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Bumbles No, Oct 7 cannot be justified. It has to be condemned in the strongest words. It was barbaric, inhuman, blatant act of aggression and terrorism.
Terrorism is a cancer that needs to be eliminated by surgery, medicine and prevention. And for prevention, the root cause analysis (RTA) is a must. Please do not read that as a justification of Oct 7.
Now how about a RTA of the 206 day war where Israel has almost unilaterally caused all the death and damage. You know the death and injury count. I will just add that 150 Palestinian towns and villages are depopulated forcefully. And this is where an ulterior motive peeks through. Also this:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-brandishes-map-of-israel-that-includes-west-bank-and-gaza-at-un-speech/
So it is naive and may I add “selective blindness” of the pro Israel people here to assume that Oct7 is the one and only cause for this mayhem.
As for calling it pogrom, a dear friend here has been using the word liberally in her anti Palestine rants. So I thought why not alter perspective and give it a new look.