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Obama says people need to acknowledge complexity of Israel-Palestinian conflict to move forward (www.cnn.com)

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Former President Barack Obama said a way forward for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is only possible if people acknowledge the “complexity” of the situation.

“If there’s any chance of us being able to act constructively to do something, it will require an admission of complexity and maintaining what on the surface may seem contradictory ideas that what Hamas did was horrific, and there’s no justification for it. And … that the occupation and what’s happening to Palestinians is unbearable,” Obama said in an interview on the podcast “Pod Save America.”

The former president’s comments come as the Israeli military focuses its offensive against Hamas in Gaza City and northern parts of the enclave.

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[-] Bricked@lemdro.id 8 points 8 months ago

More breaking news. Obama says breathing is good for your health.

[-] kicksystem@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

And while you say this, this thread is full of people claiming it is actually very simple. sigh

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[-] wax@lemmy.wtf 8 points 8 months ago

Christopher Hitchens made an argument regarding the religious undertones of the conflict and why peace cannot easily be found. https://piped.video/watch?v=rc90pcx6kNU

Of course, by this point there's also hate passed on from one generation to the next.

[-] rusticus@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

The problem is that no American has any credibility: historically fucking over poor and indigenous communities has been an average Tuesday for the US. There is no path out of this that makes anyone happy. Killing people is never okay and trying to justify it based upon "complexity" is insulting. Fuck religious zealots.

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Former President Barack Obama said a way forward for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is only possible if people acknowledge the “complexity” of the situation.

And … that the occupation and what’s happening to Palestinians is unbearable,” Obama said in an interview on the podcast “Pod Save America.”

The former president’s comments come as the Israeli military focuses its offensive against Hamas in Gaza City and northern parts of the enclave.

Behind the scenes, American officials also believe there is limited time for Israel to try to accomplish its stated objective of taking out Hamas in its current operation before uproar over the humanitarian suffering and civilian casualties reaches a tipping point.

If you genuinely want to change this … you’ve got to figure out how to speak to somebody on the other side and listen to them and understand what they are talking about and not dismiss it,” Obama said.

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