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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit: What's Happening in Gaza: A Savage and Obviously Anti-Semitic Blog Post [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Anger is self-defeating for Palestinians as well as everyone else.
Supporters of Palestine should encourage them to work toward being positive and getting help to improve their lives. That is how they will make progress and be able to live in peace with their neighbors.
Criminals are angry. That does not justify their crimes.
If the Israelis bombed the Palestinians without for a reason other than retaliation, if the Palestinians obeyed cease-fires and negotiated in good faith with Israel, the Palestinians would have more sympathy and get further in the negotiations for peace. The Palestinians need to first have the goal of living in peace with their neighbors, and then they can negotiate for what they want, reparations, cooperation, land exchanges, etc. But as it is, they are seeking conflict.
Their choice is to seek conflict. They are getting what they are seeking. It is a shame that they are seeking it. But they are.