You Can't Remove Religion from the Israel-Hamas Conflict

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[foxlake]

Perfect example of when two theocracies meet. Religion makes good people do bad things.

[johnwright-bl]

We atheists need to go after Islam and Judaism as well.

[lunarmodule]

Horrible situation... I wish for peace in the region.

[TRUMPFANALLDAY]

It kills me that so many good men women and children have died in the name of God.... Hamas in my opinion uses Allah to justify their sick game but also needing to be said is Enough Israel, time to sit down and find peace or quit using God as your cause

[mohammedmiah]

Go back 75 years and have a look who’s been the aggressors

[philhmp]

Steven Weinberg — 'With or without religion,  good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.'

[tadferd]

I won't defend Hamas, but I'm pretty sure Israel is to blame for the civilian casualties. Also, there was Palestinian casualties in August caused by Israel. Can't really blame Hamas for breaking the cease fire.

Both lslam and Judaism are an issue, but this conflict started by the displacement of Palestinians when Israel was created and further stoked by Israel's expansion. Religious hatred was just added in as an easy outlet for rage and sorrow, instead of the main issue being imperialism.

[kristiandoon]

Race, religion, ethnic pride and nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you’ve never met.

~ Doug Stanhope

[Venusbabe]

Thank you for your bravery to speak up and call out the religious bigotry that fuels much of the hatred in the world 🌎.

[MrTush]

Nobody really downplays the religious element of it. The very claim is an attempt to overemphasize the religious element of the conflict.

[marcelowilliams]

War doesn't care who's right. War just cares who's left. If you wont behave yourself in peace then you're behave yourself in War.

[eddieB-]

Who put Hamas to power and who supported them. Go look that up and act like you know something, amateur girl..

[alishanaz]

Its not hamas (its Palestinian military)

It's not Israel (it's Palestine)

It's not Nazareth (it's Al Nasra)

It's not Acre (it's Akka)

It's not Beit She' an (it's Bisan)

It's not Tel Aviv Yafo (it's Yaffa)

It's not Jaffa, (it's Yaffa)

It's not Hebron (it's Al Khalil)

It's not Jerusalem (it's Al Quds)

It's not Jericho (it's Arecha)

It's not Lod (it's al-Lydd)

It's not Bethlehem (it's Bayt Lahm)

It's not the Negev (it's al-Naqab)

It's not Beer Sheva, (it's Bir As-Saba')

It's not Tiberias, (it's Tabariyya)

It's not Gush Halav, (its Al-Jish)

[timothyrogers]

It would be a fun experiment if for two years everyone would give up all religion. After that I wonder how many people would pick it back up again. Seems like we are either going to have a Star Trek world or an apocalypse.

[Marvelous-geef]

You don't know what you're talking about. This was not caused by Hamas. This was caused by the seventy-five year brutal occupation and total blockade and seventeen year seige on Gaza. Shifting blame does the Palestinian people a disservice. The issue of Gaza is not just for Muslims, Christians and Jews. This is a matter for all humanity. The human species cannot survive if we are alienated from our own humanity. Netanyahu has no care for the Palestinians and no care for the Israeli hostages as well. You are effectively spreading a low grade under the radar disinformation campaign and promoting Islamophobia.

[TheWayofFairness]

I suggest you stop doing others wrong as best you can. Ask something unknown to give you victory over your problems.

[Jeremy]

Both sides say it's God's will! Explain that!

[frankpalancio]

Agree. But be careful. Having this view on an American college campus will get you canceled.

[simonsimon]

Every one trying complicity Blaming Hamas and or others Arab or Islamic nations for Palestinian suffering it a support for the genocide

[riadmahmood]

You just hatched from the egg yesterday, and want to tell us about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? How about you start at Der-Yasin, Qana, Sabra and Shatilla, etc. Oh wait, only when there are Israeli casualites that we talk about the conflict. My bad.