Here's the thing. I'm sure we can all agree that Hamas is a terror organization that does not give a flying fuck about the Palestinian people they claim to represent. Why do I say this?
They knew that what ever they did on October 7th (which, according to some reports was more "successful" than they hoped for), Israel would respond by punishing Gaza. Now, Hamas apparently thought they would only kill a few soldiers, and all their militants would likely die...but, instead, they caught Israel flatfooted and massacred over a thousand and took prisoners. But, again....they must have known Israel would respond with force, with the majority of victims being the civilians who live above the tunnels where the terrorists live in safety. And, of course Hamas build its headquarters and important bases under civilian places like hospitals....
Now....I totally support Israel going into Gaza and killing as many of Hamas as possible. They did something that NOBODY should support. It would have been one thing if they only took out the military targets (which would still see a brutal response), but the fact that they murdered, tortured and raped so many civilians...then took hostages....
All that being said....I think we can all also agree that Israel cannot target civilians. And...I don't think they purposefully have done so. But, at the same time...they don't really seem to care about the mounting death toll.
Now, I don't agree with everything Tlaib said. I think Israel has the right to exist. I am not anti-zionist, but I think we should be able to criticize Israel. And, saying Palestinians are facing a form of apartheid is correct.
The bottom line here...its a fucking mess. How does the cycle of violence end? Even if Israel killed every last militant in Hamas...a new group would likely form from the survivors of this war. As I've said earlier in this thread, the solution is....well.. .fuck, nobody seems to know.
But, lambasting and punishing people who are calling out the massacre of civilians on either side....it just feels wrong.