I wonder around this place every once in a while to try and see this war the way it is seen to outsiders, I try not to comment, certainly in the last few years, because sometimes words cannot describe what I feel when I read some of these comments.
I am an Israeli, and I will try to put to words how this war looks from our perspective. Anyone who wishes to have a dignified conversation is welcome to respond, others I will ignore.
October 7th was a shocking day to all of us. I do not know a single person in Israel who doesnt know someone who was murdered, kidnapped our wounded during these horrifying hours. Hours in which loads of terrorists swarmed the streets of Israel, shooting everyone in sight, with the obvious agenda of killing as much as possible. This happend after we spent the last 2 years since our last “war” with Hamas trying to better the living situation in Gaza, allowing more Gazan workers to enter Israel, to create the economic conditions that will make war the least beneficial outcome for Gaza. But on October 7th we were all showed that its not about money, its not about the economy, they simply want to kill us all, regardless of our age, sex, political view or military background.
That signaled that no matter how hard we try, as long as Hamas rules Gaza, war will always be the endgame for them. So we set out on a mission to destroy Hamas. As always, we rained dows tens of thousands of panslips, waited for 20 days with our full military invasion, in which days we continuously urged the people of northern Gaza to evecuate, with strict orders where they can evacuate to because their neighborhoods that houses Hamas inferstracture will become a battlefield. Did you think we want this? Do we want our soldiers to run around the most densly populated area in the world trying to fish out terrorists? This is the worst possible outcome for us, and one we have avoided ever since the disengagement plan in 2004.
But what is our alternative? Should we let Hamas continue its murderous ways from inside schools, hospitals and civilian neightberhoods? We took all the measures we could to try and create the conditions which will lead to the fewest civilian casualties, but those who willingly choose not to leave are knowingly placing themselves in a declared battlefield, and that is exactly what Hamas wants. As many civilian casualties as possible, so people who know nothing about this war from up close will judge it wrongly, and pressure us to not finish Hamas of.
I will probably persuade neither of you all, since you clearly all have a very strong opinion on these matter, but when you call for a ceasefire that will save the murderous Hamas, just look at who are your partners in that call. The terrorist group known as Hezbolla, the Iranian regime who kills its on people when they protest, the Houthies in Yemen who arent known for their peaceful ways. Do they all care about the palestinians? Or do they just want to save Hamas from anahilation?
I feel sorry and saddened about every civilian casualty in this war. This war stopped my life, froze my job and put myself and a lot of my loved ones at risk. But if I have to choose between ever allowing our enemies to perform another October 7th on us, or this war with the outcome of Hamas deprived of all of its abilities, I sadly choose war.
I am an Israeli, and I will try to put to words how this war looks from our perspective. Anyone who wishes to have a dignified conversation is welcome to respond, others I will ignore.
October 7th was a shocking day to all of us. I do not know a single person in Israel who doesnt know someone who was murdered, kidnapped our wounded during these horrifying hours. Hours in which loads of terrorists swarmed the streets of Israel, shooting everyone in sight, with the obvious agenda of killing as much as possible. This happend after we spent the last 2 years since our last “war” with Hamas trying to better the living situation in Gaza, allowing more Gazan workers to enter Israel, to create the economic conditions that will make war the least beneficial outcome for Gaza. But on October 7th we were all showed that its not about money, its not about the economy, they simply want to kill us all, regardless of our age, sex, political view or military background.
That signaled that no matter how hard we try, as long as Hamas rules Gaza, war will always be the endgame for them. So we set out on a mission to destroy Hamas. As always, we rained dows tens of thousands of panslips, waited for 20 days with our full military invasion, in which days we continuously urged the people of northern Gaza to evecuate, with strict orders where they can evacuate to because their neighborhoods that houses Hamas inferstracture will become a battlefield. Did you think we want this? Do we want our soldiers to run around the most densly populated area in the world trying to fish out terrorists? This is the worst possible outcome for us, and one we have avoided ever since the disengagement plan in 2004.
But what is our alternative? Should we let Hamas continue its murderous ways from inside schools, hospitals and civilian neightberhoods? We took all the measures we could to try and create the conditions which will lead to the fewest civilian casualties, but those who willingly choose not to leave are knowingly placing themselves in a declared battlefield, and that is exactly what Hamas wants. As many civilian casualties as possible, so people who know nothing about this war from up close will judge it wrongly, and pressure us to not finish Hamas of.
I will probably persuade neither of you all, since you clearly all have a very strong opinion on these matter, but when you call for a ceasefire that will save the murderous Hamas, just look at who are your partners in that call. The terrorist group known as Hezbolla, the Iranian regime who kills its on people when they protest, the Houthies in Yemen who arent known for their peaceful ways. Do they all care about the palestinians? Or do they just want to save Hamas from anahilation?
I feel sorry and saddened about every civilian casualty in this war. This war stopped my life, froze my job and put myself and a lot of my loved ones at risk. But if I have to choose between ever allowing our enemies to perform another October 7th on us, or this war with the outcome of Hamas deprived of all of its abilities, I sadly choose war.