I find it troublesome that discussions of the current conflict have no context. I am sure if you poked people they would acknowledge that Israel's present actions are not something they dreamed up to distract their populace from other issues (Squirrel!) ... and two wrongs definitely DO NOT make a right. That being said, will protest and divestiture or recognition of a Palestinian state reduce the probability that Hamas (and others) will regroup hiding in the midst of the populace to prepare their next attack? This feels a little like the parent that tells the child to stop hitting the sibling and the child knows that the sibling is gonna hit them again and then go hide behind the parent while loudly proclaiming innocence or false justification. Ineffective and unproductive.
I find it troublesome that discussions of the current conflict have no context. I am sure if you poked people they would acknowledge that Israel's present actions are not something they dreamed up to distract their populace from other issues (Squirrel!) ... and two wrongs definitely DO NOT make a right. That being said, will protest and divestiture or recognition of a Palestinian state reduce the probability that Hamas (and others) will regroup hiding in the midst of the populace to prepare their next attack? This feels a little like the parent that tells the child to stop hitting the sibling and the child knows that the sibling is gonna hit them again and then go hide behind the parent while loudly proclaiming innocence or false justification. Ineffective and unproductive.
I agree with that.