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TheSlinja posted...

the problem with simply saying both sides are bad is that yeah both sides do awful stuff but just acknowledging that doesnt really move anything forward and so the conflict just continues to rage on as you stand in your moral superiority
as much as you dont like either side you have to pick one to end a conflict like this, and if you can't bring yourself to make that decision than you really dont have shit to say here, yeah war sucks we know but in the end its still fuck nazis right?

I disagree with the idea that there can't be a solution when disagreeing with both sides, or simply believing that there isn't really a solution.
The 2014 Israel-Hamas conflict was in the news 24/7 back then. I remember the airstrikes being carried out with both of them targeting civilians. Israel was provoked over the murder of 3 Israeli teenagers by Hamas, which escalated with airstrikes. After a ceasefire Hamas would escalate with surprise airstrikes. Israel and Hamas never make an effort to de-escalate and as a result, the death of 3 turned into thousands.
What finally put an end to the escalation was that Egypt had to step in to get both to stop, and that seems to be the only thing that works. Get a different country to step in or else the killing won't end. Israelis and Palestinians will never find a resolution because they just won't reason with one another. I know that's a pessimistic viewpoint, but this conflict has gone on forever. What makes anyone think there will be a solution now?

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