Yes, their safety.
Hamas, and other groups were (and still are to a lesser extent) firing rockets at Israel. Israel has a right to not want to live under that danger. Before the Oct attacks, they were actually slowly increasing freedoms and self control in Gaza. Sure, now they’ve gone nutto in revenge, or blind destruction of any and all militant capacity in Gaza with zero care about civilians. I don’t support that! But you still need to look at the perspective of all sides - Israel doesn’t want to be in danger from rocket attacks any more. They believe it’s been shown that any peace process doesn’t work. So they’re going the other way since Hamas refuses to surrender. As well as being unconscionable, I don’t think it will lead to long term peace. I condemn Israel’s current policies. But I also condemn Hamas and the like that keep this going and attempting to kill Israelis - whether or not you think their vengeance is justified, it only leads to more deaths - and solidifies Israel’s path of destruction.
Yes, their safety.
Hamas, and other groups were (and still are to a lesser extent) firing rockets at Israel. Israel has a right to not want to live under that danger. Before the Oct attacks, they were actually slowly increasing freedoms and self control in Gaza. Sure, now they’ve gone nutto in revenge, or blind destruction of any and all militant capacity in Gaza with zero care about civilians. I don’t support that! But you still need to look at the perspective of all sides - Israel doesn’t want to be in danger from rocket attacks any more. They believe it’s been shown that any peace process doesn’t work. So they’re going the other way since Hamas refuses to surrender. As well as being unconscionable, I don’t think it will lead to long term peace. I condemn Israel’s current policies. But I also condemn Hamas and the like that keep this going and attempting to kill Israelis - whether or not you think their vengeance is justified, it only leads to more deaths - and solidifies Israel’s path of destruction.