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It does echo what has been said by Sinwar though, so it is an easy one to fool.

I agree with the horrible situation and tragedies for civilians. I know that saying I understand why Israel has reacted with war and blaming it on Hamas has riled some, but I am not saying Hamas are representative of the totality of Palestinians so I am not blaming it on them. Palestinians have been victims of Hamas violence too in this war, as some of those accounts I have shared above have made clear. Part of the reason why Oct 7th was disturbing for me wasn’t just because Israelis were victims (though, of course, that was a large part of it), but because that would be a trigger for war for every nation, even ones without Netanyahu. So, the human toll doesn’t disaffect me, it makes me hate Hamas more for starting this rubbish. Past ill treatment doesn’t excuse or explain, since others like Mandela and MLK showed another way.

None of it means the IDF haven’t had huge issues; having to re-evacuate is a bad sign of their operation, of course it’s right to question whether the risk of civilian casualties is too high for an operation. However, I don’t think the deliberate decision to maximise civilian casualties with keeping ammo dumps near safe zones (as the New York Times recently spoke about and has been documented elsewhere, even by Amnesty International previously) can be ignored for this, because this is part of the reason for civilian casualties. Sinwar doesn’t care, as he has repeatedly said in interviews with Memri TV and others. My contributions, particularly recently, have been on this to show that it is a two sided issue and that this one aspect does get ignored. The ‘peace marches’ don’t seem to like it when Hamas gets criticised at all, even when talking of how they treat Palestinians, and some speak as if they’re freedom fighters. They’re a ludicrous religious cult endemic to parts of the Islamic world. Of course we should be careful not to follow the path of Tommy Robinson and demonise Muslims; that is a virtue, but there is an issue within aspects of the religion which need forcefully standing against. Hamas are a part of that and Palestinians deserve a future without that kind of hateful, destructive thinking as much as Israelis do for not having to fear them. That fear is also what drives Israelis to their right wing as much as Israeli actions do to Palestinians.