Welcome to the ‘middle ground’ of this conflict, where the extremists on both sides demand you see and recognize only their dead, the atrocities they’ve suffered, but simultaneously ignore and downplay the people in the other end of the violence. Always pointing further into the past for justification of the most recent conflict
Like you said, on its own a surprise attack that focused its violence to wantonly kill civilians was horrific enough to bring nearly the entire world, Arab nations included, to solidarity with Israel on Oct 7-9. Nobody was talking about illegal settlements or the annexation of Jerusalem, or any of the other perennial issues. The Likud-coalition had a lot of untenable choices suddenly very possible, and they chose this
Welcome to the ‘middle ground’ of this conflict, where the extremists on both sides demand you see and recognize only their dead, the atrocities they’ve suffered, but simultaneously ignore and downplay the people in the other end of the violence. Always pointing further into the past for justification of the most recent conflict
Like you said, on its own a surprise attack that focused its violence to wantonly kill civilians was horrific enough to bring nearly the entire world, Arab nations included, to solidarity with Israel on Oct 7-9. Nobody was talking about illegal settlements or the annexation of Jerusalem, or any of the other perennial issues. The Likud-coalition had a lot of untenable choices suddenly very possible, and they chose this