These shortcuts also obscure a subtler point I keep making:
We should view Likud and Hamas as •allies• inasmuch as these are both groups united by the a genocidal goal, and both need every path to peace off the table in pursuit of that goal. Both parties need atrocities to justify atrocities. Atrocities by either group thus work in favor of the interests of both.
Keep that in mind. Nations aren’t people. Factions and coalitions can cross national boundaries.
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