It’s a problem I recognise but in my opinion those who have grown up in illegal settlements have to be the ones to move.
I do blame their parents. Their parents have knowingly broken international law and it is essentially their fault their children are legally homeless.
This is where I have sympathy for those who will genuinely experience displacement when illegal settlements are handed back, but there was a choice made by those children’s parents to put them in that situation.
Compare that with the families forcibly removed from the land in the first place with no agency or choice.
I can see that there are those who are the victim of the oppression and aggression of Zionists because they were forced to leave.
There are those who may end up facing trauma because they were forced to move there.
There are victims on both sides, the important thing is not allowing those who have perpetrated harm to continue to do so.
The illegal settlements must be returned, those who have invaded will have caused harm to their own community and will face the consequences for that.
I hope for some reciprocity from both sides like in Ireland where there is not a continuous seeking for justice and further consequences. But the initial acts of oppression and theft must be undone.
There was a war in 1967. The occupation since has been illegal.
The 1967 war itself was justified because of the actions of guerillas, not state actors. Israel was the aggressor and preemptively struck against other nations.
Israel defended itself against threats. That was justified.
But Israel then went on to punish ordinary people and civilians. It’s a pattern of behaviour that has continued since 1967. Highlight the actions of terrorists, take from the civilians. Blockade the civilians, starve the civilians. Limit food, water, medicine, other supplies.
There have been times where Israel has allowed some normalcy in the 90s. But they’ve maintained a blockade and occupation. They’ve maintained an oppression.
All justified mostly by the actions of terrorists and external states. Not the people they’ve been persecuting.
Hamas are just the latest group. Israel cannot continue to punish civilians because of the actions of terrorists.
It’s a problem I recognise but in my opinion those who have grown up in illegal settlements have to be the ones to move.
I do blame their parents. Their parents have knowingly broken international law and it is essentially their fault their children are legally homeless.
This is where I have sympathy for those who will genuinely experience displacement when illegal settlements are handed back, but there was a choice made by those children’s parents to put them in that situation.
Compare that with the families forcibly removed from the land in the first place with no agency or choice.
I can see that there are those who are the victim of the oppression and aggression of Zionists because they were forced to leave.
There are those who may end up facing trauma because they were forced to move there.
There are victims on both sides, the important thing is not allowing those who have perpetrated harm to continue to do so.
The illegal settlements must be returned, those who have invaded will have caused harm to their own community and will face the consequences for that.
I hope for some reciprocity from both sides like in Ireland where there is not a continuous seeking for justice and further consequences. But the initial acts of oppression and theft must be undone.
There was a war in 1967. The occupation since has been illegal.
The 1967 war itself was justified because of the actions of guerillas, not state actors. Israel was the aggressor and preemptively struck against other nations.
Israel defended itself against threats. That was justified.
But Israel then went on to punish ordinary people and civilians. It’s a pattern of behaviour that has continued since 1967. Highlight the actions of terrorists, take from the civilians. Blockade the civilians, starve the civilians. Limit food, water, medicine, other supplies.
There have been times where Israel has allowed some normalcy in the 90s. But they’ve maintained a blockade and occupation. They’ve maintained an oppression.
All justified mostly by the actions of terrorists and external states. Not the people they’ve been persecuting.
Hamas are just the latest group. Israel cannot continue to punish civilians because of the actions of terrorists.