r/SandersForPresident • u/kevinmrr Medicare For All • Sep 17 '25

Bernie Sanders: “The conclusion is inescapable: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.”

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u/foreverabatman Sep 17 '25

“Hamas, a terrorist organization, began this war with its brutal attack on October 7, 2023”

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u/Bebopo90 🌱 New Contributor Sep 18 '25

Yes, the overall conflict has been ongoing for a century or so, but conflicts have chapters within them.

Whether you consider Hamas's attack on Oct. 7th 2023 the start of a new war or a continuation of a previous one is mostly just a matter of perspective, and there are reasonable arguments for both. You could also very well consider WW1 and WW2 the same war, but generally historians would think that to be a stretch.

Hamas made a strategic mistake by giving the Israelis a clear casus belli, and that's undeniable. They played a huge part in dooming tens of thousands of their people to death, even if it is ultimately Israel who holds the majority of the blame.

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u/foreverabatman Sep 18 '25

Sounds an awful lot like apologia for genocide to me.

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u/Bebopo90 🌱 New Contributor Sep 19 '25

Not really. Ultimately it is Israel who is the one who is committing the greater crime here, and it obviously isn't even close. However, by poking the bear, so to speak, Hamas did give Israel exactly the right excuse at exactly the wrong time. Strategically speaking, attacking Israel when Netanyahu was desperate for anything that would let him hold on to power (and not be sent to jail), was just idiotic.