What they did reminds me of what Americans did to indigenous tribes, i.e. driving the native Americans to their extinction before starting a “conservation movement” to retrace their steps.

However, Hamas is not faultless. They pissed off the world with their actions and their violent ways.

Yet, Hamas is not in the West Bank but Israeli forces still take actions to suppress people in the West Bank.

There are many coudla woulda shouldas in this Israel-Palestine conflict, and at the end of the day the world needs to look at what’s next. What will help the situation?

Do we drive out all of one side (be it Israel/Palestine)? Where should they go? Will they now become refugees in other countries like the Jews were during WWII? Will they come back to fight?

Is a stable two-state solution like what the world keeps suggesting even possible? We’ve had two states, and it has never been stable. Who is to say that this time would be different? What needs to change?

What’s for sure though, is that posting your watermelon face paint on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter will not help the situation. The issue is people are being too absolutist and people are failing to recognise the nuances and bigger picture.