Hamas says it has launched a rocket attack towards the Tel Aviv area in central Israel for the first time in nearly four months. At least eight rockets were launched from the Rafah area in southern Gaza and several were intercepted, the Israeli military says. No injuries have been reported.
Every escalation has been started by israel as it is actively occupying Palestinian land. Are you going to claim that Ukraine is the aggressor as well and Russia is just defending themselves?
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All of Israel is occupied Palestinian land
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Largely by the logic that in 1967 they made war on Egypt and Gaza and took it by force. The British were mucking about in that area before that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli-occupied_territories#:~:text=1967 territorial changes%3A During the,after the Yom Kippur War).
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You’re absolutely right. Sometimes they just destroy the infrastructure and food sources to make Palestinians leave their homes by their own choice. https://www.npr.org/2024/03/23/1236628495/israel-settlers-attack-west-bank-palestinians-settlement-outposts
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How many do they actually jail?
The over 100 Israeli outposts set up in contravention of international law, for starters.
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Ok… And you don’t think settlers stealing land and shooting random people is an escalation?
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Right, the idf just hands them the gun and suddenly it’s not their fault what happens next.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2021-10-07/ty-article/.highlight/the-israeli-military-spotted-a-settler-shooting-at-palestinians-but-did-nothing/0000017f-db98-d3ff-a7ff-fbb83f2e0000
And they won’t be punished because they’re doing what Israel wants them to do and to pretend otherwise is disingenuous.
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What percentage are actually punished?