I'm low key shocked 30K people liked this
Two weeks ago Palestine had peace. It was a sad, hard, struggling peace but it was peace
We all JUST WATCHED Hamas end that
We JUST saw this. We now know for an absolute certainty that Israel cannot unilaterally create peace by inaction
In good faith, I understand the spirit of Hajar's point. And I think (I hope) all compassionate people want a better situation there with rights for everyone
But Israel left Gaza almost 20 years ago
Their withdrawal was not enough to cause permanent peace and we all know why
The parties have not reached an agreement and one of them continues to resort to violence
It is literally true that right now Israel could stop and the violence would pause
But that peace would be temporary
And Israel would not be the party to break it
For over half a century now the violence has come from the other side
Hamas and others have disproved the theory that Israel could make peace alone again and again and again
Sometimes multiple bad things are true—Israel has been oppressive and Hamas has been violent
Call it nuance or multi-polar awfulness or whatever you want, but neither party is blameless and all bad things are not equally terrible
Oppression is bad. Mass murder is worse
It's a horrible situation, and the tough truth is that the dynamic is just not as simple as oppressor vs oppressed
We should all push for better outcomes, but pretending this conflict is morally two-dimensional doesn't make anything easier, because it just factually isn't
Solutions will come from the real world, and the real world is complex
I used a long post here because sometimes character limits make deep talk hard, and this is one of those times. Feel free to flame. I'll try not to respond