You write as if Hamas had nothing to do with Israel before the attacks. Given that Hamas is committed to destroying Israel then why should Israel treat Gaza as a normal neighbour ? That Israel has in… (View Post)

The Israeli military and settlers left Gaza in 2005: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_disengagement_from_Gaza So what oppression was there ? You could argue that Israel wasn't friendly but … (View Post)

It seems that Israel is held to a much higher standard when it comes to making sure that 'innocent parties' are not killed than other countries. Other countries such as our own. There wasn&… (View Post)

I wonder if western antisemitism is somewhat different to MENA antisemitism. In the western world hasn't hostility to Jews been traditionally by viewing them as newcomers with strange customs, r… (View Post)

Note how the reasoning for the anti-western stance has changed. During the cold war the MENA enemies of Israel often purported to be 'socialist' now they're based on religious extremis… (View Post)