"If Hamas had never attacked Israel... They did, and we are where we are."
The Bulwark has been a beacon of sanity, a refuge for people tired of being told not to believe their lying eyes, tired of the gaslighting, tired of tribalism and hungry for honest, good faith news free from political ambitions.
"If Hamas had never attacked Israel... They did, and we are where we are."
The Bulwark has been a beacon of sanity, a refuge for people tired of being told not to believe their lying eyes, tired of the gaslighting, tired of tribalism and hungry for honest, good faith news free from political ambitions.
It is not only okay, in the spirit of anti-tribal independence, to recognize all agents in a situation; it is essential to do so. In the spirit of tribe-free transparency, the agents in the Gaza slaughter are Hamas and the IDF, with Bibi at the helm and the US as its supplier. The Palestinian citizenry are the pawns caught between the two. Over 50000 have died and over 100000 have been injured, according to Euro-Med Monitor. About 1200 Israelis and others were killed on October 7. The ICJ and a US federal court have both concluded that Israel's activity in Gaza could constitute a genocide. Even UK leadership has begun to acknowledge Israel's agency in Gaza.
Terrorist groups do not obey the citizenry. The citizenry does not control terrorists. If they could, there would be much less bloodshed all over the planet. Gaza like any other place on Earth, was populated by humans doing what humans do—work, play, eat, sleep, learn, pray—albeit under the menace of mutual neighborly threat. Hamas is not the citizenry, nor has Hamas been bombing and shooting the citizenry, journalists, and aid workers, depriving them of food, water, witnesses, or medical care.
The Bulwark has as its mission not to tiptoe around powerful entities. It can and should assign agency where it exists, however uncomfortable and politically perilous it may be to do so. Israel does not get carte blanche to take revenge as it pleases because Hitler murdered a horrific number of Jewish people in the 1940s.
"If Hamas had never attacked Israel, and if Israel had not responded by killing over 50000 civilians and destroying over 70% of Gaza's buildings... They did, and we are where we are."
"If Hamas had never attacked Israel... They did, and we are where we are."
The Bulwark has been a beacon of sanity, a refuge for people tired of being told not to believe their lying eyes, tired of the gaslighting, tired of tribalism and hungry for honest, good faith news free from political ambitions.
It is not only okay, in the spirit of anti-tribal independence, to recognize all agents in a situation; it is essential to do so. In the spirit of tribe-free transparency, the agents in the Gaza slaughter are Hamas and the IDF, with Bibi at the helm and the US as its supplier. The Palestinian citizenry are the pawns caught between the two. Over 50000 have died and over 100000 have been injured, according to Euro-Med Monitor. About 1200 Israelis and others were killed on October 7. The ICJ and a US federal court have both concluded that Israel's activity in Gaza could constitute a genocide. Even UK leadership has begun to acknowledge Israel's agency in Gaza.
Terrorist groups do not obey the citizenry. The citizenry does not control terrorists. If they could, there would be much less bloodshed all over the planet. Gaza like any other place on Earth, was populated by humans doing what humans do—work, play, eat, sleep, learn, pray—albeit under the menace of mutual neighborly threat. Hamas is not the citizenry, nor has Hamas been bombing and shooting the citizenry, journalists, and aid workers, depriving them of food, water, witnesses, or medical care.
The Bulwark has as its mission not to tiptoe around powerful entities. It can and should assign agency where it exists, however uncomfortable and politically perilous it may be to do so. Israel does not get carte blanche to take revenge as it pleases because Hitler murdered a horrific number of Jewish people in the 1940s.
"If Hamas had never attacked Israel, and if Israel had not responded by killing over 50000 civilians and destroying over 70% of Gaza's buildings... They did, and we are where we are."