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Originally Posted by Nage Waza
Remaining neutral in my opinion is wrong...one side uses suicide bombers and has no problem murdering anyone. How can anyone remain neutral on this?
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The other side causes mass civilian casualties with its military actions (far more civilian casualties than the Israelis suffer), and continues to seek more and more land and settlements. I am aware that it is difficult for the Israelis to destroy militants because they, like the cowards they are, hole up in civilian houses in civilian areas, but that does not alter the suffering the Palestinians go through.
My father's family is mostly Arab-Israeli, but with a few Palestinians who couldn't get into Israel. None of these people hate Jews or want violence. All of them constantly feel oppressed and dislike their lives. Look, I'm aware of the sociopolitical history. I am not in any way suggesting the Israeli state has 'no right to exist' or whatever. But I am not blind, and in fact am personally affected through family by the state most Palestinians live in, even those not in refugee camps and such. You have to understand, no matter how much you argue the point that there was no Palestine, that the land was not owned by the people, in actual
effect what you have is a people whose immediate ancestors in many cases were driven out of their homes, their land taken away, and their success and often education meaning absolutely nothing in the aftermath. Did the Arabs invite much of the aggression? Yes. The sad reality is that 'the Arabs' does not cover the innocent victims of the whole thing.