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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26226120
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17887604
"Children have been shot in other conflicts I have covered. But never before have I watched as soldiers enticed children like mice into a trap and murdered them for sport."
- Christopher Hedges American journalist on assignment in Gaza
Because the groundwork existed and because they have legitimate fear for their people's existence. The justification you often hear for the existence of Israel is the idea that jews cannot be safe without a nation of their own. The nakhba was a genocidal act done basically immediately after their own people had experienced genocide.
And it's worth saying that some very vocal opponents of Israeli actions here are Jewish.