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> Redefines the meaning of genocide to fit the shape of the conflict -- a war started by Hamas on Oct 7

My man, Israel had a blockade surrounding Palestine on all sides for years prior. October 7th was a retaliation for a lot of the pain Israel had inflicted on Palestine (sorry- Greater Israel). And Bibi was well in the know and all too happy to let it happen.

> largely ignores role of Hamas in the conflict

Bibi loved and loves Hamas. Also, Israel has nuclear weapons. A lot of them.

It's like David and Goliath, except in this case David is malnourished to the extreme, has no future, no present, no past except seeing his family and friends bombed to oblivion....and only can attack Goliath with a few pebbles. Meanwhile, Goliath has plot armor and nukes.

>Frames the country as a "settler-colonial" project ignoring realities of jewish history in the region.

And not ignoring Palestine, which had existed for 12 centuries before the birth of Christ?

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> My man, Israel had a blockade surrounding Palestine on all sides for years prior.

A blockade that was specifically accounted for the the preceding ceasefire agreement that was in place on Oct 6th.

> David and Goliath

Yet, it is David who keeps starting this fight, losing, then calling Goliath unjust because his ability to punch back is greater.

> And not ignoring Palestine, which had existed for 12 centuries before the birth of Christ?

Nope not ignoring. Both groups have a long history in the region. Arabs through colonization centuries ago. Heck, "Palestine" even comes from the Jewish word for invader (the naming is not connected to the arabization of Palestine).

The Jewish history in the region became the Palestinian history of the region. The Palestinians are literally the direct descendants of the Israelites said to be in prior history. This is per David Ben Gurion.

Any legitimate sources for this claim?

David Ben Gurion is my source for you. He wrote a book in Yiddish. https://www.ameinu.net/frontier/jf_11-99_rosenthal.html

A) you know that Gaza has border with another country that is not Israel

B) you’re missing out on cause and effect here — could it be that Israeli started blocking import of goods that can be used for military purposes shortly after Hamas gain control of Gaza in 2007 and started shooting missiles at Israel

Israel controls the Egypt border as well. They permit goods to go and stop when they wish with Egypt providing the control.

B) they implemented immediately after Hamas won the election, including the West Bank. Until they were forced out.

Timelines disagree with you: A) after disengagement from Gaza in 2005 and all the way until this war, Israel did not control the border between Gaza and Egypt. Egypt did

B) 2005 - Israel withdraws from Gaza

Jan 2026 - Hamas wins popular elections

Feb 2026 - rocket and mortar attacks launched by new Hamas govt begin. 179 attacks in February alon

Feb 2026 - international sanctions and tightened Israeli border control begins

You meant to say 2006.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/feb/08/israel1

I see a different picture in 2006 Feb. not rocket attacks.

UN's Chronological review of Events related to "the question of Palestine": https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-203280/

Feb 2

"A Qassam rocket fired from the northern Gaza Strip landed in an open area south of the Israeli city of Ashkelon. Another Qassam rocket landed near the southern Israeli town of Sderot and a third one landed near the Al-Muntar (Erez) crossing. There were no injuries or damage resulting from the strikes. "

Feb 3

"Four Israelis were wounded when Palestinian militants fired a Qassam rocket from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. Islamic Jihad had claimed responsibility for the attack. Two more rockets landed near Ashkelon, causing some damage. IDF artillery shelled the northern Gaza Strip. "

Feb 7

"Four Qassam rockets landed in Israel, north of the Gaza Strip. They damaged buildings, but there were no injuries. "

I can continue, but you can look at the above link and absolutely see that indiscriminate rockets attacks from Gaza into Israel in 2006 (as well as before and after).

It makes total sense for Israel to prevent movements of goods that can be used to build this sort of weaponry in Gaza.

Of course there is a wikipedia page that tracks some of these attacks for the past few decades:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_...

So yes, there is a cause and effect behind so-called blockade of Gaza by Israel(ie Egypt had a border with Gaza and they chose to enforce it the way they deeemed neccessary for their national security)

Yes. Keep reading that same Wikipedia article and you will find that groups in Gaza had independently been firing rockets against the direction of Hamas who at least by may was trying to enter into peace agreements with Israel.

Edit: to bring it back, Israel put blockade on the entire Palestinian Territories until Hamas was removed.

So to summarize -- Palestinian militants have been firing rockets from Gaza into Israel after Israel pulled out of Gaza.

As a result, Israel put a blockade on goods that can be used for military purposes from entering Gaza from Israel

The border between egypt and Gaza has NOT been controlled by Israel until after october 7. It was controlled by Egypt. As far as i understand, Egypt also restricted movement of people and goods to Gaza.

Look at the article you linked to again. It says clearly Israel put a blockade because Hamas had taken over on the territories until Hamas was taken out. In West Bank, Israel lifted the blockade after Hamas was removed.

There is a Wikipedia article on the gate. How it was under Israel control until 2005 and after it was given to Egypt with Israel cameras watching what was going in and out. And canceling any imports they deemed so. Exports were permitted by Israel but not by Egypt. So nothing was exported.

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