this is a land mine of an issue. I've lived in the region and know there are good and bad guys on all sides. Isrealies are taught that Palestinians are gonna get them....and Palestinians are taught that Isrealies are gonna get them. Both have deep rooted animosities that you or I cannot begin to understand. Religon and culture plays a big role on BOTH parts and fanatics on BOTH sides have their part (and therefore share the responsibility) in the violence.
I've lived in the region and the people... are all nice people for the most part (all have their individual biases and prejudices...which is normal), though western media does not portray them that way. How can you understand firing of an automatic weapon as a sign of celebration? Maybe they feel empowered for once?
Also, I would like to add that it seems like western media loves to glorify the violent tendencies of one side and not the other. If you are not familiar with a groups cultural tendencies...and then a media reporter spins it to conflict with your cultural tendencies, your natural biases will come out.
Someone once said something along the lines of: "to a deaf man, a dancing man looks insane" In the same lines, to someone that doesn't understand the whos and whys....hamas will be a terrorist organization.
I know the history, I was emersed in the cultures (a great opportunity :D). It's no suprise that the West and isreal will not deal with Hamas. The west has had a HARD time communicating with any middle easter/arab/persian person that hasn't been indoctrinated with western mentality....and same the other way around i guess.
I wouldn't compare hamas with the nazis either. If i believe correctly, nazis believe they were god's chosen race, or the ultimate race, and their racism spewed from that belief. This is a very very tricky subject because religon plays a HUGE factor
ON BOTH SIDES, and because of political correctness, you can't really come out and say what the problem is.
like i said, you may think there's a right side and a wrong side...but then the more you look into it, the more sides you start to see.... sad sad situation for the innocent victims on both sides
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