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Their wordsThat was when I understood that, unlike my social media feeds, where there is a clear-cut split between Israel-lovers and Israel-haters, the rest of humanity is mostly very human: when it sees a panicked young Israeli woman being dragged into Gaza, it wants her to be released; when it sees a hungry Palestinian family huddled under a makeshift tent, mourning its dead, it wants their suffering to stop.
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Their wordsTo which I would like to offer a small comment: a state is not something you receive as a gift or as punishment. Statehood is a basic right of every nation.
Their wordsAnd indeed, in terms of their basic worldview, there is complete alignment between Hamas and the messianic rightwing that sets the agenda in Netanyahu's government: both sides agree that there is room for only one nation in this land; their only quarrel is which one.
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