Gaza
I keep hearing how we can’t negotiate with Hamas until they accept Israel’s right to exist, but my reading of recent history suggests that Gaza has been under existential threat due to siege. So how come no commentator says Hamas shouldn’t negotiate with Israel until they accept Gaza has a reasonable expectation not to be choked out of existence by Israel.
The cease fire that people keep telling me that Hamas violated seems to have based upon Israel opening up the border crossings. When Israel failed to keep up to thier end of the agreement, they violated the cease fire by continuing the aggression in the form of a siege.
I keep hearing something to the effect of what country wouldn’t respond to rocket fire. I ask what country wouldn’t respond to the existential threat of a choking siege.
Both sides have failed to pursue peace in a useful way. We need to stop pretending there isn’t 50 years of bad blood to work through.