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bamboozledtoday at 4:12 AM1 replyview on HN

I guess the issue was October 7 happened , which was an attack on a “peace and love” festival full of teenagers. Was that too a promotion of peace ?

I’m not saying there is a right side. I’m saying both sides have issues. Hence my point about being anti-war being a better option.


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linkregistertoday at 4:54 AM

There's some merit to your viewpoint because Hamas was at one time democratically elected. I don't think there's a strong case for claims that the majority of Palestinian people supported the October 7th attack on either military or noncombatant targets. One being that the majority of Palestinians were not of voting age at the time.

October 7th being an illegal attack justified a military response from the Israeli Defense Forces to secure their border, and most of the world agreed. Opposition solidified when IDF conducted mass destruction of civilian structures and independent observer-corroborated systematic murder of noncombatants, many of whom were children.

While two wrongs don't make a right, it's justified to support a people who are the victims of a genocide according to credible observers.

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