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TIL about thought-terminating clichés
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From hungry children.
and all the countries surrounding it that have been determined to destroy it for the past 70 years
And the only solution is to starve children, what?
Haven't been trying very hard if their territory keeps growing after most of a century
1948 Firsr Arab Israeli war
1967 6 day war
1973 Yom Kippur War
And then tens of thousands of rockets fired into Israel
Oh and all the suicide bombings inside Israel
Afula bus bombing, Sbarro bombing, Passover massacre at Park Hotel, Hebrew University bombing, Ashdod Port, Mercaz massacre
They've been trying!
So if Israel supporters use the growth of Palestinian citizens as proof that no genocide is happening, does that mean that the growth of Israel's borders are proof that the country surrounding them haven't been trying to destroy Israel? Or does it work the other way around?
People use whatever bad faith arguments they want, it does not change facts.
Arab League countries have attack Israel many times with conventional war and covert terrorism. They also openly state they want Israel destroyed.
Israel has a massive military advantage over its surrounding neighbors. If Israel wanted the destruction of Jordan and Yemen, for example, just as much as Jordan and Yemen want the destruction of Israel... the IDF could wipe them out. But they don't.
That combined with the fact that tens of thousands of Arab Muslims live and work in Tela Viv while no Jew can openly live in Jordan or Yemen tells you which side is trying to wipe someone out.
Yes, IDF is going way too far in Gaza now and they need to back off.
But they are in a very difficult situation due to being surrounded by fanatical enemies.
Because they keep bombing and blockading hungry children.
People in those regions (modern Jordan, Yemen, Syria, Egypt etc) have been killing and persecuting jews for a lot longer.
What the IDF is doing now is horrible and they need to stop. Hamas also needs to accept a cease fire and the entire Arab Muslim world needs to chill out from their "kill the jews" attitude they've had for like.... hundreds of years
Dont both sides this, Hamas has been asking for a ceasefire for over a year, when Israel finally agreed, they immediately failed to hold up their side. Israel wants genocide, so they demand terms that would allow them to continue the genocide with impunity. Dont claim they hate Israel because of antisemitism instead of Israel's ongoing actions. Even Hamas's charter makes a distinction between Jewish people and Israelis.
Hamas just rejected the 45 day ceasefire this past April
They also rejected the disarmament proposal in April
There is one on the table now mediated by the US which involves 60 day ceasefire, 10 hostages released and increased aid. Israel ageeed, waiting on Hamas now
The ceasefire Isreal "offered" were impossible because it would have meant the continued occupation and genocide. The one on the table now is being held up by Isreal not following through on pulling out of territory on schedule.
Hundreds of years? No.
This shit started with the creation of the modern state of Israel. Prior to that, Jewsih people werre actually fleeing to ottoman empire territories because they were the only ones not running genocidal pogroms.
Not hundreds, mostly just since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War.
And some of Israel's neighbours were making moves, but the continued much disproportionate retribution of ethnic cleansing Israel has inflicted on the Palestinian people (and Beta Israelies) (and Hannibal Protocolling Israeli civilians on 8th October) is an atrocity that "a right to defend itself" does kit even begin to cover.
(Edit: Hamas does need to end its shit too, but the weaker side of a violent conflict can never afford to be the one to put down arms first.)
Anything's possible when you make shit up