Rafah Invasion

When anti-terrorism Muslim scholars (who are Palestinian rights activists) “get it” more than some Jewish leaders (who align supremely far left)….

I can’t wrap my head around how some of my colleagues are fully blaming Israel for the tragedies within Gaza instead of holding Hamas accountable.

I don’t deny that there is terrible suffering in Gaza and that entering Rafah will be a terrible. bloodbath.

I don’t deny that Israel needed to handle civilians differently knowing Hamas uses them as human shields (I had some ideas, and I may write about this in the future, but not sure “hindsight is 20/20” is helpful right now.)

I don’t deny that there are some wayward IDF soldiers and their COs doing unspeakable things.

AND, I hold Hamas responsible that the IDF is there and that there is terrible suffering. And that they could have ended this (even not started this) at any point by surrendering hostages and either turning themselves in or negotiating an exit to somewhere else (if anyone would take them).

My tent of pluralistic thought is pretty wide, but folks who don’t “get it” the way anti terrorism scholars do, I feel may need to ask themselves what they may be missing or why their beliefs may have shaped the way they have and could their thinking be flawed?

Link to Eid’s article in Newsweek.