
Originally Posted by
time4fun
This is a really complex situation, and simplistic stances aren't helpful.
It's not wrong to say you want freedom for the Palestinian people. They deserve it.
But Hamas is every bit as much an occupying force in the West Bank as Israel is: they took their own territories by force. They do not represent Palestine in any capacity official or unofficial, and they're not a bunch of scrappy freedom fighters. Their mission is the eradication of Israel. So those people who are standing and cheering Palestine on for fighting back are fucking idiots who have no idea what's going on.
But also, in the US we get a VERY incomplete narrative of the whole situation to the point where it's bordering on propaganda. Most people rushing out to say "I stand with Israel" also probably have no idea what's been going on.
Israel's occupation of Palestine has been brutal- especially the last two years. 260 Palestinians had already been killed by Israeli forces and settlers this year alone, including over 40 children, before this war started. Israel and Egypt control every inch of Palestine's borders, and Israel routinely cuts off power and water to Palestine. They'll embargo medicine for weeks at a time. They are STILL rapidly creating new settlements by bulldozing Palestinian homes and refugee camps. 64% of people in Palestine live with food insecurity and about 50% live in poverty.
Personally I stand against Hamas and with the Israeli and Palestinian PEOPLE. But there are no "good guys" in this war, in my opinion. Just countless Israeli and Palestinian victims.