How can they?

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These people are supported by the Israeli government and the IDF. They might be a minority but for how long?

I think you would be surprised(or maybe not) by just how many people would be OK with this(this being settlements in Gaza) . There is a thread here at the moment where people are talking about how successful the collective punishment of Gazans has been to the safety of Israelis. There has been posters here excusing apartheid with well there has to be checkpoints for Israels safety. There have been posters excusing occupation with well Israel needs a buffer(apparently that's what the settlers in the West Bank are doing - buffering). These aren't Israelis these are people living safely in their cosy homes 1000s of miles away.

There are far too many people who seem to believe that Israelis should be able to do as they please if it makes them feel safer. They find a way to justify anything whether that is apartheid, premature babies being left to die or children being shot in the head as they run away from the IDF. They would absolutely find a way to justify this too.

A good sized chunk of people would actively support this, and an even bigger number would go "oh, that's a shame but what can be done" while continuing to facilitate it.

What we see again and again is that money, influence and weapons wins over human rights and active ownership. And once these people have stolen Palestine, that won't be the end of it, either. They are expansionist extremists, backed by an expansionist extremist government in Israel and anti-Muslim governments abroad. Why would they stop when they have the momentum...?

I agree with both of you but I cannot understand how you would take your children to watch Gaza burning.

what O’Brian should have asked bluntly was if he accepted that the Nazis also believed that the Jews were an infection to be removed and if that’s therefore ok.

The cognitive dissonance is so startling.

It's years of indoctrination. In the video, the Palestinians aren't people, they're an 'infection'. They've been completely dehumanised and this has been going on for decades.

Before the invasion, the government were calling them animals and I believe they're also referred to as vermin.

People singing and dancing while bombs rein down in the background shows just how desensitised people have become to the plight of the Palestinians.

It's openly been discussed how to force them into Egypt, raze it to the ground and build over it. When you point out that this is ethnic cleansing, you're told that ethnic cleansing happens.

I think that Gideon Levy explained it when he wrote
“Thanks to the media and the politicians—two of the worst agents for dumbing down and blinding Israeli society—we learned that the Arabs were born to kill, the whole world is against us, anti-Semitism determines how Israel is dealt with and there is no connection between our actions and the price we pay."

and there is no connection between our actions and the price we pay.

This has been interesting to observe.