05-23-2024, 09:56 AM
(05-23-2024, 01:40 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: You raise a rather salient point, Israel does not control all crossing into Gaza. Why does Egypt escape with nary a mention, except from you? Also, your statement ignores why they are walled in. You can have the chicken or the egg argument all day, but the walls aren't there for no reason, as recently illustrated. I think our position in the US has rather spoiled us, we've never faced the concept of a bitterly hostile nation right on our border. I'm certainly not saying the Israeli reaction has been ideal, but it's hardly unprovoked.
Erecting a border wall, sure. But the way in which they were forcing the Palestinian people to rely on international aid? Come on now. Also, I was refuting your point that Israel was not holding Gaza and the West Bank under military control until 07 Oct. That has been going on for decades.
As for Egypt, it's because the entirety of the Gazan population are refugees and many more of them would like to leave than Egypt could handle.
We could certainly have the chicken and egg debate to no end, but the reality is that Israel forces those conditions on the Palestinian people. Netanyahu propped up Hamas to support his position against a two-state solution because of their desire to control the entire territory. This is the root of why I do not support his government's actions because I fully believe he made the bed he should lie in.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
