Clearly killing random innocent people is not going to get rid of all the extremism. While they may 'kill hamas' I am not sure what that actually means or ends.

It seems to me that putting people in a gated boundary, denying them food is not that different from a concentration camp.

The 'from the river to the sea' statement predates Hamas by decades. It has been used in a variety of contexts. I get it though - Jews feel they should be able to dictate who gets to say this and what it always mean. I personally disagree.

It is a slippery slope this freedom of speech. Right-wing been whining about big tech and free speech for a few years. Now somehow they've completely changed their mind. Everything not pro-Zionist is apparently to be default interpreted as racist and explicitly disallowed. That is basically what this boils down to and during politics no one is going to approach it sincerely. This is what the questioners did and they created their gotcha moment.

Speaking of which the House passed a resolution that being anti-zionist means you are racist. Wow. Take that to the logical conclusion. Also a lot of fun little exercises. Some of these Jewish hostages who were released complained about being more scared of being bombed to death than Hamas. Does that mean they are anti-zionist? therefore racist? There are plenty of anti-Zionist jews even in Israel but somehow they're to be condemned by the West. The sheer arrogance of it all is so impressive to me.

Frankly, I'm pissed I am taxed to give Israel 150 mm artillery shells. WHAT !? Precision killing lmao. At least with abortion the right isn't forced to pay for it.

Anyway just my take on a few things... hmm but wait a few more.

Just to put it out there, yes what Hamas did is very awful. I did however look at more details into the settler issues to understand what the current issues are. I read about the relatively minor settler violence and slow but consistent claiming of what were just recently Palestinian lands. This is rarely brought up. I would like to ask Dan Druff a non-self-hating Jew to tell me what should Palestinians do there? Israeli government consistently looks the other way. This in no way justifies what they did but any thinking person should at least look for causes so we don't repeat these things. The rural Palestinians just give up in their villages because their grazing fields are cut off from them.

What exactly makes Israel our "ally" to the extent that we need to arm them and piss off the rest of the Arab world ? I'm not understanding why they needed aid. Especially 150mm artillery shells. Outside of their contributions to the industrial war machine (they actually do a lot of development & sales to us) what have they done that demonstrates how they are our ally? I'm just wanting to hear the value proposition they give to Americans.

Anyway these are just some thoughts I've had recently. I mean no harm and sorry if I offend anyone.