I can't say Israel isn't bit by bit "wiping Palestine off the planet".
Probably a terrible analogy but it's sort of like waterboarding. I'm not Netanyahu nor am I the head of the IDF but I have to assume that's sort of their strategy. Unfortunately for all involved in the conflict, it's making Israel come off looking really bad.
Neither you nor I 100% know what specific weapons they are using, where exactly they came from, and where the money they cost came from. We can read about the assumptions, and it's a safe assumption that "our tax dollars" helped pay for some if not most of the weapons, but I find it a bit hypocritical to bitch about "my"/"our" tax dollars paying for weapons when I would guess 90% of people in this country probably couldn't come within 250 billion dollars of guessing how much the USA spends on weapons and defense every year - nor do they know where their tax dollars are truly going to.
As far as US Student's tuition dollars going to fund weapons being sent to Israel, I have my doubts about that.
My tax dollars may go to help things such as funding infrastructure in the USA, medicare and social security in the USA, eduction in the USA, and "defense" in the USA. Why would I be opposed to any of that? Of course "DEFENSE" being a key word. I am "anti-war". I am 100% in support of the USA and Israel having the right to DEFEND itself. By all means necessary? That's a tough thing to think about and how and why am I the ultimate judge of that?
Yes, Israel is now on the OFFENSIVE but to use a sports analogy, sure defense wins ball games but the object of winning the game is to score more points than the opponent. You have to score to win. Yes, Israel is trying to beat the shit out of Hamas and winning by a single point is not their objective.
Israel feels it has to 100% destroy Hamas to assure its safety but between you and I, it's never going to happen. Ok, maybe it can happen for today but whether it's Hamas or some other "terrorist organization" the youth in Gaza will form another "terrorist organization" and the "bad guys" will bring in other "terrorist organizations" in to Gaza.
There needs to be a PEACEFUL resolution of some kind. A way for Israelis and Gazans to co-exist PEACEFULLY. War is NOT the answer.
As far as Hamas accepting the "ceasefire deal", great. Any idea what exactly the "deal" is?
I don't accept that "Israel responded by".... Israel had the plan in place before the "deal" was accepted by Hamas. Sure Israel bombed Rafah but there was a BIG objective and supposedly a big part of it was achieved. My hope is that is the end of it but I highly doubt it is.
As far as Israel "ordering" and your asking where the people are supposed to go, Israel has told them where to go and where they would be supplied with "humanitarian" aide. Of course it's terrible, and much easier said than done, but again, it's better than not "ordering" anything and just raping and killing civilians because you know, they were at a music festival during a time of peace.
On a related note, I can't help but get pissed off about how ignorant many of the "protesters" are.
Every time I hear the words Jews and Zionism associated with Israel from the protesters I wonder how many of them know that there are over 2.5 million NON Jews living in Israel - including probably close to 2 million "Arabs". I wonder if they realize Christianity and Islam are "FREELY" practiced in Israel. I wonder if they realize there are NON Jews in the Israeli government and Israeli defense forces.
Another thing that bugs me is this is what SOME in our country have become in "support" of "Palestine".
This was two blocks away from where my Jewish co-worker lives. A neighborhood where he chose to raise his kids because he wants them to grow up with diversity - instead of choosing to live in a lily white suburb.
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