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Old 11-05-2023, 09:59 AM   #3203
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The right wing populist crowds on both of the Israeli and Palestinian sides who don't understand nuance. It is a fair point to bring up no one was protesting those other events.

These protests started up BEFORE the Gaza invasion and many of these protestors, even in Canada, carried Hamas flags during their marches. To me that says large component of these protestors aren't really pushing for peace. They also call for an immediate ceasefire but not one of them calls for the release of any of the Israeli hostages, nor are there any explicit condemnations of Hamas actions. Condemnation of atrocities should go both ways. I haven't seen any Israelis protesting on the street outside Muslim businesses chanting "gas Hamas", vandalizing and marking off with Muslim businesses with graffiti for boycott, or firing fireworks at police, but there have been at the Pro-Palestinian protests.

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