straightUp wrote:
So, I knew the moment I heard that Hamas agreed to a ceasefire brokered by Egypt and Qatar. I knew that Israel would say "no deal".
Israel doesn't want a ceasefire. They never did. They want to clear Gaza of ALL Palestinians. I should be specific about what I mean by "Israel" because this is NOT an anti-semitic attack... I am referring, specifically to the right-wing Likud party currently in power. THEY want to complete their Z*****t objective which is to displace the Palestinian people entirely.
They've been working on this for over 70 years in an effort that most people and media networks misdiagnose as a series of defensive wars but they really aren't. It's been one long war in which Israel continues a strategy of constant abuse aimed at provoking the Palestinian people into committing acts of violence so they can justify their most egregious offenses as matters of defense. Or as some will ironically claim, an effort to defend Israel's "right to exist".
The Palestinian people don't have the capacity to sustain a constant battle with US-funded Israel. So the war is broken into rounds where the Palestinians are militarily defeated and there's a period of peace, but even during that "peace" Israel continues to abuse and provoke. Sometimes if the period of "peace" get's long enough without any violent reactions from the Palestinians, Israel will launch unprovoked attacks which they refer to as "mowing the lawn".
October 7th was 100% the result of this Israeli strategy of provocation. Israel has incarcerated thousands of Palestinians, many of them under 18 years of age, for little to no reason and they DO torture them. They do these things intentionally to anger Palestinians. On October 7th 2023, Hamas was able to break out of the prison we call Gaza and grab several hundred Israeli hostages. That was their objective. They did this to give them some leverage in negotiations to release as many of the Palestinians being tortured in Israeli prisons as possible.
But this was exactly what the Israeli government wanted. Another excuse to k**l as many Palestinians as possible.
Where there also rapes and beheaded babies on October 7th? So far, there have only been unsubstantiated claims from people trying to extend the masterful illusion that Palestinians are monsters. Where a lot of people k**led? Yes, mostly from exchange of fire between Hamas and the IDF.
Within days of the event, Hamas tried to open negotiations for a prisoner exchange and Israel refused. Choosing instead to launch airstrikes in areas that hostages were thought to be held. I'm sure it suits their purpose better to k**l some hostages and blame Hamas than to negotiate their release.
Now they've taken the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing so they can block humanitarian aid coming from Egypt. Big surprise.
Since this will no doubt come up... I will address the sentiment of the Islamic Resistance, echoed by Hamas. Yes, they want to destroy Israel. But that's a pipedream fostered by religious zealots. Most Palestinians just want to be liberated from Israel's inhumane oppression and that's the part that I support 1000%
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