Comments by "Orwellian Horseman of the Apocalypse" (@DennisMoore664) on "The Bright Line Between Good and Evil (Episode #340)" video.

On The PBS NewsHour last night they had an interview with a photojournalist named Motaz Al Aaraj that left me even more confused than I was before about all of this. The story begins with some of his stunning still images of a beautiful place and happy people and this narration -- "That beautiful coastal city is Gaza. It's charming port, peaceful beaches, and life both everyday and extraordinary pulsating through it's people. All that was before the war." What's confusing to me to have a place described as both beautiful, charming, and peaceful and at the same time as an open air prison filled with oppression and hopelessness. From the way I've heard people describe Gaza in the past it always sounded like a barely functioning slum that knew nothing but the indignity of oppressive occupation. But then in the broadcast they made it sound like it was anything but until the Israeli forces retaliated with overwhelming ferocity and horrific violence in response to the brutal attack by Hamas a month ago. I was left feeling that it was even more tragic that Hamas was willing to run the risk of having such an imperfect yet vibrant and stunning place destroyed and thousands of civilian men, women and children killed just so they could attack a music festival and a few kibbutzim. Was massacring people who by and large were the kinds of Israelis (and other foreign guest workers and tourists) who supported Palestinian statehood and living peacefully beside their neighbors in Gaza and who would provide humanitarian aid and assistance to the people there in need really worth what has now happened? And yet so much of the story is now about the destruction of Gaza by Israel. Not sure what anyone thought would happen when Hamas chose to do that with a violent hard-liner like Netanyahu in charge.
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