I'd suggest maybe looking into the number of "prisoners" "Israel" has been taking for years (decades) prior to October 7. Nothing started with the Al Aqsa flood, it was just an attack that happened to land particularly well when carried out by the resistance.
Also might be worth looking into the ratio of casualties and which ones were actually the "innocent civilians" the media has portrayed. October 7 had lower collateral damage than most any Western military operation in history.
Yeah I did. But as I was saying even after disregarding every evidence like that, it still feels inhumane.
Worth noting is that Yahya Sinwar agreed with you, and often lamented that the only options they had, in their desperation, involved some non-military casualties (particularly in reference to the rockets not being able to be aimed).
Guess it all depends on what you think people should do when faced with impending doom: accept it, or fight back with every shred of spirit they have left, however imperfectly.
I'm personally not much one for pacifism. Not generally one for the Marxist worldview either (of oppressed and oppressor), but in a case as extreme as Palestine, it does seem pretty clear that if you want the violence and injustice to end, the side of the colonizer has a lot more responsibility in doing so.
Looking at London and DC there, without which the sad attempt at a military that is the Occupation Forces wouldn't any choice but to sue for peace.
