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> Ha'aretz: "The disaster that befell Israel on the holiday of Simchat Torah is the clear responsibility of one person: Benjamin Netanyahu." [0] Are you seriou

> Ha'aretz: "The disaster that befell Israel on the holiday of Simchat Torah is the clear responsibility of one person: Benjamin Netanyahu." [0] Are you seriously thinking Ha'aretz editors don't blame Hamas for what happened? Hamas' blame in this doesn't even need to be stated since its obvious. They brought thousands of "militants" in to murder, maim, kidnap and (allegdely) rape anything they came by. Placing "the blame" on Netanyahu doesn't absolve Hamas of anything even in the eyes of Ha'aretz editors who are far to the left.

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dragonwriter 3y ago
> Are you seriously thinking Ha'aretz editors don't blame Hamas for what happened? No, I’m seriously arguing that they are mature adults that don't subscribe to childish ideas like exclusivity of blame, and that—to quote the post you are responding to but clearly didn't read: “The Israeli government can rightfully be blamed for the reasonably forseeable consequences of its policies, whether or not those consequences involve unjustified actions by other parties for which those parties also bear blame. Blame is not exclusive.” There is certainly reason to condemn those who do not blame Hamas, but that does not make it correct to condemn those who do blame Israel. In fact, those who do not blame Israel should be condemned for it, as well, since the promotion of Hamas despite their recurrent terrorism has been a long-time Israeli strategy to weaken the Palestinian Authority, provide an excuse against peace because their is nonviable single interlocutor on the other side, and justify continued oppression and violence.