I was not comparing to 'the troubles' but the 800 years of occupation and all the attempts to shake off that yoke during those years, and wanted to draw attention to the acts that were perpetrated by the occupier in that time plus the reaction of the populace, and compared it to the decades of occupation/settlement of Palestine.isha wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 7:40 pm You mention comparison with the Irish troubles and our experience as occupied people and I thought about that recently. If the IRA or some splinter group associated with them had gone over to the UK to a music festival or into some largely unionist town or village and done to the "occupiers" what Hamas did to Israeli villagers and hippies on the 7th October, I would never ever ever wish to have a united Ireland with such hideous monsters living as my neighbours. And I would understand why the British army would go apeshit on the north in order to eliminate such monsters.
I know that makes me bad in a way. Because I do feel very sorry for the innocent Palestinian people being killed now, it's terrible. Their plight moves me, and I wish there was an immediate ceasefire. But I also think what Hamas did crossed a Rubicon.
But now that you mention 'the troubles', as you well know there were bombs placed that were guaranteed to harm innocent civilians when they exploded. We all hated the resulting damage to the innocent but were not one bit surprised that they occurred.
Neither, as you say, were we surprised at the British reaction. That did not make the results of that reaction acceptable.
We must remember the first thing to suffer in war is the truth. Both sides lie. This video investigates the hospital (one of many hospitals damaged) and whether Israel or Hamas is responsible. It also looks at the magical recording of two alleged Hamas fighters discussing it, which was released by Israel as proof Hamas did it.By the way the media in the UK and Ireland are now reporting that the dreadful bombing of the hospital in Gaza where hundreds died was caused by a misfired Hamas missile. Remember how much loathing it stirred up towards Jews - in response to it businesses and homes in Europe were attacked, a synagogue was burned down, a prominent Jewish woman who worked to foster interfaith alliances was stabbed outside her home in Detroit, people chanted gas the Jews, from the river to the sea, people have been flying black fundamentalist flags on our streets, smashing up mementos to the dead in public - and it was not Israel who bombed the hospital, it was Hamas.
Personally I am prepared to believe Hamas did it, but only IF some untainted evidence proves it, as I have questions that have not yet been answered.
BTW, the stabbing of that lady in the USA which you previously posted about .... last I read there was no statement regarding who or why. Is there an update?