ZenMode
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I want to make sure we're talking about the same thing...Where do you get your information from? I don't mean that as a jerk, but genuinely curious. You ignore important parts of history.
Israel is an occupying state. That is a fact.
Your questions show that you are completely ignoring the Palestinian side. Do you think the attacks on Israel are caused because the people don't like Jews? Do you honestly think that? Or do you think it because Israel treats them like animals? Palestinians don't have the same rights as Israelis, even the ones living in Israel. You mention that there are Palestinians that travel from Gaza to Israel to work, but don't mention that Israel can decide to close the border one day and they aren't able to work. You don't mention how Israel humiliates them at checkpoints. You don't mention all the checkpoints that Israel has within the West Bank. What should be a 15 minute commute can take 4-5 hours. My friend's father is a respected professor at a university in the West Bank. He has to go through checkpoints to get to work. One day, the soldiers decide to mess with him and tell him that they won't let him pass unless he gets on his knees and barks like a dog. Another instance at a checkpoint is there was a pregnant woman and she was going into labor. Her family was trying to get her to the hospital, but of course, they had to go through a checkpoint. They refused to let her through. She died from complications. There are countless other stories like this. People with medical emergencies that are denied crossing through a checkpoint. These stories all happened in the West Bank way before October 7th.
Palestinians in Gaza have it even worse and were trapped in an open air prison. If they were fortunate to be allowed to leave, there was no guarantee that they could return. When you strip a population of their dignity and they have no future to look forward to, and then compound that with killing their families, you will breed extremists. It's not like Israel was minding it's business and were randomly attacked.
The only reason Gaza/West Bank/Israel can't be like US/Canada is because Israel is a racist, apartheid state. How it claim to be a democracy, when you have to be a white Jewish person to get full rights. Arab Jews are also treated like second class citizens.
I can understand how you come to your conclusions if you don't know the Palestinian side. It is difficult to see that view in the western world and it is rarely mentioned. However, if you researched the situation, you would understand what the cause is. It's not because Palestinians hate Jews. That's just how Israel frames it to garner sympathy.
Can you clarify what you mean by "Israel is an occupying state"