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Horrific. Unjustified. Morally wrong. But 'unprovoked'?

After the Palestinian group Hamas launched the biggest attack on
Israel in years--with many killed, hostages taken, and fighting
raging--many US elected officials released statements Saturday
condemning the "unprovoked" attacks.

But many others took to Twitter Saturday to ask incredulously how
Israel’s continued brutal occupation of the Palestinian people cannot
be considered a provocation.

75 years of ethnic cleansing
15 years of blockade
Confiscation of Palestinian lands
Pogroms on Palestinian towns
Desecration of Palestinian sacred sites
Daily raids into Palestinian homes
Constant humiliation of a entire people
Nothing about today is "unprovoked."

Writer Caitlin Johnstone tweeted: "It's clear now that whenever the
western political/media class starts bleating the word "unprovoked" in
unison, you know with absolute certainty that whatever they're talking
about was massively provoked."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/horrific-unjustified-morally-wrong-but-unprovoked

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