Congratulations, you have just spoken out in favour of terrorism. Yes, terrorism, as in purposely killing civilians. I hope you are proud of yourself.
As I've previously stated I am tnot in favour of killing civilians. However Hamas and its support structure are legitimate targets.to
I'm the very first to say (check my threads if you disagree) to say that the Palestinians a) deserve to be compensated financially for the events at the recreation of the state of Israel and b) that I would accept a withdrawal from the West Bank if this was a cause of long term peace.
I am vehemently opposed to Hamas as i am opposed to all fascists. Fascism doesn't always come in lederhosen and smart uniforms, fascism can also come in the form of a religious movement such as Islamism.
I hope that 'land for peace' would lead to a lasting reduction in animosity between Palestinians and Israelis but the more I read about Islamism the more I see it for what it is which is a fascist idelogy which wants nothing less than a second Shoah. Its not Israel the state which is the problem it is the People Israel, the Jewish people who are the main target of their hatred and agression.
Its been centuries since we had full scale religious war in the UK and quite frankly we've forgotten as a nation what it is like although to think of the NI Troubles and multiplying the effects and the hatred by a factor of 100 may give you some Idea.
I'm mortally disappointed to see people on the Left who were always enemies of antisemitism standing shoulder to shoulder with right wing fascist Islamists, who desire either the submission of Jews to Islamist rule as second class 'Dhimmi' sub citizens or the outright destruction of Jews. The is because of a misguided view that Hamas are some sort of 'liberation movement' for the Palestinians they are not. Hamas are no more liberators of Palestinians than the Nazis were liberators of the Germans. This misguided idea that supporting fascists such as Hamas and similar groups is being progressive or bringing freedom must be challenged. Its a false premise.
As I've said before I and nor are many Israelis who I've talked to who are closer to the situaiton than I am geographically support the idea of indiscriminate killing of civilians but sometimes civilians get killed in wartime. When you factor in that Israel is fighting a death cult which thinks nothing of putting its own civilians in harms way the number of civilians killed is considerably less than say for example the Russian attacks on Grozny. If people want to campaign against disproportionate responses they should turn their attention to the govt in Moscow not the one in Jerursalem.
During the war against German fascism civilians from Germany, the Netherlands, France etc etc all suffered from bombing which was aimed in the main at the military infrastructure of the German aggressor. It is a similar situation in Gaza. Civilians are being hit as part of a war against fascism that is unfortunate but better than letting the fascists of Hamas et al win.
Some of my family marched with the Communists and Jews at Cable Street to confront fascists and that is why I'm marching against Hamas and for peace tomorrow.
