Do you really think, if the slaves had been able to form a government, that there wouldn't have been extremists shouting exactly this? Do you even think this would be a particularly extreme position given the way that white America treated them? Would you have argued that as long as the slaves supported this government, America had no responsibility to free them?

If you spend decades with your feet on people's necks, if you treat them as subhumans, if you kill their children, they will hate you. Some of them will want to kill you. This isn't controversial for any thinking human.

I'm not justifying Hamas' atrocities by saying this, the Israelis they killed and raped had no power to change Israel's actions. Just as the women and children Turner killed couldn't have ended slavery. From my perch of safety and freedom today, I condemn Turner's actions. Just as I condemn Hamas' actions. But it’s also worth noting that the tens of thousands of people being killed in Gaza right now have no power to release the hostages or force Hamas to surrender.

So, a) if you think “from the river to the sea…” is a call for the extermination of Israel, what do you think Likud mean when they say in their charter”between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty”?

b) Are you aware that the majority of people living in Gaza weren't even born when Hamas came to power? And haven't had an opportunity to vote since? Who are you talking about when you say they chose their leaders?

And c) Do you think, perhaps, the reason why Hamas is not just a few antisemitic extremists, but an organisation with tens of thousands of men willing to fight and die for them, has something to do with Israel's decades long mistreatment of Palestinians? Do you think that maybe, right now, the parents of dead children in Gaza or the children of dead parents in Gaza are plotting their revenge in some future attack?

And if/when that attack comes, will you remove it from all past context as you seem to be doing here?