All wars are brutal, ugly and inhumane. And it seems to me that that ugliness has impacted DU.

[Dorian Gray]

130. I've avoided this forum

until this morning bc I didn't want to get frustrated about all of this. But I've seen this play out in the media and in the real world, and you are right.

I think BASELINE here is the acknowledgment that what Hamas perpetrated against Israeli civilians was an evil act of retribution. Leftist academics and organizations claiming it is justified by previous Israeli action or under the guise of decolonization have HURT the Palestinian people and their cause on top of the hurt they are causing the Jewish people. How? The denial of the EVIL IN OUR FACES while equating the actions with ALL Palestinian peoples makes the rest of our society who witnessed the horrific actions against civilians close our hearts to the cause of the perpetrators.

I think bare minimum here is the ultimate eradication of Hamas as an organization. Hamas wants you to equate them with the Palestinian people. They are not one and the same.