Yes, I'm in agreement.
Do I know the solution? No.
However, Hamas didn't just kill people. The purposely did it in a way so heinous that it's hard to even believe it happened.
So I am unsure of the reasoning behind that, unless it was done in such a way to provoke an overwhelming response so harsh it garners sympathy like we're seeing now.
Is there 4d chess being played here, or are they just complete savages who will stop at nothing until every Jew in Israel is gone? Would it stop there after that?
So, while I agree, and it makes me sick to think what is happening, what is Israel supposed to do?
What are they supposed to do? Identify and hit a target.
I'm having a very hard time accepting that its neccessary or in any way ok to intentionally fire at innocent people. It's bad when Hamas does it and it's bad when the IDF does it.
To be clear, I'm not criticizing Israel as a whole. I'm against the actions of the Netanyahu administration which appear to me to give everyone in Gaza a choice between expulsion or death.
Others seem to feel that the entire nation of Israel will be wiped out if Netanyahu isn't permitted to continue to prosecute the conflict in the current way. I think it's the opposite. Governments all over the world are recalling ambassadors and condemning Netanyahu's strategy, and the Arab world is coalescing against Israel. Looks to me like Netanyahu is endangering Israel more than protecting it.
US support is a fickle thing. People fatigue of sending hundreds of billions overseas while their own country struggles.
No one in this thread has yet explained how funding Israel benefits the people of the US. It's a very simple question. I've asked it like 10 times, and none of the Israel supporters seem to have an answer. If they can't come up with a very good one then US funding or US involvement will eventually become unpopular which could mean the end of the Zionist project altogether.
What do we get out of funding and supporting Israel?
