Byron Stookey's argument about Israel being the bully does not hold water.
Israel has never provoked the fight. It has always responded from aggression from Hamas, which runs and rules the Gaza Strip.
Just because someone is stronger and can defend oneself better than the instigator does not make you the bully; I would actually say it is the other way around.
Hamas - always the instigator - is the bully in this equation, not Israel.
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