[burnermore]

See, here is what I've observed. I don't expect to change your POVs. Nevertheless...

The issue started when Israel was ready to have recognition from Saudi Arabia on their statehood. This would make Hamas irrelevant. And puts Sunnis (Iran) lesser recognised. Meanwhile Shia's (Saudi) will become the defacto in the Muslim world and half of Muslim world would either tolerate or be OK with Israel. Hamas attack on Israel at Oct 7 stopped that. Hamas has been supported by Iran for a long time. So in the whole Gaza - Israel thing, Iran was backing Hamas. Then they proxied with them by providing assistance. Then they eventually directly got involved.

You need to understand, there was good period of peace between Israel & Palestine until Oct 7.

While I reject US toppling govts around the world, Iran's hand is not clean in this one. But also, US thought this would be as easy as Venezuela and killing Iran's leader will stop this. Interfering in other countries biz have consequences. And in this case, it's true for Iran & US.

[coldtea]

>You need to understand, there was good period of peace between Israel & Palestine until Oct 7.

Yes, in the year before Oct 7. alone Israel army had only killed about 40 Palestinian children (34 alone between Jan and Nov 2022).

Not to mention Iran has been a target since 2001: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNt7s_Wed_4 - if not since 1953 (their 1979 changes being a response to the 1950s western invervention that installed a dictatorship), if not since forever:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Game

[ribosometronome]

Sure, if you consider Israel killing several hundred Palestinians each year and having a thousand hostages, sorry, "administrative detainees" indefinitely incarcerated without charge as they continued to colonize Palestinian land peaceful.

[Hikikomori]

Mowing the lawn and stealing land in the west bank is what you call peace?

Israel even killed Irans negotiators last year when they were getting close to a deal. This situation is engineered, Netanyahu has wanted this for decades.

[burnermore]

Thanks for pointing this out. TIL!

But this is after Oct 7 attack?

[docdeek]

Pretty sure you have your Sunni and Shia confused there.

[Erem]

> Sunnis (Iran)…Shia (Saudi)

These are reversed

[burnermore]

My bad. I meant that and typed exactly the opposite. Thanks.

[dns_snek]

> You need to understand, there was good period of peace between Israel & Palestine until Oct 7.

What a disgusting and patronizing rewriting of history. This "peace" was enforced by ongoing occupation of Palestine and abuse of the people living there.