance of the Israeli government since essentially forever, with disastrous affects on Jewish people in the diaspora because shockingly claiming your atrocities are actually done in the name of an entire ethnic group (which is ridiculous and untrue) causes hate
Thatâs a very biased and simplistic way of describing the Nakba. Expulsions and massacres absolutely happened, but mostly people dipped when the war started and then werenât allowed in. The Arab states expelling their Jews created a very convenient excuse for Israel to never let any displaced Palestinian back in - that the Arab states forced a population transfer in basically equal numbers.
That wouldnât change anything considering that Bibi & the war cabinet have said that they plan to continue once all the hostages are released & have backed out of ceasefire deals where Hamas has agreed to release all of the hostages & give up power. Bibi needs this continue to avoid his corruption trial anyways.
Thatâs not true. Hamas demands as far as the ceasefire deals seem pretty reasonable. Israel is the one that keeps backing out of things are trying to change the ceasefire last second to something that they know is a non starter. Also the reason outside of the U.S. demands are on Bibi is for the reasons I said earlier.
There used to be over 300 humanity aid sites which Israel put a into for months instead they had the GHF which only had 4 sites & would shoot Palestinians when they get aid. They also have the Israeli backed Popular Forces which has been stealing food. While I agree a ceasefire is the best way far more aid was getting in & to people before as it should
I think Hamas demand are reasonable so idk what you would pressure them into hell one of the ceasefire deals that Biden put forth was nearly Identical to the early Hamas demands so outside of just giving up Gaza has territory to Israel idk. I think Israel has the power to end things but Hamas so I donât see the point in both siding everything
I think Israel could end the violence almost unilaterally. Take away any reason for people to resist. You think people in Gaza or the even the West Bank would go out of their way to support violence against Israel if they were subjected to death and harassment by the settlers, IDF , having their homes stolen to build illegal settlements etc
So youâre saying that the people arenât mad about having their land stolen & homes destroyed but are actually mad due to some ethnic nationalist religious stuff that predates anyone alive & that If Israel was to stop stealing land & end the apartheid & genocide that the Palestinians would for some reason be even more mad that theyâre being treated much better or are you saying the Israelis would be mad that the Palestinians are being treated as people or is it both
I mean Israelis are already treated as humans as they should of course although I wouldnât say the same is true of Palestinians although you could argue Palestinians are slowly starting to be somewhat humanized in western media. Although I disagree with you on the root cause & would say ending the apartheid, genocide & giving Palestinians full autonomy, right to return & reparations would definitely make the vast majority of them happy & less resentful to Israel although I canât say that would
But Palestinians arenât saying their beef is about something that happened 2000 years ago. Itâs ridiculous to act like that means more to people than living under genocide & apartheid. Also while I think itâs foolish to think that holds equal wait you wonât be able to find out if Israel refuses to end the apartheid & genocide
As for Hamas behavior in the negotiations idk what you mean by that considering that Israel refuses to agree to any permanent ceasefire & changes demands continuously. Like I said ceasefire plan that Biden put forth & claimed was Israelâs plan & that they agreed to was almost identical to the early Hamas ceasefire demands & Israel once all parties were on board changed the demands despite Biden literally claiming it was Israelâs plan
They are nothing compared to the U.S. backed Israeli military & the vast majority of Hamas are just orphans who are angry that their homes have been destroyed & family killed. Which is the reason why Israel is struggling to get rid of Hamas because for thousands of innocent Palestinians they murdered there are hundreds who survive & donât care about something from 2000 years ago but instead are angry that their whole family was killed & home destroyed & decide to take up arms & join Hamas as a
I always think of a interview I saw of a someone in Gaza talking about Israel and they said âI donât hate Israel because theyâre Jews I hate them because my whole life IDF soldiers would beat my family I remember them destroying my baby sisters crib. I hate them because they killed my family & destroyed my home & if an Arab did that to me Iâd hate them too.â Itâs been a few years since I saw the interview so I admittedly paraphrased a bit but you get what Iâm saying.
Gazans? I ironically only hear that term used by Zionist & Israel collaborators which I guess I shouldnât surprised that you said that given your views. But as far as how Palestinians feel about Hamas I never said that they all love Hamas all I said is the reason despite Israel indiscriminately killing an insane amount of Palestinians within Gaza & even the West Bank they still havenât destroyed Hamas.
Didnât you earlier hit me with a well actually thereâs Hamas presence in the West Bank? Also when did I say all Palestinians like Hamas? I wasnât incorrect on why people join Hamas. If that was the case Hamas would be much easier to destroy since it would be impossible for them replenish their numbers.
Is your claim that this one picture disproves that Israel created a man made famine & that all the journalists & western doctors who have returned from on the ground are lying about Gaza & only the IDF can be trusted? The western doctors & humanitarian organizations are actually Hamas?
I didnât say that Palestine had to choose but as far as active combative resistance against Israel, Hamas their only choice if thatâs how they want to resist although obviously not all Palestinians want to or even can resist through combat. Got it so youâre saying Israel destroying their homes & killing their families doesnât cause resentment & desire to fight but instead itâs actually brainwashing of little kids so if the âbrainwashingâ ended but none of Israelâs actions did people would be
Is that your way of saying that there is a man made famine going on? Or are you saying that Iâm making up that there was a man made famine sorry Iâm not sure which one it is that youâre saying. As for starvation I already told you I think itâs bad & agreed with you that starvation is bad which is why I brought up the famine .
I guess Olmert is also lying when he talks about Abbas no showing the final round of negotiations that they had that wouldâve resulted in a lot of land swaps and eventual statehood? Palestinians have been cursed since the 1930s with leaders who donât know how to lead anything but a suicide bombing campaign, many such cases.
I mean yeah Olmert & Bill Clinton were lying. Just because he now rightfully says that Israel is committing war crimes doesnât change that. But Iâm sorry youâre right the Palestinian bad leadership is the real reason Israel is forced to keep building illegal settlements they donât want to but the Palestinians make them. Israel really wants to stop it but canât due to bad Palestinian leadership.
Correct me if Iâm wrong but It was Bill Clinton, Barak, & Arafat at the camp David Summit. As for Olmert I thought he had made a comment back when he was the Mayor of Jerusalem agreeing with the claims of Barak & Clinton regarding the negotiations. Correct if Iâm wrong on any of that. Also could you please educate me & tell what part the article from the link I posted was incorrect about Camp David