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To paraphrase JFK, those who make peaceful resistance impossible make violent resistance inevitable.



Something being inevitable is different from it being justified.

Hamas’ and Palestinian Jihad’s violence is a predictable response to Israel’s abandonment of two-party talks and its right wing’s ascendency within its politics. That doesn’t justify gunning down kids at a concert.

Similarly, the IDF levelling much of Gaza in retribution was a predictable repercussion of killing Israeli civilians, including children. That doesn’t make their deaths fair.


If your choices make something inevitable, do you have full rights to complain about what you made inevitable happening?


> do you have full rights to complain about what you made inevitable happening?

No, it undermines the complaint’s legitimacy.

That doesn’t mean we must be unsympathetic; but it is a factor. Also, these decisions are often made by individuals within groups. Collective punishment is immoral. It’s also quite likely to produce blowback.


This would justify the retaliation by Israel to any extend.




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