A majority of U.S. adults now disapprove of Israel's military action in Gaza, a shift from the prior survey in November.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After narrowly backing Israel’s military action in Gaza in November, Americans now oppose the campaign by a solid margin. Fifty-five percent currently disapprove of Israel’s actions, while 36% approve.

    • Keeponstalin@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      You must also think Nelson Mandala and all the armed militant groups that developed out of Apartheid South Africa Should have been eradicated. After all, they were considered terrorists and did acts of terrorism. It’s almost like understanding the underlying conditions that make people resort to violence is important if you want violence to end.

      Yes, Israel does have military control of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. As they’ve had since 1967.

      1967 war: Haaretz, Forward

      Israel Martial Law and Defence (Emergency) Regulations practiced in the occupied territories after 1967

      Amnesty Report, HRW Report, AIDA Report, OCHA Report on the details of the daily violence Israel uses to enforce the apartheid.

      Gaza Blockade is still Occupation

      Forced Displacement of Palestinians continue to this day: 972mag, MEE, Haaretz

      Palestinians denied civil rights including Military Court

      Palestinian Prisoners in Israel including Child abuse

      Human Shields including Children (2013 Report)

      Settler Violence Torture and Abuse in Interrogations No freedom of movement Water control

        • Keeponstalin@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          understanding the reason for the violence does not equate to justification.

          That’s my point. Yet you justify Israel’s actions.

          that is what you’re trying to do since the beginning, conflating the reason for the violence as justification.

          No, my point is that if you understand the increasing violence of Occupation/Apartheid are responsible for the increase in violence of armed resistance, then it’s clear that an end to the occupation is the only way to end the violence.

          no amount of justification is enough for hamas to commit terrorist attacks on innocent people. you can try to villify israel as much as you like,i’d prefer the eradication of hamas and we can discuss who in israel should be held accountable for the war crimes.

          Israel has committed magnitudes more violence on innocent palestinians, both before and after Hamas. There is no metric of violence that Israel hasn’t committed far more of.

            • Keeponstalin@lemmy.world
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              8 months ago

              The concept of Transfer in Zionist thought and the displacement of Palestinians since the 1920s culminated into a full fledged ethnic cleansing campaign in 1948

              The Concept of Transfer 1882-1948

              Transfer Committee and the JNF led to Forced Displacement of 100,000 Palestinians throughout the mandate.

              Plan Dalet

              Details of Plan C (May 1946) and Plan D (March 1948)

              Partition and later the Two-State Solution have been wielded by Israel to covet and annex as much Palestinian land as possible with the least amount of Palestinians.

              Before 1948, Palestinian Leadership repeatedly advocated for a Unitary Binational State for decades.

              The Concept of Transfer 1882-1948

              Palestinian Arab Congress advocating for Unified State 1928

              Arab Higher Committee advocating for Unified State 1937

              Arab League advocating for Unified Binational State 1948

              After the founding of Israel, the Two-State Solutions were utilized to further annex the Palestinian Occupied Territories and enact military control over Palestinians while denying them human and civil rights. Despite this, both Fatah and later Hamas have accepted a Two-State Solution on the 1967 borders, with the two most important factors being the Right of Return of Palestinian refugees and an end to the permanent occupation.

              Oslo Accords MEE, NYT, Haaretz, AJ

              History of peace process

                • Keeponstalin@lemmy.world
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                  8 months ago

                  So coexistence to you is occupation? You hand-wave away all the overwhelming evidence of Apartheid and Settler Colonialism.

                  The state allows settlers to use land violently taken from Palestinians. Dozens of outposts and “farms” – settlements for all intents and purposes, which were built without authorization by the government and without plans that enable construction in them – receive support from Israeli authorities and remain standing. Israel has ordered the military to defend the outposts or paid for their security, as well as paved roads and laid down water and electricity infrastructure for most of them. It has provided support through various government ministries, the Settlement Division of the World Zionist Organization and regional councils in the West Bank. It has also subsidized financial endeavors in the outposts, including agricultural facilities, provided support for new farmers and for shepherding, allocated water and legally defended outposts in petitions for their removal.

                  Violence committed by settlers against Palestinians has been documented since the very early days of the occupation. It is recorded in countless government documents and dossiers, in thousands of testimonies from Palestinians and soldiers, in books, in reports by Palestinian, Israeli and international human rights organizations – including B’Tselem, from its inception – and in thousands of media stories. Yet this ongoing, comprehensive documentation has had almost no effect on settler violence against Palestinians, which has long since become part and parcel of life under the occupation in the West Bank.

                  Settler Violence is State Violence and has been intentional.