Generations of Palestinians and Israelis have suffered in the region, but the violence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict cannot be examined or addressed in isolation of decades of occupation of millions of Palestinians. I think it ties directly to what you are saying, that in some way occupation justifies suicide bombings.
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