| Comment | I understand your confusion but the problem with the way you laid it out is that it makes the power struggle look much more symmetrical. Israel is the largest military power in the Middle East, they receive billions in military aid from the US every year, with a massive army and navy and a large collection of nukes at their disposal. They are a huge power, while Palestinians are now a scattered, disenfranchised people lacking many basic human necessities and rights.
Hammas has committed plenty of horrible crimes that should be rightly condemned, but their power still pails in comparison to the Israeli government, and the Israeli government indiscriminately bombs Palestinian civilians in their efforts to destroy Hammas. You will notice many of the largest western media outlets trying to portray this as a “conflict” or power struggle between equals, when really it’s grown increasingly one sided. |
|---|