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Parrhizzia's avatar

This is correct! It ALL started on Oct 7 - there is no history before Oct 7!

Nothing that Israel ever did could possibly justify what Hamas did on Oct 7, but everything Israel has done, both before and after Oct 7 is fully justified, post-hoc, by Oct 7.

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Deirdre Browner's avatar

I think that is a deliberate misread of what I was trying to say. The roots of the ongoing issues in the Middle East are too complicated for this space, but to clarify, I am not a big fan of Netanyahu and the treatment of Palestinians in Gaza is horrifying. However, Iran has long funded Hamas as a proxy to attack Israel, and Hamas' attack on Oct 7th has led to Israel's leveling of Gaza and attacks on Hezbollah, Lebanon, and Syria. Israel will likely become a pariah in a de-stabilized Middle East. I honestly think no one wins here and disagree with those saying that Trump did the right thing.

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Parrhizzia's avatar

тАЬThe whole chain of events was started by Oct 7thтАЭ

I deliberately misread that? My bad.

Just one additional counterpoint: itтАЩs not complicated. It has been bloody, violent, disingenuous, but never complicated.

Complicated is just a word used to obfuscate history, and allow for the atrocities to continue.

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