I will not be discussing here the misdeeds, as severe as they are, of the Israeli government. Fault for the failure to achieve peace exists on both sides of the conflict, as there are people who profit by continuing the violence while innocents suffer, and as there exist malevolent bigots in every ethnic and religious tradition. However—and I say this as a non-Jewish leftist—I am afraid that many of my fellow leftists are currently overlooking a fact so hideous and yet so obvious, an insight about last month’s massacre that changes much once seen and that should terrify every person of conscience, and it is this: The twelve hundred innocent people who were murdered in Israel were not killed because they live in a country whose government has done reprehensible things. (All governments, especially in a capitalist world, do reprehensible things.) No, they were killed
Also, if you're interested in Israeli history from a pro-Jewish perspective, you'll probably like Leon Uris's novel The Haj. I learned a lot, personally.
The whole history of the situation is riveting, honestly. If Yitzhak Rabin hadn't been assassinated in 1995 (putting Netanyahu in power), who knows how the present situation might have unfolded? More recently, if Hillary had won, Iran would still be in the nuclear deal and wouldn't have enabled Hamas. But now we're in a situation where either Israel or Iran will be destroyed. Apocalyptic!
Also, if you're interested in Israeli history from a pro-Jewish perspective, you'll probably like Leon Uris's novel The Haj. I learned a lot, personally.
https://www.amazon.com/Haj-Leon-Uris/dp/0385034598
The whole history of the situation is riveting, honestly. If Yitzhak Rabin hadn't been assassinated in 1995 (putting Netanyahu in power), who knows how the present situation might have unfolded? More recently, if Hillary had won, Iran would still be in the nuclear deal and wouldn't have enabled Hamas. But now we're in a situation where either Israel or Iran will be destroyed. Apocalyptic!