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In reply to the discussion: The End of Gaza's most beautiful neighborhood [View all]Mosby
(16,569 posts)67. They've had 75 years to negotiate a permanent settlement
And they haven't, instead they embraced terrorism.
That's on them.
Are you and I blameless for Iraq? I didn't kill anyone nor did I vote for Bush. How about the overthrow of the government in Iran? Me and my family didn't have anything to do with that either.
The first step towards peace and reconciliation involves taking ownership for your mistakes, something that the Palestinians aren't even remotely interested in doing,in fact they still keep externalizing their locus of control, and create false historical narratives that absolve them of all responsibilities. Just look at what Abbas said recently denying that Israeli women and children were killed in the Oct 7th attack.
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You knew who the snake was. Why did you get it angry, then put your baby in front of it?
RandomNumbers
Nov 2023
#37
Quite the opposite actually. Israel is not a party to the Rome Statute, but the so called "state of Palestine" is
tritsofme
Nov 2023
#41
I do nopt ahve to fucking say I am anti Hamas -- you didn't even read my post
obamanut2012
Nov 2023
#47
Yes, people who never had a problem with Hamas in the first place won't be impacted by that.
BannonsLiver
Nov 2023
#23
Not much different at this point from what Putin is doing to Ukrainian apartment buildings.
brush
Nov 2023
#32
Why would you respond with a question that had nothing to do with YOUR original post that I responded
GuppyGal
Nov 2023
#27