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In reply to the discussion: Because I can't stand it any more [View all]Lonestarblue
(10,294 posts)I am neither pro Israel nor pro PalestiniansI am pro both of them and believe that both deserve states where they can live in peace. Over the decades, mistakes have been made on both sides, and those here who support only Israels right to all the land of Palestine may quickly argue that Palestinians were offered their own state but rejected it. The Oslo Accords offered only the opportunity to negotiate with Israel for their territory. Netanyahu is on video bragging about how he deliberately blew up the Oslo Accords, so no Palestinians were not given their own state.
I believe that what Israel is doing now is inhumane, unnecessary, and counterproductive. They have not captured the senior leaders in Hamas and they are unlikely tondo so even if they kill all 2 million Palestinians there because those leaders have too many tunnels for escape. So what Israel is fighting now is not Hamas but a civilian population. That is genocide.
I think there is now so much hatred between the two groups that an international force must take over the administration of Gaza and the West Bank and Israel must leave both. Soon after the October 7 attack, one of the Hamas leaders was reported as saying they decided to attack because Netanyahu had announced the annexation of the West Bank. There can be no peace unless both peoples agree that both have rights that must be respected. So far, Israel under Netanyahu has rejected that Palestinians have any rights to the land or to life. He is a major impediment to peace, as is Hamas. They can be dealt with by curtailing their financing, something Bibi refused to do, and by giving the Palestinians reasons to reject Hamas when they have their own state and freedom from Israeli control.