israel frequently deserves to be criticized for it's application of overwhelming force in a scenario where it has a disproportionate power imbalance. it often behaves irresponsibly. that doesn't change the fact that hamas is a terrorist group and that it's tactics deserve condemnation.

i don't generally take a side in the palestine-israel conflict and i will frequently point out that what we call "palestianians" are actually the islamized descendants of the ancient hebrews, who weren't scattered across the sea like it says in the fairy tales but actually just stayed where they were and converted to islam. the palestinians are the jews. in fact, they were largely converted to christianity during roman times before they were converted to islam. the irony in the arab muslim narrative is that the absence of jews in israel was a consequence of the lack of actual religious tolerance by rulers in the arab part of the middle east, compared to spain or eastern europe or iran.

i think that trying to find power sharing solutions for these religious groups is a waste of time and that it would be a better idea to just bulldoze all of the ancient religious shrines and tell them all to move on. we'd be better off burying the abrahamic religion than keeping it going by preserving it in museums. it's caused us far more harm than good.

i neither stand with israel nor do i stand with palestine, i stand with the secular left that wants to build a society that isn't segregated via divisions defined by ethnic nationalism. there should be a singular democratic state in the region where everybody has equal rights under the law, regardless of their religion or ethnicity.