Group punishment is exemplified by punishing an
entire family for alleged crimes of one member, eg,
demolishing their home. This is illegal. This is terrorism.
This generates more hostility, & actually serves as a
recruiting tool for Hamas.
What should Israel have done that it didn't do?
End torture, group punishment, home demolition.
How do you negotiate with people who want to wipe you off the planet and take every opportunity to fire missiles at you?
That's a dysfunctional claim for several reasons.
- If one has enemies, these enemies are the ones to negotiate with.
- Many don't want to eliminate Israel. Treating them viciously
for a false reason only foments lasting hostility. It turns them
into the enemy.
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What is owed to another country who acts like that?
Justice & peace.
Your perspective is one I observe in fervent Israel apologists.
They demonize the other side, seeing Palestinians only as
an implacable enemy....lives of lesser or no value.
They want vengeance & total destruction of the enemy.
The singular solution is continual oppression & cycle of wars.
Instead, let go of favoring one side. Set history aside.
Don't view one side as moral & entitled, with the other
as immoral & undeserving. View them all as just people
who could all be better off.
Consider a singular goal of both Palestinians & Israelis
living in their own secure countries, with peace &
prosperity.
How is that goal solved?
Fundamentally, there can't be one powerful state keeping
another population down. Israel is the 500# gorilla in this
conflict, & must change its view of Palestinians, who deserve
human rights, justice, peace, & prosperity. If they achieve
this, it would curb radicalization& joining violent resistance
groups.
In short....
Think in terms of solutions that can benefit all.
Not blame.
