I find that many times people who criticize Israel are indeed genuine in their criticism but they are also partly motivated by their own life experiences that have nothing to do with Israel. Oftentimes they feel that in their own life, they have suffered injustice or are unsuccessful in life. They find a personification of themselves in the Palestinian struggle and so they latch on to it. When they shout slogans for Palestine, they are also expressing frustruation at their own problems in life which have nothing to do with Palestine or Israel. That is why pro-Palestinian protestors who are not directly related to the region still act so emotional about the issue--it's also about themselves.
Palestine is "the weak" here, and the weak always have supporters. And there is a level of disapproval to how Israel has handled this case over the years, being them the "powerful" thus the ones with more responsibility.
Israel is the “powerful” because it is sorounded by enemies. Over the years they developed the industries to defend themselves. This happened because of continuous attempts to destroy the country. Even when not involved (Iraq war in the 90s) they were attacked indirectly. Palestinians want to remain weak. They voted for Hamas and they don’t fight it to get rid of it. Many celebrated the atrocities (or worse took part) of Hamas last October. They cannot complain if they are suffering now. They should blame Hamas for that. A few days was a proposal for a humanitarian cease fire. Hamas rejected it.
Hamas is crap, and I hope they all die. Honestly, after the hostages are rescued, just kill the remaining in jail and wipe them out of earth. But let's not act innocent here, there are factions in both sides that are simply not interested in solving this conflict and have no interest in coexisting.
This was a wild read, lmfao
Literally describing what drives solidarity movements (i.e. empathy)
Yes. But you seem to want to assume that everyone fulfills that stereotype. Am I wrong?
Are you white?
The fuck did I just read. Why are you siding a genocide and making posts to defend it?
One side has children women elderly blown to bits everyday by the latest tech. Other side suffered a lot too yes but then they should get the accused rather than kill even more innocents than the srebenica massacre. Are you saying all this is only related to someone taking out their frustrations in life and not saying something about innocents being killed etc, wtf bro…
In the entire world, both microcosm and macrocosm, there’s a symbiotic relationship between victim and perpetrator. It’s a vicious cycle. While I understand that you feel a “victim mindset” belongs to those criticizing Israel, at the same time you cannot deny that the perpetrator mindset belongs to Israel. Justice is about moral good. If you can write “thou shall not kill” in your holy books, you can uphold it in your day-to-day, modern political life. If not, you’re the a*hole, not the “victim-minded.”
So you are proposing a policy of “getting harrassed until destroyed” for Israel?
rrdw07 - you know who else in history felt “harassed” by a certain group of people and proposed a final solution? Have you learned nothing? I spent my life as a student of the holocaust and a friend to Jews. They are my closest friends, often the writers and artists I admire the most. But I consider Zionists fanatics just like you consider Islamists fanatics. Israel’s brutal, oppressive, rogue regime is in the wrong here. There are some Jews that get it. But for those that do not, their ability to turn their back on the people of Palestine has made it much easier for the rest of the world to turn their back on Israel. Including me. I never thought I’d live to see the day.
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It's because Israel controls America. Our tax money is funding a genocide rather than going to healthcare, etc
Precisely…US is the only country that can afford universal healthcare and yet they dont…they have the money to be the leader of the world but not for their own people 🤷♂️
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