What was the right answer to 7/10?

That is a very biased view on history See2 that makes this thread something of a false premise.  

The events of 7/10 were an affront to humanity and cannot be remotely justified. The events post 7/10 in Gaza similarly.

The right answer to "7/10" would have been seeking over many years to find a genuine compromise solution such that both Jews and Palestinians can live peacefully in that area of the world. It is not for one side to oppress the other backed by the primary world power. 

Had that approach been undertaken, perhaps "7/10" would not have happened.  Sadly the actions of the Israeli government since "7/10" have not only killed thousands  of Palestinian children but made another future "7/10" all the more likely.  

Who is brave enough to have the foresight to seek a negotiated peace rather than the easy revenge option of yet more military violence

My post was based upon facts. If you can show where my facts are wrong please show, I'm always willing to learn.

IMO, nothing justifies 7/10 or the Israeli answer. But they are the reality of life. 

The evidence suggests that Hamas and many Arabs have a deep hatred of both the Jews and of Israel, a hatred that I believe is religiously held and is not open to negotiation.

IMO, the only hope for peace is if the Arab world turns against Hamas and others who either directly or indirectly attack Israel, and say as fellow Muslims 'Not In My Name'.

No, sadly no one can undo what has already been done.

IMO there is only one answer which is to allow the Jews / Israelis to live in peace, and then start to undo, where possible, the wrongs done, that will allow the wrongs that have been done to begin to unravel themselves.

There can be no peace, 55% of Israelis vote for governments that tighten the screw on Palestinian people as they want more land for Israel. Just look at the historic maps. The followers of the right wing look at the end game they know which mosques to target to end the peace process and make it look like Arab aggression enabling them to make more land grabs.

The people of Palestine want their land back and the international Muslim brotherhood will support them to wage a low intensity war.

No end in sight unless the balance of power changes in the Middle East, if not the West Bank will become more Israeli and more Palestinians will become refugees.

"The jews" and the Israeli government are two different things, Sandy.

As I said, the events of "7/10" were an affront to humanity and cannot be justified.  They can however, at least in part,  be explained by the behaviour of the Israeli government over many years prior to the incident.

The events in Gaza post 7/10 are an affront to humanity and cannot be justified. They can however, at least in part, be explained by the behaviour of  Hamas  on 7/10.

The future events in xxxx  are an affront to humanity and cannot be justified. They can however, at least in part, be explained by the behaviour of the Israeli Government  in Gaza post 7/10.

If people in that region want to live in peace, that cycle has to be broken and painful compromises will need to be made by all.

None of which justifies Israeli land thefts today. You seem to be too biased to understand that.

Also most of the Jews living in Israel in 1948 were first generation immigrants. Most of the Arabs and their ancestors had lived there for centuries. None of which excuses Arab hostility but it does need to be understood through that prism.

It also needs to be acknowledged that most Jews living in Israel today were born and raised there and it is the only home they know. The Arabs need to accept that. Peace will only come about as a result of a viable two state solution. And for that the Jews need to return the lands they have stolen. And the Arabs need to accept the existence of Israel and do all they can to reign in their own extremists.

But all that is happening now is that via death and destruction, both sides are reinforcing the intransigence of each other.

It was Hamas who kicked off the latest round of intensified mutual malice with their appalling atrocities on October 7th. But we do need to understand that the atmosphere which made such attacks possible has been in existence for decades in the form of Israeli occupations, land thefts, and blockades. We need to get at the root causes of mutual animosity on both sides, and those with influence on either need to be banging a few heads together, not supporting one side against the other and ignoring or seeking to justify any wrongs on that side. As you repeatedly do whilst laughably pretending to be the only unbiased one here.

It is at about this point that you will usually try and accuse me of being an antisemite. Most of us on the left are used to that from you and your ilk. Yes there have been a few antisemites on the left and most of us condemn them. But you and your ilk frequently seek to cheapen the very meaning of the word "antisemitism" by applying the label to anyone on the left who is not totally supportive of Israel in all things or who have any sympathy for the oppressed Palestinians. And you thus demonstrate that you don't know what real antisemitism is. Or if you do you are wilfully cheapening the word for dubious political aims. The left  are the ones who stood side by side with the Jews against real antisemites in the battle of Cable Street. We loathe the real antisemites out there who deny the holocaust and all the horror it involved. And who would happily see it happening again.

Just because I do not support a Jewish settler stealing the lands of an Arab, or the Jewish sniper shooting dead an Arab child, does not mean I support Jewish women and children being slowly gassed to death in gas chambers. So it is about time biased fools such as yourself learnt what real antisemitism is -  and what it is not. Your lot have cheapened the word by weaponising it for dubious politically motivated reasons.

It does make sense as you are saying that Israel is to blame for what happened on 7/10, even if you temper that with 'partially'.  We could say the Jews are 'partially' to blame for the holocaust as if they did not behave as they did towards Germans then it would not have happened. The thread is as regards what was the right answer to 7/10 and so far no one seems willing to say what that should have been. Do you want to give it a try?