So I've kept away from the entire Palestine / Israel conflict all together and I'm very ignorant on the topic.

I'm reading about thousands of people be it students and general public setting up camps and all over Canada and the United States of America to protest what?

Is this not a conflict between two groups over seas? Why are people protesting in the west ?

Why doesn't all these people go there and make a difference?

Why protest in the west? To me, someone who's completely ignorant to all this it seems like these people want the miliaries of the west to engage in combat over something that has nothing to do with them?

Why should we the west be getting involved?

Please only respectful comments and common sense explanations with obvious benefits explained to why we should be getting involved.

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SpicyMilk · 18-21, F

people claim they arent antisemite... but still they protest a relatively small scale conflict of a country defending itself against terrorist attacks that are supported by states who openly ask to destroy that country and kill all inhabitant.

if people really cared there are a dozen worse conflicts going on around the world where people suffer worse... but hey thats not the jews so noone cares.

also its the hamas that started this and they are the one blocking a cease fire aswell... so yeah israel deserves all the support we can give them against this murder cult

Teggy

@SpicyMilk you're right. I agree. There's so much conflict all over the world. What makes this one So much more special?

Why do so many people in the west make such a big deal of This specific one?

Why not protest the drug problem that silently murders millions every year in the west. Take care of our home as well then since we're all protesting to save live.

NerdyPotato · M

@SpicyMilk Israel violated the cease fire by continuing the creation of illegal settlements long before October 7th. If you point a gun at someone and they slap you in the face, you are not the victim, shooting them is not self defence and slapping you was not an act of terrorism.

Hamas has extreme goals and should be abolished regardless of the above, but shooting at everything that moves and launching air strikes on people gathering food from aid packages is not the way to do accomplish that. It's not a coincidence or accident that 90% of all casualties are civilians with no ties to Hamas, or that the fight is taken outside Gaza too. Israel equally wants all Muslims dead. Being against that has nothing to do with their religion and doesn't mean someone agrees with Hamas.

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Teggy

@NerdyPotato @hippyjoe1955 is there a nation who Isn't responsible for mass murder? Canada, USA, Russia, UK etc. All these nations have a very dirty past and present involvement in killing people around the world or being a part of doing so.

Interesting topic to really dive deep into.

NerdyPotato · M

@Teggy that's true. Most countries have been guilty of colonialization, have had a corrupt government or been killing disabled people at some time. But when we realized how wrong that was, we stepped up against it and we should do that now as well.

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@Teggy have done and are doing are very different. I can't change what has been. I can stop what is being done