@mehdirhasan sums up the curse of the Arab world and the Palestinian anti-dream so well in this post. He thinks he's quite clever to take a quote from @EinatWilf and juxtapose it with an image of how destroyed Gaza is. Congratulations @mehdirhasan it is clear you are a talented person with a high IQ. It is also clear you suffer from the same sick obsession holding back the Arab and Muslim world. Since its founding - Israel has done nothing but improve its society, its lands, its people, and enrich the societies and economies of every country that works with Israel - from agriculture, academia, medicine and tech. Even simple uneducated Israeli business-people contribute to the societies they move to - by and large. Einat is totally correct - the core of Zionism is "building" - not in the physical sense- your sarcastic joke about settlements kind of misses the point. What have the Palestinians built??? They had 18 years of almost near independence in Gaza with access to more donor money than any people per capita in history. They could have genuinely built Gaza into a thriving destination for tourism, an economy, a stable place. It could have honestly looked like a mini-Tel Aviv.... or Dubai. And yet Hamas invested all that money - tens and hundreds of billions - into terror infrastructure, tunnels, rockets, arms, and lining the pockets of Hamas leaders in an out of Gaza. You know this surely. Israel had NO bearing on this. Then Hamas decided to launch the October 7 attack. Perhaps the average Palestinian was against this because of the damage it brought on them - but they were happy to see Israel attacked. Average Gazans joined in the invasion. Average Gazans cheered Hamas on and abused the Israeli victims dragged in Gaza. The anger and frustration with Hamas - you know - is because Israel responded. Tell me - with your massive intellect and without deflecting - what should Israel have done after October 7? Given that Hamas built such a terror underground infrastructure? Capitulate? take an unfair deal for the hostages and leave? Zionism does build. The State of Israel - like any self-respecting sovereign state - will f the $##$ out of you if you attack it - especially in the barbaric way Hamas did. Hamas knew that by the way. Hamas knew exactly what would happen. Rather than chastise Hamas. Rather than say "we the supporters of Palestine messed up - we consistently back the wrong horse - we should call for a change of mentality and mindset and call for deep reconciliation with Israel - we kept cheering on the Jihadists and we were wrong" you kept backing the Jihadist. And now you're using intellectual sleight of hand to make it seem that the destruction of Gaza came out of nowhere - as if Israel's RESPONSE - was the crime in a vacuum and not a reaction to attempted genocide. Most of us have no problem with you being a defender of the Palestinian cause - but you are not. you are an attacker of Israel and Jews. Those who truly care about Palestinians would tell Hamas to pack up and hand over their arms - and for Palestinians to genuinely enter into a serious dialogue and reset of their society - as brave individuals like @afalkhatib keep saying. But you keep acting the mouthpiece for Jihadists - who wanted war - wanted destruction - and were happy to sacrifice every Gazan and all of Gaza to ignite their holy war. But surely you know this. Your continued obsession to attack Israel instead of build Palestinian/Arab/Muslim society is what is holding you back. Israelis don't wake up and say "how can I attack Arabs today" - Israelis wake up and say "how can we launch a new tech company, devise a new medical innovation, farm, educate our youth or at the very least - make money and enjoy life. You wake up and say "how can I attack Israel and delegitimize it today" in a new and creative way. Your obsession is the same one burning France down to the ground today. Blame others. Take no responsibility. Lets see how far this gets you.