I 100% support the Palestinian right to resist and if they had attacked military targets or at least largely tried to I would think that was totally fair enough. The issue is Hamas did not do that. I can't get on board with murdering civilians in cold blood and before people jump all over me I absolutely feel the same way when Israel does the same thing.
I want the siege of Gaza to end before it even starts but I also want to acknowledge that what happened last weekend is absolutely unacceptable and abhorrent. I increasingly feel like there is no place for people like me and I get shouted down by entrenched people on both sides all the time.
I believe it is counter-productive to describe oneself as pro-Palestinian or pro-Israeli as we need to be pro-both for this conflict to ever resolve. We also need to be anti both as everyone involved is going to need to make concessions or give an honest go to reconciliation. |