Here is a list off the top of my head of excuses I've read over the years given either by Western apologists for Palestinian terror, or Palestinians talking to gullible Westerners, to justify terrorism, including Monday's stabbing of an 80 year old woman and a 71 year old man:
"Occupation"*
"Brutality"*
"Brutality"*
"Humiliation"
"Settler violence"*
"Settler violence"*
"Muslims restricted from Al Aqsa"
"Jews allowed on Al Aqsa"
"Settlements"
Anniversary of Balfour/Partition/Israel's birth/Assassination of top terrorist/Deir Yassin...
Colonialism
"Poverty"
"The siege of Gaza"
The Gaza war
"Israel kills our people"
"Israel kills our people"
Checkpoints
Lack of progress on peace talks*
"All Israelis are soldiers."
"Hopelessness"
"Israel's disproportionate response to stabbings"*
Jews are going to destroy/divide Al Aqsa
We are defending our land
It is Jihad
Here is a comprehensive list of the real reasons Palestinians want to stab an 80-year old lady in Rishon LeTzion:
Because she is Jewish
* All the starred excuses were used by UNRWA's Chris Gunness in a single interview.
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