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War sucks but this war won’t end if Israel stops because Hamas(and Iran who’s funding them) has goals incompatible with peace. It will just be a genocide against Israelis instead.
Israel also has goals incompatible with peace. Hamas and Likud are partners in this crime. Unfortunately we’ve never known what happens if Israel stops considering that the illegal settlements, apartheid state, and starvation of Gaza has been ongoing for decades.
I feel like I’ve witnessed/learned something from the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the Canadian response. (There are many examples of this in history, but this may be the first one that’s really commanded my attention.) The less people (average Canadians) know about the history of something (Israel-Palestine) the more they will tend to uncritically accept the dominant narratives about something (that may be far removed from reality, international law, etc.)
My guess is the dominant narrative requires the least effort to support, no need to research and draw your own conclusions when politicians and news sources claim that the status quo is justified.
I agree it’s less effort. I think it’s also safer (and most know this at least unconsciously) to adopt the dominant opinion as one’s own than it is to challenge those in power or their narratives or to stand up for those without power - which can be alienating. Being morally and/or factually correct is an independent matter
People are split on this “war” because you have to understand 3 ideas but only one is being talked about.
Hamas are terrorists and need to be stopped
The Israeli military response has been primarily to punish everyone not systematically eliminate Hamas
The displacement of Palestinians should never have happened and lead to the development terrorist groups
The way that this is being sold by the news is that Palestinians have been waging an aimless, 60 year religious war against the innocent but technologically superior Israelis. While superficially “true” it doesn’t cover the whole situation and doesn’t help people understand that Hamas terrorists makes up a minority of the Palestinian population.
Yah sure 1000 vs 14000 + think the scales have been evened. Dropping as much bombs in a week as America did in a year in a much smaller space. It was never about the hostages though how can you bomb the shit out of the place and expect them to live.
War sucks but this war won’t end if Israel stops because Hamas(and Iran who’s funding them) has goals incompatible with peace. It will just be a genocide against Israelis instead.
Israel also has goals incompatible with peace. Hamas and Likud are partners in this crime. Unfortunately we’ve never known what happens if Israel stops considering that the illegal settlements, apartheid state, and starvation of Gaza has been ongoing for decades.
I feel like I’ve witnessed/learned something from the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the Canadian response. (There are many examples of this in history, but this may be the first one that’s really commanded my attention.) The less people (average Canadians) know about the history of something (Israel-Palestine) the more they will tend to uncritically accept the dominant narratives about something (that may be far removed from reality, international law, etc.)
My guess is the dominant narrative requires the least effort to support, no need to research and draw your own conclusions when politicians and news sources claim that the status quo is justified.
I agree it’s less effort. I think it’s also safer (and most know this at least unconsciously) to adopt the dominant opinion as one’s own than it is to challenge those in power or their narratives or to stand up for those without power - which can be alienating. Being morally and/or factually correct is an independent matter
People are split on this “war” because you have to understand 3 ideas but only one is being talked about.
The way that this is being sold by the news is that Palestinians have been waging an aimless, 60 year religious war against the innocent but technologically superior Israelis. While superficially “true” it doesn’t cover the whole situation and doesn’t help people understand that Hamas terrorists makes up a minority of the Palestinian population.
Yah sure 1000 vs 14000 + think the scales have been evened. Dropping as much bombs in a week as America did in a year in a much smaller space. It was never about the hostages though how can you bomb the shit out of the place and expect them to live.
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