The Palestinians have been firing rockets into Israel. Arguably, the best that can be said about these rockets is that they are not very effective: there have been only a handful of casualties in Israel.
Conversely, Israeli reprisals have already killed hundreds of Palestinians.
During World War II, the Germans invaded and laid waste to Greece; Greeks were quite literally starving. Understandably, there were resentful partisans, who occasionally attacked the German soldiers. The German policy was that for every one soldier was killed by the partisans, 100 villagers were shot by way of reprisal. For every German soldier who was wounded, 50 villagers were shot. The Israelis appear to be taking a leaf out of the German playbook.
Neither side is blameless in this latest escalation of conflict in the Middle East. Among many relevant considerations is that it is hardly surprising that the Palestinians are resentful. The land has been taken from them – and continues to be taken from them – by the Israelis, who apparently think that one Israeli is worth a hundred Palestinians. It is a curiosity that so many kind, compassionate Jewish people in the United States are content for their taxpayer dollars to fund these reprisal attacks by the Israelis. For some of them, at least, black lives matter. But Palestinian lives do not.
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