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[–] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

What's the antidote for that then?

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Stop making violence the only thing you'll react to in any way? Or indeed, stop responding to peaceful resistance with violence (eg the civil rights marches in Northern Ireland).

It might seem like Palestine has been a hopeless mire forever, but there was a point in the 90s where the last reasonable leaders of both sides were coming together for a peaceful solution. Hamas and the Israeli right wing - the "both sides" of today - were on the fringe.

Then Yitzhak Rabin was killed by an Israeli right-winger, Israel inexplicably responded by killing a Hamas leader, Arab civilians were massacred at the Cave of Patriarchs by an American Israeli, and Hamas responded with more bombings, Yassar Arafat died under siege by the IDF, Hamas took control of Gaza, and well, here we are.

The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin is probably as impactful to history of that of Archduke Ferdinand, but seems to be being forgotten.

[–] Saleh 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Rabin was murdered by a Likud fanatic with personal ties to Mossad. Israel disputes any involvement of Mossad. Before the murder, Likud and other fascists called for the murder of Rabin and depicted him as new Hitler. After the murder of Rabin Netanyahu took power. While there were supposed center or progressive governments in between Netanyahus reigns, they all continued the annexation of more Palestinian land to make a two state solution or any solution except ethnic cleansing and genocide impossible.

It is important to understand that all of Israels society has been poisoned into various degrees of fascism over the past 30 years.

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Zionism has always been Fascism, since it's inception as a Setter Colonialist Ideology. Ethnic Cleansing has been fundamental to it since Herzl

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

At this point the Israelis have made the two state solution impossible because of their settling of the best lands of the West Bank in such a way that makes a contiguous truly independent Palestinian state impossible.

So the only way forward is Democracy with safety and equal rights for all, Jews, Muslims, Christians, and others from the river to the sea.

The Israeli right of the last 30 years has basically made it a choice between genocide and apartheid and the end of Zionism as we know it.

So there.

[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Help - provide food, housing, education. Stop dehumanizing people. Help them build a peaceful future. Everyone will benefit from that.

But that would require actual good will.

[–] jimbolauski@lemm.ee -4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Your fatal assumption is that the Palestinians want peace too. They were given pipes to create water lines, they turned the pipes into rockets. You can't have piece when neither side wants it.

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What do expect Palestinians to do? Do you want them to waste away drinking contaminated water because Israel attacked their sole desalination plant? That isn’t peace either.

[–] jimbolauski@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There are reports of water pipes being made into rockets as far back as 2014. This was before the conflict even started.

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When do you think this conflict started? Because if you’re not aware Israel has been bombing Gaza for decades. The bombing of the desalinization plant I mentioned happened in 2021 and Israel has bombed water infrastructure in Gaza far before that.

Don’t avoid the question this time. In such circumstances what do you expect Palestinians to do? Because as far as I can tell the only answer you have for them is death.

[–] jimbolauski@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

When do you think this conflict started? Because if you’re not aware Israel has been bombing Gaza for decades. The bombing of the desalinization plant I mentioned happened in 2021 and Israel has bombed water infrastructure in Gaza far before that.

Which is significantly after 2014 when Palestine started using water pipes for rockets.

Don’t avoid the question this time. In such circumstances what do you expect Palestinians to do? Because as far as I can tell the only answer you have for them is death.

I expect if Palestine wants peace that they would use water pipes for delivery of water not explosives.

[–] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago

One state solution