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by crabbone 976 days ago
Dude. I lived in Ashkelon for two years. In this time I worked with people from Gaza too. There's no nuance there. Whoever talks about it has no clue. Antisemitism for these people is not a curse word. It's a society that similarly thinks about women as lesser, less deserving beings for example, without any reservations.

To them Jewish lives aren't important. And the fact that Jews are allowed to tell them what to do generates explosive righteous indignation.

Imagine yourself being ruled by chimpanzees. It wouldn't matter to you how benevolent they are, whether you have food or roof above your head. You'd feel like it's absurd, and whoever drove you into the situation where an ape tells you what to do must be brought to justice. This is how the average Gazan feels.

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That's a more interesting comment than most things I've heard or read on the topic. But again, given I have no experience and I've never been there, it's almost impossible for me to be confident in forming a decent opinion.