This is a false equivalence. Israel was attacked first, brutally. Russia was not attacked; theirs is a war of agression, pure and simple. It is clear that the fundamental cause of the Ukraine war is a desire by Putin and his ilk to restore the old soviet "empire". [1]
Actually, that has been the cause of many wars down through the centuries. A former power, or a country that thinks it needs to play a more powerful role in world affairs, seeking (re)ascendancy. It happened with Germany and Japan in WW2, and it is happening with Russia now. But it seems people will believe anything but what the aggressors themselves clearly want.
Do you know what the Muslim nations say among themselves, what their ultimate objective is? Without understanding that, it is impossible to place the Israeli-Arab conflict in proper perspective.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/25/putin-...
Even beyond the whatboutism in your comment, sure yeah, let's talk about how trying to restore old entities and states is a bad thing. But isn't that the whole premise of Zionism? It's literally the reasoning behind the Israel state backed settlements in the west bank. Somehow I guess Israeli colonialism is just different... because reasons. And somehow, it's not an act of aggression. Sure! And before you say that Gaza didn't have any colonies, well they didn't exactly because they have been aggressive (and it doesn't matter, Palestinians view themselves as a nation so it happening in the west bank is just as important for people living in Gaza).
The west bank stopped "being aggressive" and stopped the armed struggle and they have been rewarded with 2 decades of constant, blatant pushes for ever more settlements by literal lunatics and Israeli supremacists. All endorsed fully by the military and the Israeli state.
Like, Israel openly claiming that their goal is to basically relocate and displace the local Gaza population is good actually, it's just self defense. And hey, we can't avoid civilian deaths and Israel has the right to self defense (defense is when you colonize another nation). It's insane, Israeli officials are super open about their objectives but it seems like Israel supporters know better than them.
And just so you know, I'm not white. Not even probably brown, ethnically. I'm classified as black African, and, and from where I sit, the Middle Eastern nations are not in any position to point fingers at a supposed disregard of brown lives, when one considers how they treat migrants, a lot from Africa. Arab "slavery" of Africans is still a thing
Settler violence is certainly wrong. However Israel also left Gaza years ago and have been rewarded with constant rocket attacks, and more.
> Like, Israel openly claiming that their goal is to basically relocate and displace the local Gaza population is good actually
Fine, tell me what the solution is then. If your response is that Israel ceases to exist, then I guess there is no longer a basis for discussion - good luck - I have no bone in this. But if not, then how is the security of Israel to be ensured? The vast amount of funds that flowed into Gaza has only been used to attack Israel, and Gazans are now much worse off. How is this a wise course of action?
Also, as I said in my other comment, the west bank did exactly what you suggest. They stopped the armed struggle, they started a more democratic path. In return, Israel has pushed colonies relentlessly. In that situation, why wouldn't the Palestinians fight? Just like Israel would fight anyone who tries to settler their land. And to say that they left Gaza alone is just an outright lie. They have had control over every port of entry, with merchandise not being able to enter into Gaza with Israeli approval since... the 1980s. Before the Hamas boogeyman. They have also stated that they wanted to push for a return to settlements (a minister in nethanyahou's government said so overtly back in April). Again completely unpunished.
Also, what do Palestinians have to do with African slavery? Do we attribute that to all Arabs? Does that logic works too for blaming say, a Nigerian for something South Africans do? Do you blame Israelis for their treatment of Ethiopian Jews?
How can you say that with a straight face. Israel implemented a blockade to prevent _weapons_ from flowing into Gaza, a good thing, I would say. Or are you saying they prevented aid from flowing into Gaza? That would be quite the claim.
> Also, what do Palestinians have to do with African slavery? Do we attribute that to all Arabs? Does that logic works too for blaming say, a Nigerian for something South Africans do? Do you blame Israelis for their treatment of Ethiopian Jews?
I was responding to your claim that brown lives matter less in the west. If you are painting with such a broad brush like the "west", then may I also be permitted to paint with a similar brush "Middle East". Are you saying Palestinians are somehow more moral that Arabs in general?
But, you don't even address my main point. What's your solution? For Israel to cease to exist?
Also, for a concrete example, you can look at the Gaza flotilla attack where Israel not only prevented aid, but literally murdered those on the ship. Just like the Houthis do, I guess :). Again, how can Israel claim that they have left Gaza alone when it is literally completely cutting it off from the outside world (again, the Gaza residents are at the mercy of whatever goes through Israel before Hamas took control). Hamas is a convenient boogeyman, but before Hamas Israel settlements already existed, Israeli occupation and complete control over external connections was already in place, etc.
Israel does not leave the west bank alone either now, even with no real armed groups left there.
But maybe you can't, so blinded are you by emotion and rage. I don't think this discussion is useful anymore, Good day.
Let’s be honest here, the west has probably done the worst amount of damage to the most, both in count and diversity, people out there. Yet we do not sit around saying, ah westerners deserve to be killed because of $historical_event_#.
For some reason, that judgment is always valid to brown folk. As a brown person in the west I’ve basically accepted that I’m only considered a human in this country as long as I toe the line and agree with the status quo. If I step out too much I’m worth less than an animal.
We are currently seeing a higher civilian death rate than we saw back in February 2022, yet it doesn't seem like a lot of people complained about disrupting international order when Russia was sanctioned. And they were well deserved sanctions ,it just turns out that it's not just the US or Europe that can care about civilian deaths.
Especially since those countries don't necessarily seem to care a lot about non white civilian deaths, since absolutely 0 western country condemned Israel even when they put literal war criminals like Russia to shame in terms of sheer destruction and indiscriminate murder.
When "the international community" (aka, the west) drops the ball on that regard and lets it happen for close to 4 months now, well what do they expect?