Race, Religion, And Politics In Israel-Palestine (Part Two)-

Israel not only controls 60% of the West Bank, they prohibit Palestinians from even entering the portion of the West Bank they control by their establishment of roadblocks and checkpoints.

In the portions that the Palestinian Authority (State Of Palestine) controls, there are nearly 700,000 Israeli Jews who are not at all discriminated simply because they are Israeli citizens. Only Jews are allowed to be citizens of Israel. The Arabs in Israel are subjects with voting privileges instead. It must be noted that Israel still has de jure rule over the State of Palestine, including Gaza, as the State of Palestine is still not formally recognized as a nation.

Who caused the creation of Hamas? It was Israel's Mossad. They helped create Hamas to counter the secular PLO. That is a 100% fact.

Hamas told its people, the Gazans, to stay in their homes. Because of this they are accused of using human shields.

It is not Hamas who has laid a blockaded siege against the Gaza Strip since 2007. It is the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) instead.

Arabs and Jews never had a problem until 1920 when a huge influx of Jews arrived in the territory of Palestine (especially after 1936) which was under British mandate. It was always the Jews and the Christians that had the enmity long before the advent of Nazism.

What happened on October 7th was an outbreak. Hamas soldiers invaded land occupied by Israeli settlers that actually belonged to the Palestinians prior to the 1949 Armistice. It is the same as people who have been in prison breaking out.

It must be noted that the 400-800 Israeli civilians killed are not really civilians. Everyone in Israel has to serve in the military. Once in the military, always in the military is the mindset of most military members. Moreover, Israelis under 40 are legally required to be part of the reserve units of the armed forces. So calling them civilians is really a misnomer.

Over 12,000 Palestinian civilians, who have nothing to do with Hamas or with politics, have been killed by Israeli air strikes and bombs. It is time all people put things in perspective.