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I would tend to agree with this assessment, and I also feel like, more generally, the article tends to gloss over the enormous power differential between the Israeli government/IDF and the Palestinian people, Iran's cynical support of Hamas notwithstanding.

Also, I will never forget an interview I saw with Netanyahu shortly after he first became PM in 1996, in which he all but came right out and said that his intent was genocide of the Palestinians "for the sake of our children". Very like the "14 words" of white supremacists, and it's clear that he has never wavered from that.

Which is not to say that the article doesn't make some very good points, but I do feel like some reassessment and a harder look at some history and the current major players is in order. As the author said, the apathy has left fertile ground for extremist views to proliferate, and I feel like that's happened, particularly among a patently criminal ruling class.