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Both sides do that, it is just that Israel has far more soldiers, bombs and weapons to carry it out on a rather larger scale.
Ariel Sharon, who throughout most of his political career was at least equally extreme and warmongering as Netanyahu, did have a volte-face towards the end of it - he pulled out of Gaza (against Netanyahu's wishes), and there is evidence he wanted to end most if not all of the settlements in the West Bank too. Had he not had his rather suspicious and convenient stroke and coma, who knows what might have happened?And they do it because they understand if you kill someone's family the children will grow up to hate and fight you.
That is one issue out of many. The lack of freedom for women, the quasi-totalitarian rules imposed by Islamic Sharia law, and the lack of political freedom come to mind too.Would I be wrong to say that your main issue is how homosexuals are viewed and treated?
Israel is a fundamentally racist and tribalist society. What's more, its Haredim and possibly Orthodox communities are at least as obscurantist if not more so than are most Palestinians. Nevertheless, Israel overall grants far more freedom and equality for women than almost anywhere else outside Europe and North America (women even often have high-rankings in the IDF, whatever else you might say about them), and there is still a multiparty political system where you can go out and protest against the government if you don't like it - which before October 7th, lots of Israelis were doing day after day. Notwithstanding some hideously violent attacks on Christians and their churches, it also grants more religious freedom than most other countries nearby.Otherwise, I don't see how Israeli society is any less authoritarian than Palestinian society.
That is scandalous, but racial discrimination when it comes to housing (or employment) is hardly unique to Israel. Take a look: https://www.theguardian.com/news/art...housing-marketIf you want to buy property the local community can reject you because you're not the right kind of person.
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