Hamas has shown just how brutal they are willing to be the past few days and they explicitly have in their charter the destruction of Israel. Hamas given the chance would absolutely ethically cleanse all of the Levant of Jews. The PLO has a martyr fund for dying while killing Israelis. Israel not fighting would absolutely lead to complete destruction.

On the other hand, if Israel wanted to, it could completely wipe out any and all Palestinian areas. Palestine has no real air force, navy, or artillery and wouldn't be able to stop them. The only reason Israel hasn't done so is they have decided not to.

This isn't commentary on the entire conflict or the history or who is right/wrong. I'm just pointing out that this is factually incorrect.

[–] Somethingcheezie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

From the river to the sea!!!

[–] jimrob4@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah cause the whole middle east isn’t singing “from the mountains to the sea” and talking about shoving Jews into the Mediterranean Sea.

Does it hurt being dumb?

[–] Mighty@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

How is this getting downvoted? Regardless what your opinion on the matter is, this is objectively true. Israeli forces and government have been pushing into Palestine more and more, forcibly removed Palestine people from their homes and settling people there. So, Palestine literally would not exist in a few more years.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I would say it's valid to dislike this as an oversimplification. It's a super complex series of unintended and intended consequences, bad ideologies, and terrible behavior generally.

They say war is a failure of imagination, and it has been increasingly hard for either of the belligerents to imagine peace.

I think the only humane view we can take as bystanders is to support asylum seekers as much as possible and condemn war crimes no matter who does them. Most people are just caught up in the gears of history. Nobody deserves this.

[–] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 1 points 9 months ago

Destruction of Israel is in Hamas' charter. This meme is beyond stupid.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

It's downvoted because it's objectively false. Israel has been attacked since day on in attempt to remove it from the map. If they were to stop fighting they wouldn't exist. If it weren't for Palestine constantly fighting, there wouldn't even be a wall around Gaza.