It just seems crazy to me given the power imbalance. A cynical part of me suspects that things are playing out exactly as some evil strategists hoped they would, which, given all the children dying, is super-depressing.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

  • jarfil@lemmy.world
    96·
    8 months ago

    But us onlookers can’t even know for sure what these frictions are, only speculate.

    I’ve looked at an interview with an Israeli political sciences professor yesterday, that went something like this:

    • Professor: “…and this is why countries like Israel have the right to defend themselves”
    • Host: “Right. What about the Pales…”
    • Professor: “That’s not an issue”
    • Host: “There are civilian…”
    • Professor: “Israeli civilians have been harmed and we need to respond”
    • Host: “Is the response proportion…”
    • Professor: “Respond to destroy the terrorists”
    • Host: “It seems like Gaza population is…”
    • Professor: “Gaza is Israel, there is no population, we need to rid it of terrorists”

    As an onlooker, I’d say that is a FREAKING HUGE and obvious “friction”, when one side denies the existence of the other.

    • jimbo@lemmy.world
      22·
      8 months ago

      You’re making statements about sides based off what some unnamed “Israeli professor” allegedly said. Okay.

      • jarfil@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 months ago

        False.

        My statement is about the relationship between sides, in reference to part of the previous comment, illustrated by what I recalled of a recent event, and how it ties into it.

        If you want similar examples from different sides, you’ll find plenty of them both these days and throughout history, I just happened to recall this one.