Yes - war is bad. Israel is always ready for peace. I can link you to a list of all the offers that have been made for peace. Additionally, you do know that there is no IDF in Gaza and that Gaza shares a border also with Egypt (strangely they keep it closed). They are free to live there peacefully and grow their prosperity.

Have you seen Hamas' work in Gaza: https://news.yahoo.com/gaza-city-blast-kills-1-091252256.htm...

Jimmy - since I cant reply to your comment below:

No this is not about hamas, but neither was this about Gaza. This was about rescuing people from a collapsed building. Yet here we are.

>>"Israel is always ready for peace"

That I doubt very much. In my opinion we are seeing a clear on going colonization effort. This is not about religion or race, but about land and the rest is a distraction.

Because we are not in the eighteen century anymore, it can't be done old European style, so it has to be done boiling frog style with a lot of spending in public relations.

The crude fact is that land is being taken by the strongest party:

https://sites.psu.edu/anaouf2/files/2017/02/israel-palestine...

I have not doubt that the IDF did great, but you have to recognize that this article reads like a puff piece.

Have you observed any evidence that the other side is seeking peace?

No mention of ethnic cleansing and military checkpoint enforced apartheid where kids are harassed by fully armed soldiers? Do you want to see the B'TSelem videos? Here they detail a 5 year old child: https://www.btselem.org/press_releases/20130711_soldiers_det...

Or "1 shot 2 kills" military tshirts for killing pregnant Palestnian women? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7960071.stm

> Have you seen Hamas?

Is the thread about Hamas? Or is it a try to change the subject?

I don't know what's going on. This was supposed to be about "the idf doing humanitarian work in florida and helping with the rescue"

seconds later the scope has become "everything israel does is wrong, look at gaza, something something apartheid"

Sorry that reality is crashing your propaganda party, dude. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

it's all good ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ cool to critisize anything and anyone. It just comes off as a very different vibe when compared to other HN discussions.

Everyone here is so smart and inquisitive, but when the issue is middle east the gang seems to take a shallow, dogmatic take on something they absolutely do not understand. For so many independent thinkers there's a lot of knee jerk group think

>but when the issue is middle east the gang seems to take a shallow, dogmatic take on something they absolutely do not understand. For so many independent thinkers there's a lot of knee jerk group think

And China. And American foreign policy. And anything related to or that even mentions sex, gender or race. And the media. And economics. And COVID. And RMS. This place is legendary for its aggressively ignorant and toxic hot takes on just about everything but technology[0], especially if it requires empathy, emotional reasoning or an understanding of mainstream society.

[0] With the possible exception of Javascript or the modern web in general, mention of either of which sometimes sends people into a frothing rage.

HN dogmas on Israel match exactly what I was taught in my soviet high-school history class 30+ years ago. Good stuff, highly entertaining nostalgia.