Reply To: Bombing hospitals

[Bucksiron]

I’ve stayed away from the site for a long time but want to show support for Siderite on this appalling situation. It is, indeed, extremely complex and too many people are simply revealing their political bias when it comes to taking sides. I disagree with a huge amount of what Israel has done regarding the Palestinians, but a great deal of what we’re witnessing now in this country is racism in the form of anti-Semitism, pure and simple. It’s the same on this board, I’m afraid, and everybody knows who the perpetrators are.

The plain truth is that Hamas and many of their allies want to kill each and every Jew on the planet. That is a fact, which nobody can deny. Given these circumstances and what the Jews experienced in WW2, how can anyone blame them for taking whatever steps they deem necessary to rid the planet of these vile terrorists who care nothing about the Palestinian people.

The vast majority of Palestinians, I’ve no doubt, just want to live peacefully and after this appalling situation is over we can only hope that a long-lasting solution can be found, which will need compromise on all sides. Yes, that means Israel will have to change, but ultimately there were many Palestinians living perfectly happily with the Jews until Hamas carried out their despicable act. What’s happening now in Gaza is absolutely dreadful, but things will only improve when the Palestinians realise how badly they’ve been served by their Isis-like masters.

Meanwhile, Jews have every right to feel safe in this country every bit as much as Muslims or any other person of any colour, race or religion. Yet again, however, we see how certain people — not least on this board — are only too happy to denigrate anyone with religious beliefs; and I say that as an atheist.