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Apr
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2024

Palestine · 2:05am April 18th

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I saw this video essay of Shaun's on the Israel-Palestine conflict some time ago, mate - but thank you for sharing it with the wider community.

Until last year, while my sympathies, greatly influenced in no small part by works such as Susan Abulhawa's Mornings In Jenin, leaned more towards Palestine as an "occupied" territory, I still inclined to think of this as one of those endless wars where so much has been committed by both sides that it is hard to see either as truly "righteous" any longer.

However, Israel's actions make it clear that there very much can still be a "wrong" side in this conflict. The loss of civilian life which they suffered on October 07th has been so disproportionately repaid, to say nothing of their botched preparation for the attack in the first place, all of it points to Netanyahu's government and the IDF just waiting for Hamas' actions to provide them with an excuse.

In any sane world, the goodwill towards Israel should be wholly squandered by now.

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