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Israel's Operation in the Gaza Strip (imgur.com)

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[–]DarkBowels -5 ポイント-4 ポイント

Without our full support and billions of dollars in annual military aid Israel wouldn't be able to keep warring like this.. WE are directly causing this. While the ISIL, al-assad, taliban, etc don't receive our support. True, we do give small funds to rebel groups in Syria and everyone is aware of our shit show with the Iraqi government (which most people continue to be against), our Israel involvement is the biggest issue of all.

[–]TheFerretman 11 ポイント12 ポイント

Good thing Israel isn't "warring".

If Hamas and the other crazy Muslim extremists would lay down their arms, there would be peace in the Middle East. If Israel laid down down their arms, there would be no Israel.

More mistakes than can be counted have been made by both sides, but the dead fact is that eternal war and hatred comes from the Muslim extremists, not Israel.

[–]tinteoj 2 ポイント3 ポイント

If Hamas and the other crazy Muslim extremists would lay down their arms, there would be peace in the Middle East. If Israel laid down down their arms, there would be no Israel.

Yes, that sounds great on a bumper sticker, but the truth is a hell of a lot more nuanced than that. There are plenty of settler groups that think God gave all of the ancient biblical lands to them, including all of Palestine. These settlers want to see all of the Palestinians killed or expelled from the land every bit as much as Hamas wants the Jews gone.

There are victims and perpetrators on both sides of this conflict.

[–]someelse82[S] 3 ポイント4 ポイント

These settlers are not the majority in Israel, doesnt have much power in the political field as well. Israel backed out of land many times [Jericho, Gaza, North West Bank and many more] to give the Palestinians an option to build that land, just to find that they are being attack from the exact same area as soon as they leave. So obviously they are scared of leaving now [though they still do here and there], but most Israelies would love to get out of the West Bank - given the opportunity [a promise not to attack by the Palestinians].

[–]YamiHarrison 0 ポイント1 ポイント

Aid to Israel is 1% of their GDP. They'd be able to "keep warring", and so without the ability of the US to influence them.

[–]DarkBowels 1 ポイント2 ポイント

That's over 3 billion in direct military aide annually, which is about 20% of their military budget.. and it's not even that it's the vast amount of investment and support from us on the international stage and basically no one else. Theyre practically our 51st state.