Strapped down, blindfolded, held in diapers: Israeli whistleblowers detail abuse of Palestinians in detention center

[iemanja]

83. I find the hostage taking and attacks on Oct 7 horrific

and I grieve for those lives and those families who have no idea the condition of their loved ones. Defending one's homeland does not mean wiping Gaza off the face of the map, as seems to be Netanyahu's goal. To defend the war is to defend Netanyahu's execution of that war. It is that which is the problem, not that Israel doesn't have a right to defend itself and take out Hamas fighters. The problem lies in the mass destruction of Gaza, the killings of many more civilians than Hamas fighters in Gaza, and the Israeli right's seizure of the opportunity to take more land and kill people in the West Bank.

So you say the protests are the result of propaganda, yet you also say defense of Israel is not the same as support of Likud. Yet you insist we support Netayahu's execution of that war. I do not. And I do not believe I am subject to propaganda. I don't like to see death and destruction, and I believe both Israeli and Palestinian lives have value. Everyone doesn't seem to feel the same way.

And yes, some of the protestors are complete, anti-semetic assholes, but that doesn't mean they all are and that the protests by nature are illegitimate.