this is true, but i find it difficult to earnestly believe there would be some sizable decrease in violence in the counterfactual with no Gaza blockade. Settlements, sure.
Well since their land got invaded, houses stolen and demolished, burial grounds defiled, poisened with chemical weapons, ethnically dispelled, and crammed onto a piece of land the size of a city , I'd get why they'd still be pissed at the current state of affairs. This did not start on October 7th.
Arabs invaded and colonised Israel in 650. You can easily learn this from any textbook you like.
Their land is 22 countries, the nearly entire middle east and north africa you can learn that for many map.
Jews that were exiled to Iraq or Persia or Syria will be killed. You can learn this from any media you like that covers current affairs.
You can also see that Gaza has many wide open spaces by looking at the satellite view on Google maps.
People that wish to make a 23rd arab state and destroy the only Jewish state - as they proudly chant in the streets worldwide - generally propose doing this through violence you can learn this by looking at your own account history.
Israel are setting up international Arab governance for Gaza. And yes they’re understandably wary of anything coming from the UN, which as I’m sure you’ve aware runs schools teaching children to kill as many Jews as possible even if they potentially die in the process.
