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Palestine

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 @9GR4YSP from Minnesota  disagreed…2yrs2Y

People are dying everywhere, and it is not a certain country's fault. It is the terrorist group Hamas that is killing people with no remorse. We shouldn't blame the country that is trying to defend themselves from a terrorist group that is killing Israelis as well as people in Palestine. Hamas has made it so Israel intentionally looks bad.

 @6FWK3X9Democratfrom New York  agreed…10mos10MO

So much ignorance. 20 percent of Israelis are Christian or Muslim Arabs. They are the most free and best educated Arabs in the Middle East. Israel is good, just, and democratic.

It is terrorist proxies of Iran, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthi’s that are destabilizing the Middle East. They have one mission: to kill Jews and destroy Israel.

If These terrorist organizations put down their weapons, there would be peace. If the Palestinian people were free to love their children there would be peace. Israel is peace loving. It is the terrorist organizations that Iran controls that are stealing the food and money aid and are killing any Palestinian who dissents.

These terrorist organizations are pure evil and must be eliminated for peace to come to the Israelis and the Palestinians.

 @9RVGMD9  from Washington  commented…10mos10MO

The 20% of Arab Israelis do not enjoy the same rights as Israelis. Might want to educate yourself here.

Look up John Oliver’s quick comedy piece on West Bank to get a non taxing edification on how Palestinians fair in an Israeli system

 @9SFHLXQ from Illinois  commented…9mos9MO

First off, monetary aid is damn near useless in a war zone, second, Israel has refused every peace agreement brought to negotiations, even ones that they proposed, third, Israel practices illegal apartheid (that 20 percent is heavily discriminated against), fourth, Israel has committed countless war crimes (including, intentional targeting of civilians, killing prisoners of war and surrendered combatants, indiscriminate attacks, collective punishment, starvation, the use of human shields, sexual violence and rape, torture, pillage, forced transfer, breach of medical neutrality, targeting jour…  Read more

  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia  commented…1yr1Y

Hamas was funded and built up by the Israeli government to counter the PLO. They created the monster every single time, then made unusable demands for their tactical objectives, masquerading as peaceful when they have made it both verbally and obviously clear they only do that for their future self interests. Hamas is a symptom, they mean NOTHING to the longterm underlying issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

  @Conservatism101  from New York  commented…7mos7MO

I don't agree with the opposite side much, but you make a very good point.

 @9WHGW9F from Michigan  commented…7mos7MO

Israel is a right wing ethno-fascist state. Listen to what those hideous inbred settler **** s (like the backwoods people of the dessert) say when they terrorize Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Israel will be a global pariah. We see their crimes every day. Go **** yourself.

 @AboardSheepRepublicanfrom Pennsylvania  disagreed…9mos9MO

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American pro-palestinians are the modern day John Allen Chau.

 @9TB6NWV from Colorado  disagreed…9mos9MO

It is a silly comparison. We are comparing someone attempting to spread religion to a community, openly hostile to outsiders, to a people who have had to live in an apartheid state for the last 75+ years. Israel has dropped bombs on refugee camps, executed journalists and made a hero out of an IDF soldier who raped POWs. There is no comparison.

 @9TBDK3TSocialist from Illinois  disagreed…9mos9MO

This is a false equivalence. No American pro Palestinian is trying to go to Palestine to spread gospel. If anything they are advocating for the same thing the sentinel island has- for Palestine to be left alone and not disturbed by outside influence or violence. The people on the island have killed people and the response isn't to blow the island into the crater. Israel's response to the conflict is cruel and purposefully murderous of civilians and children- why are we funding a foreign war anyways.

 @9WGRNTR from South Carolina  commented…7mos7MO

I sympathize with the citizens of both states and I sympathize with the Palestinian state. I also sympathize with the hostages who are being illegal imprisoned on both side. I don't sympathize with the state of Israel at all, nor do I sympathize with Hamas in its current state.

 @B4J2L4V from GU  commented…2mos2MO

It's a complex situation, understanding both sides is crucial. Finding common ground feels like navigating a challenging Snow Rider 3D level, full of unexpected turns. Ultimately, seeking a peaceful resolution where everyone can thrive seems like the only worthwhile goal. It's a delicate balance, far more intricate than any game. I hope cooler heads prevail.

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