I genuinely do not know who the bad guys are. S lot of my leftist friends are against Israel, but from what I know Israel was attacked and is responding and trying to get their hostages back.

Enlighten me. Am I wrong? Why am I wrong?

And dumb it down for me, because apparently I’m an idiot.

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    19 days ago

    It is not complex at all, it is just genocidal settler colonialism and resistance to it. “Complexity” is just a proxy for being uncomfortable acknowledging this, which is something you should do some introspection on as someone from a German instance. Ever hear of the Holocaust? Of Lebensraum?

    Never again means never again for anyone.

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      19 days ago

      The thing is that I actually mostly agree with you, but I do not think that the other side is entirely illegitimate.

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        19 days ago

        What legitimacy do you see in Israeli Apartheid? Because, long story short, that’s what the Israeli side is selling.

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          19 days ago

          I’m not here for a drawn out debate. I think Israel’s settlement program is a major reason why there is no peace and I would find Israel a lot easier to defend if they weren’t doing it. It is only one piece of the puzzle though.