I’m so sick of “both sides are just as bad” bollocks.
Looking critically at the actions of both sides doesn't excuse either or make them equivalent, but no one should get a free pass to commit atrocities because atrocities have been committed upon them, although it may explain some actions it doesn't excuse everything.
I think it excuses a lot. You hear people that have killed their spouse after years and years of abuse. We understand actions aren’t made in a vacuum. As a country we seem to have more empathy for them than we do with Palestinians.
Looking critically at the actions of both sides doesn't excuse either or make them equivalent, but no one should get a free pass to commit atrocities because atrocities have been committed upon them, although it may explain some actions it doesn't excuse everything.