I expected comments would be off by they are on. I guess the Times expected pro-Israeli comments. But that's not what's at the very top.
And, they are fighting for what?
They are fighting for a religious right authoritarian government whose main supporters don't pay taxes or serve in the military.
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And mothers in Palestine know that not only their draft-age sons, but they, their husbands and their minor children and those of their extended families could be killed at any time, in the course of a vindicative, illegal and politically motivated invasion and bombing campaign.
And "didn't expect war"? After voting in for years a government with no interest in a viable peace settlement?
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I’m sorry for their anguish and hope their children return whole. There are consequences for the governments we elect.
I hope their children return whole too. The amount of plastic waste from having to use multiple body bags wouldn't be environmentally friendly.