Serowbot wrote on 10/09/23 at 15:51:20:You don't know me... you shouldn't make assumptions.
Then you should know that THIS-
Serowbot wrote on 10/09/23 at 12:54:15:The problem isn't that they can't leave, it's that they won't leave. They ultimately want all of Israel and for all the Jews to die.
-is likewise apt to be a false presumption. 2 million people- yet the person you describe is no more representational than Mark is of a typical American. Without doubt hate and enmity has been broadly cultivated- given the circumstances, there is fertile ground for an endless blood feud. Yet, there remain folks who dream of better, and work toward it- despite forces within Israel and Iran that have perpetuated this madness.
I recall a Palestinian doctor who worked in Israel, home in Gaza. What year was it? 2012, maybe. No, 2009. Israel was at war with the city again. That doctor would regularly call into an Israeli TV station and report on the impacts of the war, pleading for peace. In answer, the Israeli's shelled his apartment, up in a high-rise tower, murdering his 3 daughters. Still he pled for peace. I think he's in Canada now.
There are ready allies for peace within Israel and among the Palestinians- many, even. Between Hamas and the Zionists, they don't stand much of a chance. The notion that it is possible for all of these people to leave their homes, abandon what little they have and be completely stateless is easy to say from across the ocean, safe within the land-o-opportunity. I can't discern choice from here- no more than I can weigh the decision to pile into a boat on the shores of North Africa hoping to land in Greece or Italy, or cling to the underside of a truck bound for the Chunnel. Desperation, belonging, home- how could anyone discern the gravity of these things from outside clearly enough to judge what is choice? I suggest you can't.
(A brief summation of the doctor's experience and advocacy may be found here-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izzeldin_Abuelaish)