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Israel's attack on Gaza seems to be far more prolonged and brutal than what Hamas did to Israel. You might say the Gazans deserved it, since Hamas attacked Israel first. But there is a difference between the two. The civilians Hamas killed are Israelis, who are the beneficiaries of the Israeli government's harassment and brutalization of Palestinians. Who are the Palestinians beneficiaries of? They are just a disorganized group of people who are living there because it's where their parents and grandparents lived.
There is also the question of whether Hamas's attack on Israel was in Gaza's interests, or if it was just stupid. I would say Hamas's attack on Israel is something like a bee sting. When a bee is threatened or harassed by an animal much larger and powerful than it is, it might be hopeless to try to kill or subdue the animal, but it might still be a good idea to deliver a painful sting. Stinging the animal is risky for the bee, and will very likely result in the bee's death, and will probably result in no benefit to the bee itself. But by reciprocating the harassment with a painful sting, it causes the animal to think twice before harassing bees in the future. So even though Hamas/Gaza is clearly weaker than Israel and has no hope of being able to overpower Israel, it might still have been in Gaza's interests to reciprocate Israel's harassment/settlement of Gaza by attacking Israel, if this results in Israel thinking twice about harassing Gazans 5 or 10 years down the line.
I must say though that perhaps it was not in the Gazans interests, since Israel's response has been exceptionally brutal. The Israelis seem to be specifically targeting civilians, and half the people the Israelis have killed have been children. Already the Israelis have killed as many Palestinians in the last 2 weeks as the Russians killed Ukrainians in the entire Russia-Ukraine war, and every day hundreds more Palestinians are being killed while the Israeli death count has increased hardly at all since the initial Hamas rocket attack 2 weeks ago. The Israelis are butchering the Gazans and I think the threat of genocide is real. It confirms what I have observed about Jews as a group my entire life, which is that Judaism only cares about the interests of Jews, and is completely psychopathic towards anyone not a Jew. Not that Jews are sadistic, but they are completely indifferent to the suffering of non-Jews, and will brutalize them for as long as it is in the slightest way in the interests of Jews to brutalize them.
What should the Muslim world's response be to Israel's invasion of Gaza? I think their best option is to not get involved and let Israel genocide the Gazans. Jews are typically good at doing strategic calculations, and they probably wouldn't be massacring the Gazans unless the were absolutely certain they could get away with it. So it is hopeless to intervene. If any Muslim country tries to stand up for Israel, Israel will just sic its bitch America on it. The only reason it might make sense for Muslim countries to attack Israel would be if something totally unexpected were to happen, that the Israelis most certainly did not plan for when they did their calculations. For example, if major powers like China and Russia were by some fortune willing to assist the Arabs in attacking Israel, then I think it would make sense for them to attack Israel. In that case they should attack Israel with the aim of dismantling its government so that the Israelis' antics in the Middle East would end once and for all.
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