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[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

What absolute position? I wrote a whole paragraph after the bit that you quote exactly on why it is not an absolute position.

Okay, I admit I didn't pay enough attention to what you wrote. Probably because I don't like being lectured about history.

But in that case, even better! They tried working on a two-state solution. It was shot down, but you gotta try again. And again. And again.

Everything Israel and the Palestinians are doing at the moment is the exact opposite. They create more violence, hatred, death, destruction and desire for vengeance, which in turn will be the fuel for more decades of war.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca -1 points 12 hours ago

Stop both sides-ing for goodness sake! There are no two equal sides here. There are the perpetrators and the victims of a genocide, of apartheid, and of occupation.

Not to mention that you are literally factually wrong. Hamas controls Gaza but the PA controls the West Bank. There is nothing the PA does that "creates violence, hatred, destruction and desire for vengeance" among Israelis. So to be extremely clear YOUR FRAMING IS FACTUALLY WRONG. The PA has recognized Israel, supports the two state solution. The PA is so actively trying to supress radicals that if you look around this thread you will see people accusing it of being collaborationists. And what do they get in response? Colonization, occupation, apartheid, and pogroms. If Israel achieves its war goals and eliminates Hamas from Gaza, the result will be that that insufferable misery also extended there. The Palestinians are literally given a choice of genocide or apartheid, of a quick fiery death or a slow bleeding death. This is Israel's policy and it isn't just Bibi, it is the Israeli state policy of the last 30 fucking years.