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Sometimes, Violence Really Is the Answer
Understanding this dynamic, some Palestinians “almost welcomed the Israeli attacks,” according to the New York Times.21 It was part of their strategy to regain international support.
Alan Dershowitz • The Case for Israel
Of course, when Israelis send soldiers into Gaza or the West Bank to deal with violent radicals, innocent Palestinians are killed, property gets destroyed, and the cycle of violence and revenge continues, which is exactly what these radicals are after.
Noa Tishby • Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
But war is politics by other means, so politics is war by other means. Even in peacetime, the state is predicated on force. And this use of force requires justification. The atrocity story is the tool used to convince people that the use of state force is legitimate. Coming from a different vantage point, Rene Girard would call this a “founding mur
... See moreBalaji Srinivasan • The Network State: How To Start a New Country
So it’s useful to ask what absolute power would reveal about Israel and Hamas. In other words, what would each side do if it had nukes and its enemies didn’t? Based on Hamas’s history, and its charter, which calls for the total obliteration of Israel, we can be confident they’d nuke Tel Aviv. And yet, if Israel had nukes, they wouldn’t nuke Palesti... See more