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Do you know what terrorism even means when saying that? Israel isn't trying to incite fear (terror) in Palestinian lives, they do literally everything they can to fight in a region infested with (actual) terrorists (people wanting to incite terror in another group), which is really hard considering they hide among civilians.
Well I certainly can't remember examples of such, and I legit don't feel like Israel's statements are racist towards a whole people. I don't know if it's apologistic or whatever, it's just a fact. I don't try to look for signs of stuff that aren't there. There are many arab/jewish settlements, and they live peacefully with one another. The only ones Israel is condemning are people who are after the country's demise. And I don't see that as oppression, it's legit.
Is that a fact they did or is it out of a tin foil hat? Palestinians ending up with dead civilians is a sad obvious fact of the nature of the land. Does anybody expect Israel to not respond to rockets launched on their civilian territories? And when Hamas hides their rocket launchers in cemeteries and residential buildings, yes, civilian infrastructure will be destroyed. But that's not on Israel, and asking them to stop their bombings of Hamas infrastructure because it's hidden between civilian one - is delusional, or is a support of Hamas activity.
About the apartheid part, again, I largely agree. West bank treatment is and should be condemned. But again, you have a bit of a different story here, where Israel is facing an aggressive leadership, which is capable and is actively supporting terrorist activity. Yes, it's an unfair treatment and should be condemned and shouldn't be excused. But at the same time Palestinian behavior should be condemned and not excused, as it is blatant terrorism, bombing busses and lynching civilians.
How many people protest over Israel's actions vs Hamas's actions? How many people protest over north korea? Over
China? I agree right wing governments should be condemned but what Israel is getting is so much more than that. Heck, even Israel's neighbors are getting less shit for their much more blatant human rights abuses (much more blatant because it's against their own citizens + with no complex background like Israel).
And what I meant about supporting the Palestinian side being easier was about the public conversation and about the media coverage. Of course it's easier to take their side since the media is taking the side of the underdog - pretty much always. And in western civilized states, the media has influence on the people.
In general I don't think Israel is in the clear at all. They funded Hamas's rule, ignoring their extremist nature for years, only acting now when it's too late to do anything peacefully. They're very much a part of why there's no peace, but they're not as much a part of why civilians are killed. Murder comes to Israel, not from Israel. I just blame in part the rest of the "united" arab world, for always condemning Israel's actions yet, a) doing peace treaties with them, allowing them to keep their wrongdoings. And b) not actually doing anything to support their arab brothers in Palestine. Sending empty words of solidarity isn't helping poor civilians. Keeping all the blame on Israel for an unsolvable situation is just wrong and doesn't help anyone.