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I would also like a cease fire. Or truce. An armistice or something that creates a short term and then a long term peace where the Palestinians can have the freedoms that the Israelis have. Though that may be too much to ask.
I can't explain Hamas' thinking for the actions of Oct. 7th. But I can see, if we work your analogy, that they didn't just go out to poke a bear. Rather, the bear has been menacingly hovering over Palestinians after coming into the home and swiping at them for decades. They can either die slowly doing nothing, or fight back knowing that they can be morally injured. Meanwhile, all your neighbors are saying you should let the bear live peacefully in your home. In fact, the city council made a plan for that to happen. Enen your friends are like, "The bear isn't that bad." So you fight back. And your friends aren't on team bear anymore. And some neighbors are like "WTF bear!" And none of that happens without knifing the bear.