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Originally Posted by blankall
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My issue with all this is that Israel is invading Gaza and many civilians are dieing. There are plenty of arguments to make that Israel is unjust or that Israel is responding way to heavy handedly.
Why does there need to be this constant attempt to prove that Israel is the most evil country in the world. Every time something bad happens, there is an attempt to turn it into this smoking gun that finally proves Israel is out for genocide.
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I think this post is rather symptomatic.
I would suggest you're emotionally invested in a specific party in this situation and are internalizing the comments in an unfounded way.
For many of us who have no emotional investment in either party, but rather an emotional investment in human well-being regardless of race or religion, we're interested in a resolution. Our means of trying to achieve that resolution is to rationally outline the legitimate grievances that both parties have in order to see where there can be compromises and concessions.
I can enumerate many grievances that the Israelis have. They shouldn't have to suffer rockets or suicide bombings. They shouldn't have to be threatened by violence from foreign political parties. They shouldn't have to worry about kidnappings and murders. Those are unequivocal truths. No ifs, ands or buts.
Conversely, I would love to read your or Nage Waza's list of legitimate grievances that the Palestinians have.