DarthJon

LOL, he was wrong for asking questions? He's a journalist. The Western left has gone off the deep end of insanity.

This isn't difficult to grasp. Israel has the right to go to war against its enemies, and children die in war. If you can explain how to fight a war without children dying, I'm all ears. But the responsibility for those deaths lies with the people who started the war - especially since they started it knowing full well that large numbers of Palestinians would die in the process. They want those deaths.

Honestly, you're just incredibly naive about this. It's frightening that so many people are so blinded by their hate that they have come to see barbaric terrorists and radical Islamists as the good guys. Your moral compass is just so messed up.

Oh, and don't lecture me on what Zionism is. It's our movement. We defined it.

My initial comment describes all the things anti-Israel protesters are doing that aren't "criticism of Israel." That's the point. They're not criticizing Israel, they're calling for its destruction.

It's not impossible if there was a commitment on both sides to make it happen. There has never been a commitment on the part of the Palestinians, and there isn't one with the Netanyahu government.

As I said before, Israel WAS interested in a two state solution. Until the second intifada. How many plans and proposals would the Palestinians have to reject before you admit that maybe they actually don't want peaceful coexistence?

Israeli nationalism is not the problem. Israel exists. I has existed for 76 years. The problem is Arab and Muslim rejectionism. They simply won't give up on their dream of driving the Jews into the sea. Moderate Arab nations have given up on that dream but the radical Islamists haven't. That's why Hamas launched their attack when they did, because they wanted to destroy the Abraham Accords.

And sorry, but there is no room in any reasonable moral system for accepting barbaric terrorism as "legitimate resistance" or a response to grievances. Blowing up nightclubs full of young people and busses taking people to work and school is not political protest. Besides, they have had opportunities to negotiate peace and chose not to take advantage of those opportunities. They had a chance to turn Gaza into a legitimate state when Israel withdrew in 2005 and they chose to turn it into a Hamas terrorist base.

Israel has not won total victory, which is why this cycle has continued for so long. The US and the international community has never let them achieve total victory. This war is different. The Netanyahu government has decided to finally achieve total victory.

White phosphorus is used to mark areas. There is absolutely no evidence they have used it on the people of Gaza. Stop spreading propaganda.

The Deadly Exchange theory has been debunked. And Israel's relationship with the Palestinians has nothing to do with racism. Stop imposing your Western frameworks where they don't belong.

Perhaps you should actually read my initial comment. Or is that too difficult for you?

"Won't anyone think of the poor children?" If you don't want children to die in war, don't fucking start war.

Literally no possibility, huh? WTF do you think they sponsor Hamas and Hezbollah and the Houthis for? Why do they have a doomsday clock in Tehran literally counting down to Israel's destruction? Just for shits and giggles? But here's the bottom line: Neither you, nor any other ignorant Western leftist, has the right to demand that Israel takes that chance. That's exactly what Jewish self-determination (AKA Zionism) is all about.

Tell me something: What have those UN peacekeepers been doing all this time? Are they there to protect Hezbollah so they can continue to fire rockets and missiles into Israel? Because they sure haven't been keeping the peace, and they also haven't enforced UN Resolution 1701. So get the fuck out and let Israel take care of business.

You know what's ironic? The past 60 years of conflict could possibly have been avoided if the UN held their ground back in 1967 when Egypt asked them to leave. They were actually doing their job back then and their decision to pack up and leave at Egypt's request was a major contributing factor to the Six-Day War. Seems almost as if they're biased against Israel, huh?

No. First of all, the Palestinian population has grown substantially since 1967. That alone is sufficient to disprove the genocide accusation. Second, blaming Israel for the plight of the Palestinian people ignores the fact that they have been governed by corrupt terrorist leaders who have done nothing to improve the lives of the people they govern because they have been single-mindedly focused on destroying Israel. Plus, it's pretty damn disrespectful to treat the Palestinian people as if they have no agency whatsoever and are just destined to be radicalized because of external forces.

Your thought process is so ass-backwards it's mind-boggling.

Israel gets invaded by barbaric terrorists who butcher 1200 people and take 250 more hostage. The next day another terrorist organization operating in a different country begins launching rockets into Israel in sympathy. Both those organizations are sponsored by a repressive radical Islamist regime that has openly stated its genocidal intention towards Israel and Jews. So Israel does what ANY other country would do - it fights back. And you turn around and say, "Fighting back makes them look brutal, racist and hateful. It's no wonder people hate them."

How do you not see how fucked up this is?