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Nov 22, 2023·edited Nov 22, 2023

To me Hamas, the elected government of Gaza conducted an act of war on Israel on October 7. Israel then declared war on Gaza. This then is not really a discussion of terrorism but war and what or how war is conducted To me the best framework for that is the just war theory but I would also consider other frameworks as long as they took in historical context of war and the situation Hamas has created in how they are conducting their side or what some may say as “facts on the ground”. In Gaza. Considering all of this I find it both remarkable only 10000 or so Gazans have been killed so far yet also heartbreaking. I suspect a lot more will be killed but I put the blame on this for this on Hamas. They are the ones who implemented an act of war in a horrific manner and they are the ones conducting it in such a way to maximize the suffering of the logical and historically justified Israeli response. The one criticism I have of Israel is of Netanyahu. He should be removed from power as quickly as reasonable. He is a serious liability for Israel for a number of reasons. He came to power with the promise of keeping Israelis safe and both his actions and inactions have done the opposite

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Your statement is factually inaccurate.

In short, you're a liar.

Hamas has never gotten a majority vote, and seized power.

Netanyahu, and the scum Ben-Gvir, keep getting re-elected.

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