I mean the Palestinian resistance still has the "Give our prisoners back, and we give your prisoners back" deal, and if they really wanted to kill Israel then they wouldn't treat prisoners that well, as they're worth the same as long as they're alive.
I wouldn't say the same for Israel though, as it thinks they treat Jewsish prisoners the same way they treat people in their prisons, for example a 15-year-old Palestinian spent 8 years of his life in prison (7 at age of imprisonment) and didn't get medical care for his broken arm until after he got release in the prisoner exchange deal.
who do you think wants to kill the other?
I think differences in prisoner treatment (if real—I have not investigated this and there is much propaganda out there currently) are attributable to differences in bargaining position, and not differences in ideology. The prisoners held by Hamas are important bargaining chips so that is why they may not be mistreated. Prisoners held by the IDF are not as important to the Israeli strategy due to their greater force of arms.
My view is that the armed forces on both sides are controlled by far-right ethnonationalists that in their dream world would like to kill or expel everyone who does not belong to their ethnic/religious group. Views within the wider populace vary but there has not been much organized opposition to this goal.
The biggest difference is that Israel has a much greater ability to enact this vision of ethnic cleansing.
I mean the Palestinian resistance still has the "Give our prisoners back, and we give your prisoners back" deal, and if they really wanted to kill Israel then they wouldn't treat prisoners that well, as they're worth the same as long as they're alive.
I wouldn't say the same for Israel though, as it thinks they treat Jewsish prisoners the same way they treat people in their prisons, for example a 15-year-old Palestinian spent 8 years of his life in prison (7 at age of imprisonment) and didn't get medical care for his broken arm until after he got release in the prisoner exchange deal.
who do you think wants to kill the other?
I think differences in prisoner treatment (if real—I have not investigated this and there is much propaganda out there currently) are attributable to differences in bargaining position, and not differences in ideology. The prisoners held by Hamas are important bargaining chips so that is why they may not be mistreated. Prisoners held by the IDF are not as important to the Israeli strategy due to their greater force of arms.
My view is that the armed forces on both sides are controlled by far-right ethnonationalists that in their dream world would like to kill or expel everyone who does not belong to their ethnic/religious group. Views within the wider populace vary but there has not been much organized opposition to this goal.
The biggest difference is that Israel has a much greater ability to enact this vision of ethnic cleansing.