I saw an article about them attacking Lebanon now. So, where will it stop? Have the Israeli government ever spoken about this?

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      I do agree that terrorism is a problem that needs to be dealt with. The problem is when innocents get caught up in the middle. If you just call a whole people or whole religion terrorist as an excuse to get rid of them, you’re just a generic conquerer, and a liar on top.

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          Yes, terrorists do do those things. But some collateral damage is one thing. All the possible collateral damage is genocide. If Netanyahu tries to drive all the Palestinians away, he has become as bad as what the Jewish people fled.

          Just because some bad people are doing bad things does not give you an excuse to drop bombs on everyone. That is no good.

          You do not want to become just as bad as what you hate, doing whatever it takes. Or you become them. A good person must try harder.

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              No, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict began far, far earlier than Oct 7th, that was just the most recent flare-up. It’s complicated, remember?

              The key is to not be evil, and to try not to kill too many people. You cannot escape the evil of killing innocent people, there is no acceptable justification. Some would be war. But too many is bad. Are the Israelis good people, or are they Huns? We shall see.

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                  Oh, I see. I don’t know about genocide back then, it was really just various wars after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Some atrocities, but nothing into the thousands.

                  No, if your “enough” is just taking living space over the bones and ashes of others, you are commiting evil. There are other ways.