Posted on 11/04/2023 5:44:50 PM PDT by Mariner
Hamas's October 7 killing spree in southern Israel was "horrific" and unjustifiable, but what is "also true is that the occupation and what's happening to Palestinians is unbearable," former President Barack Obama said in comments published Saturday.
The remarks come after Obama earlier warned that an Israeli ground operation in Gaza could "backfire," arguing that while Israel had the right to defend itself, any civilian death would increase support for extremism and harm the country's long-term security.
In his latest intervention, the former president argued for all sides of the debate over Israel and Palestine to acknowledge the "complexity" of the conflict and all parties' valid grievances.
"There is a history of the Jewish people that may be dismissed unless your grandparents or your great grandparents or your uncle or your aunt tell you stories about the madness of antisemitism," Obama said. "And what is true is that there are people right now who are dying who have nothing to do with what Hamas did."
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Imagine if Roosevelt had said "there's a lot of Germans dying who have nothing to do with Nazis".
We need to get back to one of those wars where only bad people ever get killed. [/s]
Hamas is the government and military of Gaza. Hamas=Gaza=Hamas.
Has Obama called upon Hamas to surrender? That would stop the killing right away.
STFU and sit down, Obungo.
Gaza hire Hamas to be their government I guess they are complicit the inocent need to run away.
Hey Dorkbama, you should visit Gaza to see who you can help.
Oh, don’t make it public, since you really need to see what’s going on.
Compassion for innocent Muslims, but none for innocent Jews.
Well, he enabled these people for 8 years. He gave these people money for 8 years.
He’s a foundational aspect of everything the Iranians, Hamas and Hezbollah do. Along with the grand daddies, the Muslim Brotherhood.
But, clowns gotta clown and try to create distance from the mess they helped make.
Such is the nature of war.
It’s a sad sad fact
Democrats must be scared to death of the direction this is going for Potemkin Joe to bring the Obama out the clam down the radicals.
Obama DID have it within his reach to tell the Arabs to tone down their threats, and come to terms and peace. He embraced the Muslim Brotherhood, gave them importance, status, and a hidden message. GO DO WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HEART TO DO. He said, if the winds change, he will go with the Muslims.
Yes this is always the case.
Many in Israel who suffered, died, are perhaps hostages as we speak had nothing to do with anything either.
War is grisly awful and should be avoided when possible.
But you can’t expect them to just allow Gazans to attack and take over. That is not going to happen.
I am terribly sorry for all the collateral damage and even the soldiers. It is human suffering on a huge scale.
Yes, some of the Jewish hostages are dying. They had nothing to do with what Hamas did.
Key comment was called for an end to “occupation.”
That is the long time anti-Jewish term. It means the all Arab, all Muslim land of the entire region will allow no Jews to be alive there. It means death to the Jews. Like the BS “not against Jews just against Zionism” means no Jews alive on the soil of Israel.
Arabs and hundreds of thousands of miles, Jews have one narrow strip of land called their homeland Israel, the size of New Jersey. They have a right to that land bought with the blood of concentration camp survivors, pogrom survivors and brave freedom fighters since 1948.
Someone explain to the Magic Negro how war works.
The scumbag terrorist hamass killed Israelites that had nothing to do with Israels imagined "colonialism".
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