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imagine posting comments this retarded. change your rhetoric instead of generalizing to the benefit of people who want to write off others as enemies
Huh? When this started I was moreso on the side of anti-israel. I was quite upset at the support for Israel coming from the governments. Then Hamas did their thing at the festival and I immediately changed my mind that Palestine is far more evil than Israel
I used to follow polling. Then I started to wonder how the current president's numbers (any president) could change so drastically week by week. Like, he signed one bill, how did he go from meh to great for that one thing? Then next week he's trash.
Is it that some people make sweeping conclusions using only the most recent thing in the news? Does everything else go away?
I guess it's better to be willing to change your mind than be completely hard headed.
If the Palestinians didn’t want to be associated with Hamas then they should stop supporting them.
These kinds of generalizations do not help the cause on either side. It's only going to help fan the flames. Plenty of Palestinians are just regular citizens who live under the tyrannical rule of Hamas, but would much rather prefer peace. May I ask, do you have personal involvement in this conflict at all? Do you see comments like this helping Israelis, Jews, or Palestinians reaching peace and stability?
I do not have a personal stake or involvement in any of this. What I do know is that the point of my comment is to help… fan the flames to flare it up.
Maybe they should ask the people raping, murdering, and pillaging, if they'd be so kind as to leave.
Who wants to try first?
Maybe they shouldn’t have voted for people who are now raping, murdering, and pillaging to be their elected government.
Hamas were voted into power 17 years ago with no subsequent elections, and won with only ~44% of the vote. The current median age in Palestine is 19.6 years old. Therefore, at most ~44% of Palestinians aged over 35 voted for Hamas, which would make up far less than a quarter of the total population - probably less than 20% of all Palestinians.
If we were talking about an elected democracy with elections every 4 years.... I might be inclined to agree, but the last time the people of Palestine got to vote on their government, was in 2005.
They haven't been able to elect a new leader since 2008.
And I imagine they aren't too keen right now to hold an election.
Solid argument, can't see an issue with that.