I'm not going to answer that because I don't sympathize with colonizers. I'm not going to sit here and say it's ok for Israel to do the bullshyt it does I understand it but I'm not going to justify or accept that its right, if anything it's Israel's behavior that's helped greatly in creating such a fukked up situation now.
This basically.
@Napoleon, i guess we just have completely different views on the matter. of course, in an ideal world, myself and most posters here would condemn hamas for shooting rockets that dont have the sufficient targeting technology and thus "potentially" harming civilians. but as most posters already have pointed out, based on the history of their actions and this conflict - israel will not stop its endless violence and ongoing occupation even if hamas rolled over today and said they were done fighting. a population living in an open air prison being bombarded on relentlessly can either lay down and die or try to fight back ... and there will always be a percentage of the population angry and upset enough to want to retaliate ... especially since, you know, seeing their newborn child/mother/father/brother/sister/etc just blown to bits in front of them. unless israel changes their approach, this will not change because even if hamas was obliterated today, another resistance movement will take its place, made up of angry palestinians who have lived in these inhumane conditions forced upon them by israel, who have seen their civilian family and friends die in front of them routinely. if israel truly wanted peace and an end of the conflict, they would cease their disproportionate military assault as they are only fueling the next "hamas" or whatever group who would only see israel as an enemy and not as a neighbor who they may be able to negotiate with ... but that's clearly not what they want
the might is power stance sounds great when you are the one with all the power and resources, and is the same perspective every colonial oppressive power has taken throughout history. i guess if you were ever put in the other side of the coin you'd empathize more, iunno bruh
i'm not saying you support israel, but i will say to you as i have to many others who've claimed neutral in this conflict (or any other type of conflict like this for that matter) ...
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality." - Desmond Tutu