Yes, I'm sure there's some silent majority of Palestinians out there who just hate Hamas and were appalled by 10/7, but they didn't pick up their phone.
Ok, so a majority of Palestinians believe these awful things. What are we supposed to do about it? What lesson do you want people to take away from this? What’s your preferred policy response?
I ask because in my experience, this is often used as an argument to justify Israeli policies and US support for them, and worse, that the tens of thousands of Palestinians who have died since October 7th were “asking for it.” Not exactly nice stuff.
Somebody should occupy Palestine until their society stops believing these awful things. Obviously this doesn't justify killing or displacing anyone, but it certainly implies that there should not be self-government.
Except you have tried to justify it. Repeatedly.
