The Israeli-Palestinian crisis is not “a conflict between two equal sides”

Independent journalist Antony Loewenstein said that the current Israeli-Palestinian crisis is “not a conflict between two equal sides.” Israel is the “occupier” and the Palestinians are the “occupier”. He said: “It is necessary to understand from the context where this is coming from. This is actually not just what is happening now.” “I think many media are overly concerned about the issue of Hamas launching rockets. Israel is said to be backwards. It opened fire. “This is an occupation…Israel has occupied Palestinian territory-the Gaza Strip in the West Bank-for more than 50 years. “There are about 5 million Palestinians living in the West Bank of Gaza without equal rights. In fact, they have no rights. They cannot vote in the Israeli general elections, so they cannot control their lives. “I personally do not support Hamas launching into Israel. Rockets, I think this is unreasonable, it violates international law, so there is no doubt about it, but this is not an equal conflict between the two sides. “Israel is the occupier and Palestine is the occupier.” Mr. Loewenstein told Sky News that many Palestinians are “skeptical” about the Biden administration sending people to resolve the conflict because the United States is “in Israel’s pocket.”