jarfil, 8 months ago

But us onlookers can’t even know for sure what these frictions are, only speculate.

I’ve looked at an interview with an Israeli political sciences professor yesterday, that went something like this:

• Professor: "…and this is why countries like Israel have the right to defend themselves"
• Host: "Right. What about the Pales…"
• Professor: "That’s not an issue"
• Host: "There are civilian…"
• Professor: "Israeli civilians have been harmed and we need to respond"
• Host: "Is the response proportion…"
• Professor: "Respond to destroy the terrorists"
• Host: "It seems like Gaza population is…"
• Professor: “Gaza is Israel, there is no population, we need to rid it of terrorists”

As an onlooker, I’d say that is a FREAKING HUGE and obvious “friction”, when one side denies the existence of the other.