> “Hamas did it too” is not an exoneration and I’m amazed so many Israelis keep mentioning “Hamas” as if it does anything more than bring IDF down to their level.
The IDF does not intentionally operating amongst civilians to increase collateral damage like Hamas does. I never made such a claim.
> It makes both sides sound bad, but because the IDF has the support of the civilized world the standard should be a little higher. Israel is not like that though - they are very tit for tat and immature in their messaging which only makes them look worse.
How is tit for tat immature? Is it immature when Ukraine does it to Russia? It's pretty hard to deter an enemy if one just ignores their attacks.
> Also if the war is Israel vs Hamas in Gaza it makes people wonder why they are killing Palestinians outside Gaza like in the West Bank and in the illegal Jewish settlements.
Hamas is not only in Gaza.
> It has to be 2 states
That does seem to be the most realistic option, sure. It's a long way off however.
> both of which are equal members in a larger league of states perhaps in the Levant.
I'm not really sure what you mean by this.
> Need a peace-loving leader post-Netanyahu in the region to unify people and get them forward-thinking with technology and a secular revolution.
Israel has had leaders in the past that have pushed for a two state solution, Palestinian leadership on the other hand has historically always refused to negotiate in good faith.
Israel has certainly been willing to make peace historically when there are partners for peace like there was with Sadat with Egypt.
> Something for the people for the region to all identify with that isn’t rooted in violence and oppression.
Unfortunately when Israel has tried to make peace with Palestinians things have generally not been successful. When Israel offered peace Palestinians responded with terrorism like the second intifada.
The IDF does not intentionally operating amongst civilians to increase collateral damage like Hamas does. I never made such a claim.
> It makes both sides sound bad, but because the IDF has the support of the civilized world the standard should be a little higher. Israel is not like that though - they are very tit for tat and immature in their messaging which only makes them look worse.
How is tit for tat immature? Is it immature when Ukraine does it to Russia? It's pretty hard to deter an enemy if one just ignores their attacks.
> Also if the war is Israel vs Hamas in Gaza it makes people wonder why they are killing Palestinians outside Gaza like in the West Bank and in the illegal Jewish settlements.
Hamas is not only in Gaza.
> It has to be 2 states
That does seem to be the most realistic option, sure. It's a long way off however.
> both of which are equal members in a larger league of states perhaps in the Levant.
I'm not really sure what you mean by this.
> Need a peace-loving leader post-Netanyahu in the region to unify people and get them forward-thinking with technology and a secular revolution.
Israel has had leaders in the past that have pushed for a two state solution, Palestinian leadership on the other hand has historically always refused to negotiate in good faith.
Israel has certainly been willing to make peace historically when there are partners for peace like there was with Sadat with Egypt.
> Something for the people for the region to all identify with that isn’t rooted in violence and oppression.
Unfortunately when Israel has tried to make peace with Palestinians things have generally not been successful. When Israel offered peace Palestinians responded with terrorism like the second intifada.