>Israel maintains the right to march its military or police inside the West Bank or Gaza or to bomb them without considering this an act of war.
No we don't. These are acts of war. We're at war with Palestine.
>The withdrawal from Gaza was also not some gesture of autonomy towards Palestine as you make it out to be.
I didn't say anything about motives. I said we took our soldiers and settlers out of Gaza. That is a material fact.
>Would you not say that China was occupying Taiwan, or at least doing something very very close to it?
I would say that China was blockading or besieging Taiwan, with which it was at war, and would apply the same terms for Israel's war against Gaza.
>It's also important to note that Israel itself does not recognize Palestine as a state, so it is very hard to see by what measure Israel could claim that it is at war with Palestine.
> No we don't. These are acts of war. We're at war with Palestine.
You keep insisting on this historical revisionism. When did this war start? Between which two states is it happening? When did the declaration of war happen? At most, you can call this is a civil war, since it is taking place entirely on Israel's territory (according to Israel's own definition!).
The more historically correct way to look at it is that there is a resistance movement fighting against Israel's occupation. This is the simple, undeniable historical truth.
Israel is, undeniably, the original aggressor against the people of Gaza and the West Bank, though over the years there have been many heinous acts committed by all parties.
No we don't. These are acts of war. We're at war with Palestine.
>The withdrawal from Gaza was also not some gesture of autonomy towards Palestine as you make it out to be.
I didn't say anything about motives. I said we took our soldiers and settlers out of Gaza. That is a material fact.
>Would you not say that China was occupying Taiwan, or at least doing something very very close to it?
I would say that China was blockading or besieging Taiwan, with which it was at war, and would apply the same terms for Israel's war against Gaza.
>It's also important to note that Israel itself does not recognize Palestine as a state, so it is very hard to see by what measure Israel could claim that it is at war with Palestine.
This is metaphysical special pleading.