Q: Why do you steal land from the Palestinians?
A: This is a question related to history, yeah? And stealing is not the word. It's conquering. We conquered. Every state, every nation in history, conquered. So we conquered the territory of the Arabs. They left so now it's ours. Now they want to take it in their own way. It's fine by me.
Q: Okay. So what do you mean it's fine by you?
A: It's fine by me. If they want their territory back, so they fight for it. If they bomb, they kill, their own way.
Q: So you can even understand.
A: Yes, I can understand.
Q: So what do you think should happen then? If, let's say, the goal is to end violence, how do we do that?
A: We as a people? We as a country? The government?
Q: Whatever you think.
A: I don't know. We want to hold the land, yeah? I don't want to release my home. So I think the fight will never end.
~ anonymous Israeli woman, "Question: Why did you steal Palestinian land?," The Ask Project, 4:35 mark, February 13, 2021
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