No one is saying Hamas are the good guys, but one said it’s definitely using their existence as an excuse to kill millions. Kinda like the Nazie’s did to Jewish freedom fighters in Poland. What’s the difference? Were Jewish partisan Fighters fighting in Germany and Poland terrorists? Were Native Americans who raided settlements on their ancestral lands terrorists? How about Nat Turner? Queen Boudica? Violence is abhorrent no matter what form it takes but the one’s capable of doing the most violence and do so should always be seen as the evil. You can’t expect millions of people to simply die without a portion of them also choosing violence. It’s all disgusting. But you are missing the forest from the trees. There’s no reason for Isreal to be killing other than their own personal gains. The first thing they need to do to end the cycle is to stop themselves or to be stopped. The elimination of Hamas won’t stop the genicide. Just as Running Bull, Nat Turner, and yes even Hamas failed to do.
Hamas wasn’t created in a vacuum. Grow up dude.
I would consider industrialised total war to be using terrorism as a weapon, yes. Whether that’s the British firebombing civilian areas of Germany or the Germans indiscriminately dropping rockets on London. Both actions are designed to terrorise the populace. So, ‘terrorism’. I would judge the rest of your examples by that criteria.
Whether or not I think various causes in history were just or not is a separate consideration. So in some cases I would support ‘terrorism’, yes. Though I would struggle to find an actual clear cut example where I think that’s the moral thing to do.
The cycle of violence between Jews and Palestinian Arabs has existed before the state of Israel even existed. Since each side has been continually justifying their actions based on what the other did it is very difficult to point to any moment in living memory where either exist “in a vacuum”. They have progressively created each other.
I realise you don’t agree with this. But I’m not saying it to be “pro Israel”. Quite the contrary.
Israel has the upper hand and should stop its terrorism against gaza civilians. But I think you, and others here should realise that even if Israel were to give Hamas all their demands it’s not like Islamic terrorism against Jews would stop. The ideology pre-dates Israel and even Zionism in general…
