There are a number of peoples in history who have become their oppressors. Meaning they became the same type of people that once oppressed them. What immediately comes to mind are the African tribes (Kenya, Tanzania coastal tribes, the Hausa in Nigeria) that were once enslaved brutally by Arabs, their women raped, their men castrated, then over time they converted to Islam and then started enslaving their neighbors and being middle men for the Arab slave trade.
Same with what is going in present day, Israel/Palestine.
I have thought that the Israelis won the war but 'lost' the peace. After the North won the Civil War they made an inclusive peace with the southern Whites (at our detriment). France and UK won the WW 1 and "lost" the peace. They made reparations (hmm....raised eyebrow) the one main thing they wanted from Germany and it was so severe it created the atmosphere for WW2.
America and the allies made sure it didn't happen after WW2 and "won" the peace by being forgiving and inclusive to Japan and then, West Germany. Now both are allies.
I think had Israel pushed for a viable 2 state solution it could have had not only peace but a vibrant economic region. My humble opinion is they are using the memory of the Holocaust to justify any action against any group that they don't get along with.
And this is, in part, one of the reasons Whites in America, the French and UK in the Caribbean and Africa are deathly afraid of any economic, social and cultural rise with Blacks. In their minds, they would seek revenge so they project that to us and think its "logical" of us to want to get revenge in the same way.
The Ashkenazi Jews think like this, they are in fact European at the end of the day. The Ethiopian Jews and Sephardic Jews don't have this mindset to anything close to that outlook and I think its one of a few reasons (color mostly) the Ashkenazi jews don't like them. They would far more inclusive.
Anyway, this is a conversation I'd never have on public social media or at work. I'll keep it in the family
