Poll Majority blames gov’t for Hamas massacre says Netanyahu must resign

Tankies: of course the western media would never cover criticism of Israel.

this is a good one for. a meme.

And how do you figure that? Israel withdrew from Gaza while it was still under the PA as an attempt to work at peace. The plan was to do the same in the west bank next. Plan goes through. Hamas was an offshoot of the Muslim brotherhood without any political authority up to that point. Prior it was formed because they were against any peace accords that were occuring at the time. But after Israel withdrew, they almost immediately had an election in which Hamas was given power. And they stuck to their promise of continuing to use violence in order to obtain a state instead of working as part of the peace process. This is when the blockade began.

So are you just saying that due to the fact that Israel exists that Hamas exists? Even that is probably not true. The Muslim brotherhood has a long history prior to Hamas in that region. It is highly likely that even if the whole place had become the state of Palestine, then the same people would do the same shit as they did in Egypt.

So how is it that Hamas existing is the fault of Israel?

So then every country that exiled and mass murdered Jewish people is to blame. Because Israel exists because of that.

I also wonder why no one addresses personal responsibility anymore. When people talk about Nazi Germany it's all "every individual who didn't actively go against the Nazi is one". Why isn't the same said about Hamas and the Palestinians?

Both. People would do well to read Hareetz, Israel's newspaper of record, which is also available in English.

It's hard to accuse it of being anti-semitic. Reading Israeli perspectives, also demolishes the argument that all Israelis don't care about Palestinian suffering or unconditionally support what comes next.

These are some of the opinion pieces they have on their site now:

These were human beings whom Israel dispossessed and expelled, whom it conquered again in their land of refuge and then turned into animals in a cage. They’ve experienced indiscriminate bombardments before, but now the worst of all is ahead of them. Israel has already announced that all the restraints it supposedly used in previous attacks will be lifted this time. Yes, hundreds of Gazans committed atrocious crimes, an outgrowth of 17 years of blockade and 75 years of suffering, with a bloody past and no present or future. But not all of a Gaza is to blame.

This:

Consequently, this needs to be said: Israel has held millions of people under a brutal blockade for more than 15 years with the support of the entire Western world. That is inhumane and inconceivable, and every solution to this bloody conflict ultimately includes respecting the rights of all people, both in Gaza and Sderot, to live with security and human dignity. And that begins with respecting the most basic rules as set down in the international laws of war, which are designed to reduce the harm to civilians.

Or this:

Ironically, those who cheer Hamas's deeds, believing they're advancing the Palestinian agenda, are inadvertently supporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long-term strategy: the existence of Hamas ensures there will be no Palestinian state. More so, it eliminates any chance of dialogue, especially with Palestinians and Israelis already committed to end the occupation.

he didnt forget about the enemy at his gates, hes been extremely busy making said enemy bigger and angrier