Replying to Avatar Lucas M

As someone who has seen a bit too much of war in his life, let me provide you with some perspective. Fyi, I'm going to say a few things that may get some hate, but here it goes:

1. Palestinian and Israeli culture is broken, though, for different reasons. Been that way for a long long time.

2. Complaining about this will do nothing. The Darwinian nature that's imbued with nearly every existential component of society and nature as a whole will continue. This conflict is no different. Only the most adaptable to change are the ones who survive and neither side (from a militaristic and government point of view) has proven that they're willing to do so, save for a small percentage of citizens from both sides.

3. Even if Israel stops now, it won't prevent the long-term effects of the initiation of this attempted genocide from occurring. Their overarching conflict will never end. Both factions have reached a point where they have to exterminate one or the other. If they are ultimately successful in this culturicide of theirs, they'll certainly be hated by many more citizens of foreign nations, but could become a fairly significant natural gas and oil exporter. Hence, the reason for the significant levels of US aid. If they stop, then it's back to step one and recurring attacks from both sides will begin to occur again.

4. I don't support what Israel is doing–it's evil–but the situation is far more nuanced than what the traditional media outlets and social medias display.

You say it’s nuanced - but it’s not. Go back to 1948, to the Nakba.

That’s when it started: mass displacement, ethnic cleansing, and the violent birth of a colonial state.

Israel was founded through terror - Irgun, Haganah, the bombing of the King David Hotel - and built on the ruins of Palestinian villages.

This is not a “conflict.” It’s a settler-colonial project.

Palestinians didn’t invade - Israel did.

What we’re witnessing now is not war. It’s the endgame of a decades-long apartheid and land theft.

It’s not complicated. It’s just brutal - and historic.

And yes, I hope the system responsible for it collapses. For the sake of everyone.

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I agree with most of that except for a few things. First, it is a conflict. Second, your ignoring the increasingly political and economic incentives. Third, it is more nuanced than you may believe. The reason for this recent (and staggering) increase in aggression has dual motives. A major one of them being their increased reliance on natural gas exportation–which has grown significantly over the past five years. This sector has created jobs, lowered domestic energy costs, led to significant technological innovation, and has attracted a lot of foreign investment. Therefore, there is now a growing economic and political reason for this attack on Palestine. Sucks to hear... but... it's true.

The reason why I bring up their reliance on natural gas exportation is because Palestine is sitting on some rather large deposits of natural gas and oil.