A pro-Palestinian rally Sunday in Times Square endorsed by the city chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America ensnared prominent party members amid widespread condemnation of the event.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and other leading Democrats blasted the rally as “abhorrent and morally repugnant” and drew a dividing line with far-left members of the party — including New York Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman, who denounced the attacks and called for a ceasefire but didn’t take a stand on the rally.

“I condemn Hamas’ attack in the strongest possible terms,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement. “No child and family should ever endure this kind of violence and fear, and this violence will not solve the ongoing oppression and occupation in the region. An immediate ceasefire and de-escalation is urgently needed to save lives.”

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    They’ve tried nothing else, but this is the only way!

    Tell me you know nothing about Palestine without telling me you know nothing about Palestine.

    You might wanna look up the Oslo peace process (which, by the way, came after the first intifada).

    I mean Israel funded Hamas specifically to weaken the PLO; they’ve proven time and time again that they don’t want peace.

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      The Oslo peace Accords that Palestinians walked away from and immediately started a famously cruel wave of terrorist attacks? Those Oslo Accords?

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          And?

          The Allies wouldn’t let post-wwii Germany have a military either.

          You don’t let the people who tried to kill you build an army in peace time only to grow powerful enough to kill you.

          The Palestinian refugees only exist because the countries that they used to belong to try to invade and destroy Israel.

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        No no, the peace process failed. What Gaza has now (which isn’t a lot considering… y’know) is a result of the Second Intifada that came after.

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          What they have is because of a good faith effort by Israeli’s left wing parties to broker a “prove-it” peace deal in Gaza. In Gaza, they gave up every single demand that Palestine had for the West Bank as a whole as a way to prove domestically that such an outcome would lead to peace.

          So tell me, what did Palestine demand in the Oslo Accords that they didn’t get in the Gaza deal?

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            So first, I can’t actually find anything about that deal. Also one of Palestine’s demands was sovereignty over the entire West Bank and Gaza strip, which is obviously not what’s happening now, off the top of my head.

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              What do you mean you can’t find anything about that deal! Did you Google it, the info is easily findable.

              Also one of Palestine’s demands was sovereignty over the entire West Bank and Gaza strip,

              They got it over the Gaza strip!

              The 2004 deal was orchestrated by the left wing coalition I’m Israel. They said if we go down the path of the Oslo Accords, down a 2 state solution path, there will be peace. Gaza was their way to prove it.

              The second infintada was an objective failure for Gaza. It’s what caused their border with Egypt to be closed, and the Blockade to be put in place. It stopped millions of cross border employees from the West Bank and Gaza which further impoverished the Palestinian people. It’s led to a whole generation of Israeli school children with PTSD from constant rocket attacks who will likely never support Pro-Palestinian policies. It’s also marked the turning point in US polling where the majority of Americans. Additionally, because both Democrat Bill Clinton (Oslo Accords, that Palestine pulled out of) and Republican George Bush (Gaza Strip Deal) had invested significant political capital on pushing Israel to accept concessions in return for peace it also marked the beginning of an era in American politics where no Palestinian leader could be seen as trustworthy, and since then no President or party has made peace between Israel and Palestine a focus of their administrations.

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                The 2004 deal was orchestrated by the left wing coalition I’m Israel. They said if we go down the path of the Oslo Accords, down a 2 state solution path, there will be peace. Gaza was their way to prove it.

                Oh you’re talking about the disengagement? If so I can’t find any info about a deal; it was a unilateral Israeli decision, and I suggest you read about the reason it was proposed because it’s… Not because they discovered a sudden love for peace and democracy.

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                  It’s because the West, specifically the US, was pushing for a peace deal. Clinton with the Oslo Accords and Bush with Gaza. The Cold War was over and we wanted to stop spending money in the Middle East. That’s why we bought the support of the Saudis with Desert Storm, that’s why we woo’ed Egypt and Jordan with sweetheart military supply deals. That’s why we continue to toss money at Lebanon in foreign aid.

                  The terrorism that followed convinced the American body-politic that Palestine couldn’t be negotiated with and public support for Israel has remained aajority opinion in the US ever since.