Historically, don’t most moral codes only apply to the in group?

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Israel is by definition a western colony and a planted, newly formed state.

Of course the displaced people that have been living there for thousands of years will be aggressive against it.

What is happening in Gaza is not just atrocious, it is an offence to the very concept of humanity.

The whole point of the article you are commenting on is discussing the history of the notion of Eretz Yisrael, a political point which has always existed in Israel and has become significant after Netanyahu recent interview - certainly not a “Western fantasy” - and confront it with how it was applied during Israel history.

No one is discussing than Ben-Gurion did use borders as a négociation tool. But Likud’s 1977 platform also exists and the “Yinon plan”.

The main question is how relevant is the concept to Israel current political environment and ambitions.

I have no comment to make about your last paragraph. I fear we have reached the point where history will have to be the judge.

This is such a tremendously biased and ignorant e reading of history it blows my mind.

Hamas is a modern creation that has nothing to do with Gaza. Gaza was a refugee camp for the displaced Palestinianas, many who came from towns torched by Jewish paramilitary forces.

To talk about Islam legitimizing attacking nonbelievers is as bigoted a statement as characterizing Judaism by the insane beliefs of the half million settlers who constantly bulldoze Palestinian towns (and act which the West refuses to call it what it is: terrorism and ethnic cleansing).

For the Palestinians and the southern Lebanese who have also been bombed by Israel, or the innocent people who die every day in Gaza, Israel is the “permanent hostile neighbor”. Hamas and Hezbollah didn’t come out of the ether.