Would you like it if all of the sudden you were told that another country would be created on top of the already existing US?

I don't think you would. That's exactly what happened to Palestine in 1948 with the creation of Israel. Hamas is a resistance group fighting back against the occupation of their country same as the French and Polish resisted German occupation in WWII. Hezbollah's a radical group supporting Hama's cause.

Israel was created because after the Holocaust Britain and France felt guilty for following a policy of appeasement with Hitler in the '30s. They decided to create Israel as an apology and to get the large number of Jewish migrants out of their countries. Oh and as an added bonus it would make the people already living there upset and war would happen and take care of those pesky Muslims in the Middle East. Israel was founded on racist grounds but we still feel guilty over the Holocaust so we ignore it.

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@CrummyD1rectSocialist from California disagreed…1yr1Y

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Your comparison of Hamas to the French and Polish resistance during WWII is fundamentally flawed. The French Resistance was targeting an occupying military force not civilians. Hamas, on the other hand, has repeatedly targeted civilians through suicide bombings, rocket attacks, and other acts of terror. They’re not simply attacking soldiers or government officials overseeing an occupation; they’re deliberately hitting schools, buses, and cafes. That’s not “resistance.” That’s terrorism.

Moreover, the creation of Israel didn’t happen in a vacuum. The Jewish connection to the land goes back thousands of years—long before the Holocaust. Ever heard of the Balfour Declaration of 1917? It wasn’t just some post-WWII guilt trip by Britain and France. The idea of a Jewish homeland in Palestine had international support decadesRead more before WWII even began. And let’s not forget that there was violence on both sides before Israel was officially established, including attacks by Arab militias on Jewish communities in the 1920s and 1930s.

Now, if you truly believe Hamas is a legitimate resistance movement, how do you justify their tactics of deliberately using human shields? They know Israel has the military power to strike back, yet they embed their operations within civilian areas. How is that helping the Palestinian people?

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@Renaldo-MoonGreen from Pennsylvania disagreed…1yr1Y

And Israel's favorite targets in the "war on Hamas" are women children schools hospitals sanitation plants etc. Also every time Hamas attacks Israel, Israel responds with a much larger and far far more devastating counter attack. Also Hama Stella Israel they are going to attack before they do it. The October 7th attack for instance. Hamas told Israel when and where they would attack, but Israel moved a concert there showing complete and total disregard for the lives of their citizens.

By the historical kingdom argument, Hitler was in the right when he invaded Poland because Pola… Read morend was once part of Germany, Turkey should control all of the former Ottoman Empire, Italy should control the whole Roman Empire and all of the US should be returned to Native Americans. Not realistic now is it? Territories constantly change who is in control of them and that's the way the world works. You can't just slap a country on top of an already existing one to fix that either.

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@@1876-Elbert from Colorado commented…1yr1Y

I believe that Israel could be this corrupt, but you must keep in mind that Hamas are terrorists! I mourn the deaths in Palestine, truly, but I also mourn the Jews that have been hated for centuries, and have been killed for it!

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@@1876-Elbert from Colorado commented…1yr1Y

No, I wouldn't like it if someone created a country on top of me, but if it was where they were led there thousands of years ago I wouldn't try to destroy them!