Hamas doesn’t want peace. It wants a final solution.
The Hamas protestors are abominably evil; the paid protestors are disgraceful mercenaries; the student protestors are useful idiots of Satan.
Most these protesters know nothing about the middle east
I saw an IDF tank run over a big GAZA sign this morning, felt good.
I disagree with the premise. The ‘students’ involved aren’t uninformed or ignorant of history. Many have declared their opposition to ‘colonialism, white supremacy, capitalism, America in particular, and Western values in general. It’s not that they don’t know about the history of Israel, they deem history and facts irrelevant to their goals.
“What many of these students lack, if not sincerity, is a good dose of history.”
Marxism: CT failed, Try CRT. CRT failed, back to CT.
The 75 year long war over possession over the part of former Ottoman Syria called “Palestine” remains unresolved, and neither party to the conflict has surrendered.
This article is a long complaint that the Arab inhabitants of this region persist in their claims to some or all of the territory which, after the defeat of Turkey in WW I came under the possession of the British Empire. These Arab inhabitants have not agreed to the jurisdiction of outside parties (just as no unconquered nation should ever do).
I presume the United States would not consent to a UN directive to return the Mexican Cession, for example, and would properly answer “And who’s gonna make me?”
There is therefore no solution to this long war that does not involve victory for one or the other side. The United States should have learned from Vietnam, Iraq twice and Afghanistan that declaring victory and going home isn’t the same as winning.
Neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians have that option, since both of them ARE home. Unless they are able to become disposed (at the same time) to agreement, victory by conquest for one or the other party is the most likely outcome.
They didn’t miss anything. This article makes the mistake of taking their rhetoric at face value. Including calling them “protesters”.
CORRECT
HAMAS is the liar.
The protesters also miss soap, water, and grey matter.
The faux academics are focused on the oppressor/oppressed narrative and historic, sometimes ancient perceived (not necessarily real or mutual) injustices. They don’t want progress. They want regression. They want to redress past injustices, real or imagined, with future injustice.
What the college kids haven’t figured out yet is that their rabid hatred for Israel gives Hamas hope and incentive to continue to fight, which will just serve to extend the war, increasing the loss of life, especially on the Palestinian side. They’re industriously paving the road to hell for those whose welfare they’re pretending to champion with their misguided intentions. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was right; stupidity does much more harm than deliberate malice.
Completely irrelevant. The protests are about following the current narrative. You can almost see Dylan Mulvaney saying “Hello!! I am still here. Can anyone hear me?”.