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Crimes are decided by courts and when countries are involved international courts / international judges become involved. To threaten or bribe or ignore judges does not look good. I am not saying this was done. I am only speaking about how it looks.
> If Israel had the intent to exterminate all Palestinians, it possesses the means but clearly lacks such intentions.
Do you doubt some groups in Israel want Palestinian to “disappear” and only wish they had some pretext to justify it? Say some Israeli group carries out some attack with the result that many die now what fraction of Israel should be killed / destroyed? How much collateral damage to Israel is acceptable? Perhaps specific members of that group should be punished instead? And if you can not punish them right away you take your time and do it when possible?
> On the other hand, Hamas has explicitly stated its intention towards Israelis in its charter, and actually executed to the best of their ability genocidal ambitions against Jews on October 7th.
No one civilized supports Hamas or their methods. The question is about those who live in Gaza that are not Hamas and how much collateral death and destruction is acceptable. You may call it a “defensive war” but consider how that war looks outside Israel and how Israel will look after it has “won” that war.
I support Israel but believe current Israeli government is making a mistake with how they are dealing with Hamas due to all bystanders being hurt. I also think Israeli government screwed up allowing settlers in West Bank and having to dilute military to protect these settlers leaving border with Gaza less protected. The results of these bad policies speak for themselves.
> If Hamas had the capability to up-scale it's operations, it likely would have attempted to fulfill these aspects of its covenant and eradicate all jews.
Both sides are perpetuating the hate for the next generation.