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[DemocratSinceBirth]

Should Israel agree to a ceasefire that leaves Hamas's offensive capabilities intact which allows them to repeat attacks similar to the attacks of October 7th in the future?

23 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Yes
	1 (4%)
	No
	22 (96%)
	3 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[FHRRK]

1. Really!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. I rarely comment on my own polls as to not introduce bias and reduce their heuristic value.

[Redleg]

3. A push poll

Including the part "which allows them to repeat attacks similar to the attacks of October 7th in the future?" will ensure that most people will answer no.

[mcar]

4. It's true, isn't it?

[Redleg]

6. I don't know that it is true or not

I would hope that the IDF would be better prepared to repel any such attacks. They could substantially reduce the probability of future attacks coming from Gaza if they simply killed all the people living in Gaza.

[haele]

5. Not black and white on any side.

Beware of looking into the abyss for justifications of anything, for it will look back into you.
This is far more complex than the polemics and proxy atrocities, especially with the amount of third party involvement with their own agendas.
The Palestinians are not and have never been a politically "respected" culture or tribe in the overall Sunni world; they've just been useful pawns, territorial latecomers; before they were Syrian or Jordanian - or Beduins. As for respect for the various Jewish groups settled in the Levant; they, too, are not politically considered a respected part of the Abrahamaic cultures in general.
For all the calls for brotherhood in all three Abrahamaic cultures, once questions of power or wealth get involved, it all goes out the window, even within the greater groups.
That region has been caught up in cycles of brutalizers and victims on all sides since the Ottoman Empire fell. Every attempt at a peaceful situation has fallen through outside or extremist religious influences, which makes it harder each time to come together.
How does one cut through generations of shared pain and hatred - based solely on extremes in religion?

Haele