Why is there a War Between (Palestinians) Hamas and Israel?

 

It is horrific that Hamas has killed or captured innocent Israelis!  The same thing happened during the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 on a much smaller scale.  But the Israelis are no better:  Letting Palestinians die of thirst and starvation, bombing hospitals, etc.  Israelis violate human rights just as much as Hamas does.   The Israeli army has also repeatedly hit schools and UN-run facilities.  Its war on Gaza has killed more than 20,000 Palestinians so far, including more than 8,000 children!

Gaza has 2.2 million people - half of them under the age of 18 living in 365 square kilometers and it has been an open-air prison for nearly two decades.

In just 50 days, Israel killed in Gaza over 20,000 civilians + 7,000 unaccounted, 8,176 children + 4,700 children unaccounted, 4,112 women, 201 medical staff, 22 civil defense personnel, 67 journalists, 104 UN aid workers, in addition to over 36,000 injured, 75% of them children and women, and displaced 1.73 million people.

70% of residential units were bombed, over 60,000 housing units were completely destroyed, and over 225,000 housing units were partially destroyed.

25 were hospitals, 52 health centers were out of service, and 55 ambulances were targeted.  262 schools were destroyed. 17 United Nations schools which people used as shelters were bombed.  249 mosques and 3 churches were bombed.

Israel broke SIXTY TWO United Nations Resolutions…

Well, it is true that Hamas (NOT the civilians in Gaza), started the war.  But their gruels are not comparable to what Israel does now.  Read more about the background:

Palestinian civilians are not Hamas!  And Hamas does not represent every Palestinian!

I was in Israel many years ago, after the 6-day war, also in Palestinian territory, and observed that both folks like to quarrel and to fight.  And there are reasons for this - here is the historical background:

https://www.pcrf.net/information-you-should-know/what-was-palestine-before-1948.html

https://www.palestinianhistorytapestry.org/history-references-for-embroidery-panels

https://www.vox.com/world-politics/23921529/israel-palestine-timeline-gaza-hamas-war-conflict

With their aggressive settlement policy, the Israelis have undermined many Palestinian rights for decades.  The UN Security Council has long criticized the illegal Israeli settlement construction in the Palestinian territories under the leadership of Prime Minister Netanyahu.  

The UN opposes the confiscation of land and the destruction of Palestinian homes as well as the displacement of Palestinian civilians.  Israel has done the same for many years as Russia did with the Krim and Ukraine.  Israel does not have any right to steal land from the Palestinians.

Instead of suppressing the Palestinians by Israelis, there should be an independent Palestinian state that coexists peacefully with Israel.  But Israel's right-wing religious government seems to have other priorities...  This strategy is not one that ever produces peace or that is designed to lead to a solution.  It accepts a low level of Israeli deaths from rocket fire, and occasionally dozens or hundreds of Palestinian deaths from air strikes, as the status quo.

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