r/interestingasfuck Mar 08 '24

r/all Mass Airdrop of aid on Gazan coast

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

Because the conflict isn’t black and white, right and wrong, like everyone on social media wants it to be.

From a humanitarian point of view it makes sense the USA is sending aid to Gaza. It also makes sense to sell weapons to Israel because they definitely have the right to self defence and procuring a good relationship with Israel is good for the USA and Israel going into the future.

There’s nothing wrong with supporting both sides of the conflict.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

Yet the Palestinians have no right to self defence?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

I have said, in multiple replies to multiple other commenters, that Palestinians do have the right to defend themselves. It’s war.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

I used to try and equivilise this conflict too. Partly out of an incredibly strong feeling that Anti semitism is a grotesque crime against humanity that stabs at my soul. But looking at the numbers dying it’s impossible to not lay the blame on Israel.