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In reply to the discussion: Palestinians Have a Right to Defend Themselves! [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)a few decades ago decide out of the blue, to suddenly feel the need to get this angry. And what did Palestinians have to do with the horrors and evil of the Holocaust? Surely any anger among Israelis should be directed at those who necessitated their finding a home of their own, which most decent people support?
What is confusing here is that the Israelis have ALIGNED themselves with the very people who are responsible in one way or another, for them needing a safe place to go. The US eg, refused to take in Jewish refugees from Europe airc. How can they trust these people to continue to support them for ever? We don't have a good record of remaining loyal to our allies.
And how do these brutal attacks on the Palestinian people do ANYTHING other than create even MORE anger. What if YOU lost a child or several as in some cases. Would you care one bit about history, would you even want to hear about why you should understand?
This is not helping. Obviously, or by now things would be much better. Instead they are only getting worse for both Israel and Palestine.
So they've tried the meeting violence with violence policy. It hasn't worked. They have not tried the path of peace, except once, and that DID work.
Seems to me if they really want to be safe, the best way to do so is to get new leaders on both sides. If Palestinians in general are able to live normal lives, groups like Hamas will not have much support. The ONLY reason they do is because the Palestinian people feel hopeless.