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Israel/Palestine

Lonestarblue

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1. No one should be surprised. When thousands of your neighbors are being killed by an army bent on doing the most damage

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Dec 16, 2023, 09:29 AM

Dec 2023

possible—to people and infrastructure—the human inclination is to want revenge. The Israeli governments for decades have demonstrated that they are anti-peace because their actions have been to constantly antagonize the Palestinians and deny them basic human rights.

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Palestinian poll shows a rise in Hamas support and close to 90% wanting US-backed Abbas to resign [View all] riversedge Dec 2023 OP

No one should be surprised. When thousands of your neighbors are being killed by an army bent on doing the most damage Lonestarblue Dec 2023 #1

Bombs have a way of radicalizing the survivors of bombing campaigns. Autumn Dec 2023 #2

Which is why Germany and Japan are terrorist hotbeds to this day! FBaggins Dec 2023 #3

Oh wait. Try harder. There is no comparison of Israel and Hamas to Autumn Dec 2023 #4

Riiight... because there weren't any civilian casualties from allied bombing during that conflict. FBaggins Dec 2023 #5

How do you do an accurate poll in an active war zone? nevergiveup Dec 2023 #6

"The findings by a Palestinian pollster"??? Beastly Boy Dec 2023 #7