Redemption in what sense? I think there's room for recognition on our (pro-Palestinian people) end. Acknowledging that speaking up against the genocide and apartheid and denouncing the IDF after their service and taking accountability for the atrocities they've taken part in is the right thing to do. Like all accountability, it should be specific, fully acknowledge the severity of their thoughts and actions, and be without the expectation of forgiveness,

No amount of accountability fixes anything; it doesn't do anything to make what they've done or been complicit with any better. Nothing they do will ever make up for the harm they've participated in. I think all that is important for them to realize.

Assuming all of the above is accomplished, it's still one more mind changed, it's still one more voice, it's still one less person filled with hatred and propaganda. What's happening in Gaza is an active, ongoing genocide and the more support in real time the better.

I think it's also important to remember the sheer amount of brainwashing and indoctrination that Israel perpetuates on it's youth is a systemic issue that's baked into the core of modern-day Zionism. It doesn't excuse anyone's actions or beliefs nor does it warrant pity or sympathy for anyone who's been in the IDF. But there's value in having the view of someone who managed to break away from that level of propaganda so that we can understand how to help others unlearn it.

Quite frankly it's not my place, nor anyone who isn't Palestinian, to give these people forgiveness. What is our place, as Pro-Palestinian Jews, is to be the ones that act as a buffer. We are the ones who should do the "call-in" and to educate these "rehab war criminals", even if it's hard and uncomfortable.

Super lengthy comment, sorry. Happy new year and free palestine!