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Israel announces 'total' blockade on Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
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[–] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

If Palestine had the international funds and military equipment of Israel they would be able to similarly protect their civilians. You’re just glossing right past the fact that one has been intentionally impoverished. Hard to afford an iron dome when your enemy won’t even let your people get adequate food and water.

Also the blood is on more than just the trigger pullers. Surely you wouldn’t say that organizers that didn’t directly participate don’t have blood on their hands. Of course they do, they enabled the attack.

Once you’ve established that our world is more than just a string of isolated incidents it’s easy to see how the Israeli military partially caused this much like how the American government brought about conditions that lead to 9/11. Your aggressive denial is just you getting trapped in emotional thinking.

People like you are why Americans invaded Iraq and Afghanistan. All about killing terrorists but never that interested in the geopolitical context that bred those terrorists. Thus a never ending story of dead innocents while military contractors take in billions.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    If Palestine had the international funds and military equipment of Israel they would be able to similarly protect their civilians

    Or they would use those funds and equipment to do what they've layed out in their charter, which is to destory Israel and "push the jews into the sea".

    You’re just glossing right past the fact that one has been intentionally impoverished

    No I'm not. The better question is, why is that? According to lemmy, they have like the noblest cause in the world, so why isn't the international community flocking to aid them?

    Also the blood is on more than just the trigger pullers. Surely you wouldn’t disagree that organizers that didn’t directly participate don’t have blood on their hands.

    Sure, there is more blame to go around. But we should have learned from WW2 that "just following orders" isn't an excuse that absolves people from responsibilty.

    I guess it is a bit muddier when you account for religious childhood indoctrination.

    All about killing terrorists but never that interested in the geopolitical context that bred those terrorists.

    Because it's not that relevant to the situation anymore. It's very unlikley that a nation will ever be established in the way that Israel was. And yes, it was a very terrible chain of events. Hopefully lessons have been learned to avoid such partitions in the future.

    But for this conflict, it's done. Unless you have a time machine, Israel is there now and it's powerful enough to not be going away anytime soon.

    There is also no chance of a Palestinian military victory. So the only prospects for them is either making some kind of peace (yes, the conditions will be shit, but the killing will stop) ... or keep fighting an unwinnable war, which will just put you into an even shittier position down the line.

    Talking about the geopolitical context can be very interessting, but it doesn't help much when coming up with a solution. But we can blame the British if you want?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    Mindless assumption that assumes the worst, not surprised but speculation doesn’t strengthen an argument.

    I also haven’t absolved any terrorist of their disgusting actions. And beyond religious indoctrination you should consider general political indoctrination too.

    Final point, context is always important if you want a solution that involves justice. If you start disregarding context you can make literally anything okay with the right framing. If you disregard the context of Hamas attacking, Israel’s current policies would seem even more extreme. If you ignore the murders committed by the Israeli military s as king other actions, the recent Hamas attack seems even more drastic than it already is and portrays it as more random of an occurrence than it actually is.

    Arguing against needing context is arguing for ignorance.

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