Comment by KaiserPro
Comment by KaiserPro 3 days ago
I'm still not really sure why Isreal causes such polarised emotions.
However, one thing is certain, this level of polarisation is not going to help.
The "fixing" of Israel and its neighbours requires a change of attitude from many people, including us.
Currently, there are no "good guys" only future victims.
Its all to easy to see someone bomb civilians and say "well yeah its justified because they did it first." Ok, I understand, but how do you get to a state where that doesn't happen again?
There are other wars we can draw some parallels from that might help. Most notably is the irish civil war in the 6 counties (1919-200x). Britian went round shooting anyone that looked like the IRA, and the IRA went round shooting andbombing, the UDF et all also bombed and shot whomever they thought were wrong.
THe war intensified, but it was only when all the players started talking did something good happen (Ireland, UK, USA)
The problem here is that the number of parties that need to talk are quite high, and two of the main actors are currently run be recalcitrant pricks.
The reasons behind these polarized emotions will differ based on who you ask and are too many to list. Both sides feel entitled to the land, I personally don't care what the place is called, I just want everyone living in it to have equal rights and for justice to exist in the land. But that requires persecution and killing to end – which I don't see happening in the foreseeable future as tragic as that is.