We've been down this road before, but you're trying to separate Palestinians from Hamas, which is a false premise. I'm not sure what you're missing from all the anti-semite protests occuring across our country. Palestinians have wide spread support for Hamas and violence both in polling and in action.You do know that the overwhelming majority of (current) Gazans did not vote for Hamas in 2006 (the last election), as they were either not alive (50% of Gazans are children) or were children then. What exact stand do you think they could have made against 40,000 heavily armed homicidal maniacs, if they happened to know that Hamas were about to commit despicable horrific atrocities? But they obviously didn't know that. Who could these Gazans have spoken with to try to get "free" elections? Who was there working with them to lift them from abject poverty and provide them with a future for themselves and their children?
There is no excuse for or excusing of the acts of Hamas on Oct 7th. I'd have zero issue with those responsible being lined up against a wall or worse.
There is also no excuse for one of the most advanced armies in the world killing tens of thousands including 13,000 children. Israel has no end game here. With the scale of the killing, injured and destruction, Israel has managed to ruin its international reputation in pursuit of a pipe dream, eradicating Hamas, and is creating the next generation of lunatics who will be the same or worse.
And that's not even going down the current path of famine, with hundreds of thousands of Gazans already apparently on the edge or over it.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...attack-israel-support-hamas-rises-2023-12-14/ The fact that many weren't of age to vote 18 years ago is a totally irrelevant when they support Hamas today.
Hamas purposely imbeds itself with civilians so they can garner sympathy when cilivians are killed. This is their method of propaganda.
Israel is not perfect in this is war. However, I don't ever recall a war where one combatant is expected to, and in fact does, provide support for the civilians of the other combatant during the conflict. (Aid that is likely primarily ending up in the hands of Hamas). Maybe you can name another circumstance? Ask yourself, is Hamas starving or is it just the innocent civilians?
A few more questions to think about:
Where are the Jews that are protesting against Palestinians and threatening violence against them?
Why do Palestinians in Israel enjoy similar freedoms to Jews, but Palestinians in Gaza enjoy very limited freedoms? Could that be because of radical Islam?
If you had been consistently attacked by Palestinians (and other radical Islamists) for multiple decades wouldn't you be skeptical that these terrorists would keep their end of a piece or ceasefire deal?
When we enter into agreements with other countries is there always 100% buy in from all government officials?
What is Hamas doing to protect the innocent women and children? Or are do they rely on those deaths to promote their cause against Israel?
Was there not a ceasefire on October 6, 2023?