Veteran Haaretz journalist Amira Hass has reported from the Occupied Palestinian Territories for decades and says the Israeli public is "drunk with the will to take revenge" on Palestinians, spurred on by a far-right government dominated by "extreme fascist settlers."
Two things that are both true:
1) The Occupation and its routine cruelty towards Palestinians is at the root of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict
2) Hamas is an evil organization that did not have to respond by murdering civilians, and bears full moral responsibility
The Israeli government has cut off food, water, and fuel to 2 million people inside Gaza. Collective punishment is not only contrary to international law, it is inhumane and illogical. How will this deescalate the violence rather than radicalize many more? It is madness.
@JehanneIDubrow I'm in Germany and the question before X rays would have been: are you pregnant? Are you willing to take the risk if yes? End of the story.