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When did I say that? All I said was that’s probably why people are spending more time criticizing Israel rather than Hamas.
You’re acting like evil is zero sum. Dude fuck Hamas. But also fuck Israel. Israel has done everything over the last several decades to make Palestinian life harder. That doesn’t make people less radical. And since October 7th they’ve killed 30x the civilians that Hamas killed. At least.
To quote Uncle Ben, “With great power comes great responsibility.”
Israel cannot use “Hamas would do it too if they could” as an excuse to slaughter civilians.
Netanyahu knows he has to go back to answering for his crimes of corruption if he stops stoking the fires of war with Hamas. Acting like he’s fighting a crusade to save Israel keeps him in power. Slaughtering innocents to radicalize survivors keeps him in power.