US Threatens to Cut Off Aid to Palestinians After Move to Join ICC

[Violet_Crumble]

99. No shit? Of course the PA has no control over Hamas...

Unlike Israel, the Palestinian leadership don't have the resources or the stability to control their radical elements.

Yr argument for why we should ignore the genocidal elements of the Israeli government doesn't work. According to that 'logic' if the PA had a peace agreement with a neighbouring state we should ignore all calls to genocide from anyone in the Palestinian government. It doesn't work like that. They should all get held to the same standard. You rush to point out atrocities committed against Israelis but stay silent on the atrocities against Palestinians. Stuff like a kid being burnt alive by Israeli extremists, terrorist attacks on Palestinian civilians (over 2800 in the past 8 years), and the bombing of Gaza which resulted in around 2000 civilian deaths. In this conflict it's safe to say that there's blood on the hands of both sides.

There's two sides to this conflict, and Israel also needs to disavow violence and terrorism. It's only when both Israel and Palestine have visionary leaders who are willing to do both and to listen to the grievances and concerns of the other, that there'll be any movement towards a permanent and peaceful two-state resolution. And there's no way of that happening until the obstructionist US butts out and stops opposing a Palestinian state emerging.