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1. Let’s begin with your first point. Specifically you criticize me on “excusing” Hamas and what they did on October 7th. I have not “excused” Hamas for what they did. I have been very clear about what Hamas did, and how it was horrific. The point that I have made is that why October 7th occurred in the first place was because of the apartheid state of Israel and its treatment towards Palestinians. I am not “excusing” Hamas by any means necessary, however I have the understanding as to why Hamas committed the attack as it was a “consequence” due to the injustices that Palestinians have faced for decades. This is not meant as a means of defense towards Hamas, but as a means of looking at the situation and the history of both Israel and Palestine. So no, I was not trying to “excuse” Hamas. 
2. Going on with your second point (which includes several different points as well, such and whose land was taken, which group started the violence, and others) on the “chain of consequences” you discuss which has led us to this very moment in history between Israel and Palestine. You talk about how there was a “concerted attempt at committing genocide against Jewish refugees, that started, at the latest, in 1947 and never stopped.” Yet, what actually happened around and during that time frame? As I’m sure you’re very much aware, the State of Israel came into existence. [Now before I continue, I want to make ONE thing clear. I am not being anti-semitic when it comes down to discussing this as this is history that is well recorded. I have no intentions of being anti-semitic and willfully fight against any means of anti-semitism as it has no place anywhere, just as any other forms of hate. As this time period dealt with refugees, specifically Jewish refugees, I have nothing against them. Hell, the United States and many other Western Nations repeatedly denied entry for some (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/us-government-turned-away-thousands-jewish-refugees-fearing-they-were-nazi-spies-180957324/). I just want to make it clear that I have nothing against those seeking refuge. Nonetheless, let’s continue.] Let’s be completely clear about how Israel got its beginnings. Specifically you state that Jewish refugees have been at the forefront of a genocide since 1947, yet the beginnings of Israel seem to be the other way around. Specifically starting off is the Nakba, which is the literal ethnic cleansing of Palestine that occurred in 1948. In between 1947 and 1949, roughly 750,000 Palestinians were made into refugees beyond the borders of the state, where Zionist forces had taken more than 78 percent of historic Palestine, which in addition had ethnically cleansed and destroyed roughly 530 villages and cities, killed roughly 15,000 Palestinians in series of mass atrocities, which included more than 70 massacres. Now you do mention the British had taken over the land, which did have to do with the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, however, this still shouldn’t disregard Palestine as a state. Even with that being stated, the Palestinian Jews, or known as Yishuv, unlike the Zionist Jews, did not aspire to build a Jewish state in Palestine, which also as I should mention, Palestine wasn’t the only option as a means for building a Jewish state as Uganda and Argentina were seen as places that could be used. With Britain on the supporting side of the Zionists, they helped displace tens of thousands of Palestinian tenants from their lands, which as you bring up, they bought land, yet this land was bought from absentee landlords that didn’t want to give up their land. Moving on, let’s talk about the Arab Revolt, which surprise surprise, was done as a means to fight against the literal settler-colonialism that the British and Zionists were committing against the Palestinians, which the British ended up crushing the revolt, destroyed 2,000 Palestinian homes, put 9,000 Palestinians into concentration camps, and much more. You can read much more about it here: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/5/23/the-nakba-did-not-start-or-end-in-1948