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  • Moss@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPM
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    10 months ago

    I’m sorry but Hamas is almost completely annihilated at this point. in addition, they do not represent the Palestinian people. I do not condone terrorist attacks, but once a nation has killed 20-fold greater numbers of people, and is currently razing the entire nation (who at this point has little to no military) innocent lives and all into dust it becomes a lot easier to pick a side.

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        10 months ago

        So the other side will keep exploding the first side violently until the hostages are back.

        It’s not about the hostages. Otherwise they would stop bombing Gaza and actually use diplomacy to get them back instead of blowing them up.

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          10 months ago

          Not to mention releasing hostages will not in any way change the status quo. When someone has held their boot on your neck for decades what incentive do you have to give them anything? Absolutely fuck terrorists but Israel’s treatment and process going back a long time has created this very situation. They have the power so they must be the ones to acquiesce. But typical rightwing fuckoffs running that place of course don’t want to acknowledge this simple aspect of power balance.

    • TWeaK
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      10 months ago

      It’s not about picking a side, it’s about right and wrong. The Hamas attack on 7 October was wrong. Israel’s assault on Gaza is wrong.

      Both are terrorist acts, albeit of a different nature. It isn’t worth closely examining which side is worse and why, to do so is harmful to the soul. Both are well above the threshold of what could be acceptable.

      Just as there are terrorists on both sides, there are also civilians on both sides. To pick one side over the other is to stand against the civilians of the other.

      I stand by the civilians, I stand against the war mongerers, and especially those that profit from war and weapons sales.