2) so you know about everything except for the things that don’t benefit your argument?
In order to truly understand the nature of fighting between settlers and Gazans, I would have to dig into, as much as it is even possible, the details of every skirmish. I view the settler/Gazan fighting as a Hatfield/Mccoy situation or fighting between rival gangs....or drunk neighbors. Lots of he said/she said and events that can't be verified, so the authorities are unable to take action.
What I don't do, as many here seem to do, is make assumptions about the Israeli government allowing the violence. That goes against a long track record of Israel's approach to Gazans and the fact that Israel is not a terrorist country so, yes, I do, when I simply can't realistically know the details, give Israel the benefit of the doubt. Before you roll your eyes at that premise, I'll remind you that Israel was accused of genocide, on a daily basis, for killing 75,000 civilians
over a period of 2.5 years, while Iran killed 30-40 thousand civilians
in less than a week.
In cases when violence has escalated, which sometimes results in death, the settlers involved have often been charged, convicted and imprisoned.
Given the affirmation, how does it help peace in the Middle East for them to constantly be expanding? Settlers are arrest arrested sometimes, but they are also empowered and supported by the military very often…. And have support from the administration. The United States actually provides them cover for that… just by being big brother. There should be a zero tolerance approach to the settler crimes.
There is no option for peace between Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and Israel. Those combined terrorist groups have made their intent to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth very clear. There's no reasoning with them.
Meanwhile, Israel had (until recently) a 13% Muslim population and extended work visas to tens of thousands of Gazans.
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