Israel bombing shit..
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"The U.S. political situation is an important part of this. Without American backing, political and military, Israel would be forced to back down and work out a peace deal - which is what everyone including the U.S. gov claims they want in the first place.
The U.S. political backing is contingent on public support for Israel which is only possible because of the way the issue is reported in that country. Therefore something that seems trivial, like breaking the U.S. media bias in favor of Israel, is actually critical to bringing about peace."you're 100% wrong on this. maybe because you don't incorporate the israeli perspective in your conclusion at all.
without the US support (the one and only dependable ally israel has), israel would feel even more isolated, even less secure, even more threatened and would react accordingly. no US support would mean more violence. the less israel can depend on international allies, the more radical its defense to hamas attacks will be.
on the other hand, if the US pulled its support, israels enemies would feel even more emboldened to attack, stepping up military and PR campaigns. this again would mean more violence from not only hamas, but also hizbollah, ISIS, arab states even. israel would strike back 10-fold, more carnage.
you don't recognize that from israels perspective, when they fight hamas they're de-facto fighting against the whole arab world, all the regimes in the region (including supposedly friendylish regimes like egypt, saudi; where the majority of the population is decidedly anti-israel/anti-semitic of course).
to them it's 6 million jews vs. 370 million arabs. plus millions of east asian muslims. plus the rest of the world that is anti-israel, including the UN.
you don't seem to understand their national identity. to be the only safe place for jews in the world, "never again". israel always had its back against the wall, now more than ever except maybe 1948. if anyone is under siege it's israel. from their perspective this is about their national survival.
so maybe want to think about pushing them further. they can't back down much more.
maybe a good part of the reasoning for US support of israel is that they want to avoid at any cost the situation where israel would be in a position where they would feel inclined to use their last resort, nukes. at least one time.
so, for less violence, what the world needs to do, is to adress israeli security concerns, israel needs international support, reassurance of international community, not the opposite.