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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
I think as opposed to not having hostages. I think that the majority of the Palestinian population supports Hamas directly or indirectly. That isn't surprising though considering the main enemy of Hamas has been relentlessly bombing their land for the past six months.
Right now the Israeli government has painted themselves into a corner, they don't have any means of occupation without massive bloodletting and through their actions they have created a generation of people who have been radicalized and are more likely to support an organization like Hamas. With Netanyahu needing to project strength immediately after the attacks rather than taking a more measured approach it has resulted in a quagmire for all parties.
There is enough criticism to go around as it isn't a finite supply. The sad thing is that there are a lot of people who are caught in the middle and who will have very legitimate reasons to hate Israel after this. I know if I was subjected to incredible levels of violence and destruction I would hate the people I deemed responsible as well.
This is one of many examples as to how the easy flow of information across geopolitical boundaries has changed the face of war.
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This makes perfect sense until you add in the fact that Gaza was unoccupied for almost 20 years prior to Oct 7th and had all of the Israeli settlers removed to give the entire area to Palestinians. That's not even including the hundreds of suicide attacks Israel has suffered at the hands of Palestinians for 30 years before the walls were completed.
The reality is that Palestinians have hated Israelis long before any of the current events and teach their children to hate Israelis so the cycle is unending. They believe they have a right to murder any Israelis over land and that wont go away because of some "measured response".