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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
This doesn't appear to be an overly productive conversation. Seems pretty easy for us in Canada to take shots at events happening halfway around the world.
Disgust with Hamas for their actions =/= Support for Israel's response.
Both things can be, and should be, condemned.
I've not really seen many plausible solutions put forward, and certainly none recently.
For those going after Pointman for attempting to explain the Israeli position (while living in Israel currently) what would you propose as a solution that allows Israel to feel secure? Truly?
Conversely, Pointman, or others, what would you propose as a solution for Gaza to emerge as a functional entity? The current direction is blatantly not working.
For me, Israel absolutely has a great deal of blame to own up to. But so does Hamas, and the Gaza population that supports their actions. It is generational hate on both sides.
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If anyone had a solution for peace, we'd have read it by now. But a lack of a realistic plan does not justify what Israel is doing to innocent people. It's super easy to paint Gazans as Hamas, dust your hands and toss bombs, but the reality is, most people in Gaza are victims of a war they have no say in and are being slaughtered while trying to find food to survive. Put yourself in their shoes for 10 minutes, and really think about what every day is like for them. Not 10 seconds. 10 minutes. Then try to condemn them the way Israel has. It's ####ing inhuman.
So no, I don't know the solution, but I do know Israel is inflicting unimaginable suffering and killing of innocent people and children daily to justify their own safety. And I believe that is wrong. They can stop today, if they choose to. They choose instead to kill. People choose to support that. Nobody has to.