Originally Posted by
Palatine
If I said "Palestinians in Gaza may unfortunately pay with their lives for their administration's actions and policy" I can imagine many people here would think that I was trying to downplay something.
What I see in this debate is people calling out the hypocrisy on the other side while defending and downplaying it on their own.
Hamas has a right to resist. Ok, well Israel has a right to defend its existence. But Israel doesn't have the right to break international law. True. Neither does Hamas.
If you've (you general, not you specifically Stephanie) picked your side and everything from hereonin is confirmation bias then then grand. If the actions of Israel against civilians is dispicable but the actions of Hamas against civilians is legitimate resistance or the unfortunate necessary collateral in response to Israel's existence and history then this isn't a debate really.
If you're starting point is thay Israel.or Palestine should be obliterated from the earth, then I'm not gonna debate with you because we have nothing that can be bridged in understanding and solving the problem.
Criticism of Israel isn't antisemitism, but antisemitism long predates modern Israel, and it never went away.