[baryphonic]

Interesting you bring Rabin up, because it's a good point of comparison.

How has Israel treated Yigal Amir? How has Hamas treated the 10/7 terrorists? How many Israelis support what Amir did? How many Gazans support the 10/7 terrorists?

[ethbr1]

Probably about what you'd expect, given one country has a functioning economy and the other doesn't. [0]

There are whackos on both the Israeli and Palestinian side. The difference is that Gaza has 25-45% unemployment. [1]

At the end of the day as James Carville reduced it: 'it's the economy, stupid.' [2]

People with economic prospects are happy and stable. People without are willing to take insane risks. And at the end of the day, most people just want to live their life (there will always be crazies, but they'll be outnumbered).

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yigal_Amir#Campaigns_for_Ami... [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/25/un-report-80-p... [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_the_economy,_stupid