Quote (thesnipa @ 7 Dec 2023 16:39)
i'm not ignoring the west bank, it's just only tangentially relevant in context.
the authorities in charge of the west bank have zero control over gaza. hamas controls gaza. Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are allied in many ways, and fundamentally disagree in many other ways.
gazans are unlikely to accept Palestinian Authority rule post- war because the Palestinian Authority will not openly declare revenge on Israel. this is why before or after october 7th a 2 state solution wasn't possible. a 3 state solution potentially, but not 2 states. a unified gaza and west bank is a pipe dream. the people of gaza are simply more radicalized than the people of west bank. this is fairly ironic considering the greavences of the people of the west bank (settlement policy and the disputes over access to religious holy sites) are far more legitimate than the concerns of gazans pre-october 7th.
gazans didnt want to be free, they wanted to be free to attack israel. they dont want autonomy, they want autonomy to import more guns and rocket fuel.
the west bank wants to be free, they want a hard line with no IDF presence, they want their religious sites forever enshrines by national sovereignty.
similar, to be sure, but not the same. painting both of these with the same brush is a disservice to the complexity involved in solving this issue, and leaves open excuses for Israel to continue it's misdeeds. this is muddying the water just so israel can claim they cant see clearly. but but but the west bank is such a cop out of an argument. condemn israel for the west bank in the west bank context. condemn israel for gaza in gazan context. this is the same issue people had in criticizing the USA in iraq and afghanistan, where we had one country that posed a legitimate security threat (afghanistan) and one that did not (iraq). we invaded both. you can draw comparisons to condemn both actions, but lumping them does a disservice to both.
Palestinians people are still one, Gaza and West Bank. Alot of refugees (maybe more than 1 million) in Gaza are coming from West Bank precisely.
How would you react if 1/ your grandfather was deported into gaza 2/ your parents had a very hard life in gaza prison 3/ everything is getting bombed and now you have to move to the southern gaza 4/ southern gaza is now bombed too.
HORRIBLE.
Quote (Many_Names @ 7 Dec 2023 16:44)
As an office if the law there is a HUGE difference between accusation and conviction.
So until we are not convicted with genocide you only assume we do and since this according to you is a genocide for 75 years
I am pretty sure this is not a genocide.
Furthermore, not only Israel never started a war before it always kept thr status quo.
The Arabs are the ones who wants to genocide the Jews.
Fact is Jews cannot enter Arabs area yet Arabs can enter Jewish area.
Its that simple
I don't think the second paragraph was necessary.
First paragraph I can agree that It may not have been that much planned since the very beginning, but it still clearly reflects the
constant goal of systematically eliminating Palestinians (and stealing lands) using this "VICIOUS CIRCLE" like the UN Secretary-General said ( 'It's time to end this vicious circle of bloodshed')
This post was edited by Meanwhile on Dec 7 2023 09:59am