It just seems crazy to me given the power imbalance. A cynical part of me suspects that things are playing out exactly as some evil strategists hoped they would, which, given all the children dying, is super-depressing.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

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    Israel could turn Gaza into a lifeless parking lot in an hour if they actually wanted to. They don’t.

    I won’t pretend that their demands have always been reasonable, but they have made peace proposals that do not demand Palestinians not existing. You’re letting your emotions talk way ahead of anything remotely factual.

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      Israel could also stop the annexation of Palestinian land and the murders of Palestinian civilians, but doesn’t

      The only reason Israel hasn’t wiped out Gaza and the West Bank and taken those areas as part of Israel is that they believe that a full-on intense genocide would be too much for the world to let go. Whether or not that fear is true is something we may find out now in Gaza