Wharg Rider
Having started this thread and coming from a land of religous in-fighting as usual there’s faults on both sides. The ‘trap’ that Israel has fallen into is responding with considerably more force than Hamas is using which equals a huge worldwide media own goal. Sure defend yourselfs but the issue I saw many times at home was self defence dispraportionate to the actions of a few hardened terrorists is always counter productive.
What’s the answer? The answer is the difficult path of turning the other cheek and constant pressure on Hamas and Fatah through the UN. As with my country if peaceful means had been used I am convinced we would have been united long ago rather than leaving it to the men of violence. However shooting the shit out of any population creates martyrs, and destroys any political middle ground leaving any democratic (or pseudo democratic) process open to extremists.
There are good people on every side, your right. But this will marginalise any good.
If Israel was to fully fund and create wealth in Gaza the poverty we witness in the west would disappear along with the terrorism poverty spawns – FACT.