[OPINION] Imagine you’re a Palestinian youth

'There is among progressives and liberals a tendency to blame both Israel and Hamas in equal measure for the violence. This is a false equivalence.'

This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.two weeks ago. I felt, after talking to people, that perhaps the best way for them to understand what happened is to ask themselves, as I had asked myself years back, a question. This is a question that I am now popping to you and other readers of this commentary.

So my question, dear reader, is, imagine you’re a young Palestinian who has grown up in refugee camps, who can’t return to your grandparents’ home and lands in Palestine because they have been expropriated by Israelis, who sees that Israel has no intention of ever leaving the West Bank but, on the contrary, is intent on annexing it, who watches while Israel spits on peaceful, legal methods to secure your people’s rights, violates international agreements, and tells international public opinion...

First, there is among progressives and liberals a tendency to blame both Israel and Hamas in equal measure for the violence. This is a false equivalence. When it comes to violence, Israel is a thousand times more responsible and accountable for violence than Hamas since it created the conditions whereby many Palestinians have come to the conclusion that violence is the only way they can secure their rights.

Third, some of us may find some of Hamas’ methods ethically unjustifiable. I do. But I find them understandable. Understanding is the first step towards dialogue, towards a peaceful solution. But Israel does not even want to understand, to acknowledge the reasons why Palestinians have been cornered into committing the acts they condemn out of desperation. And the West as a whole is guilty of the same refusal to understand the fundamental injustice of the Palestinian situation.

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