• @LordGimp@lemm.ee
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    11 year ago

    “Both have inhuman ulterior motives”

    Palestine wants to be free

    Israel wants to genocide Palestine and live in their homes

    Yes I can see how wanting liberty and self governance is exactly the same as wanting more land for your historically landless people regardless of how many natives you have to kill. Completely balanced

    • Bigmouse
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      -11 year ago

      The attacks weren’t perpetrated by a free Palestinian people or some recognized advocacy group, but by an extremist wing of the Muslim Brotherhood that has been pushed by Israel for decades.

      • man_in_space
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        01 year ago

        And the Palestinians vote them in.

        If White Southerners are responsible for the Civil War, the Palestinian people bear responsibility for choosing a genocidal majority.

        My sympathy for the Palestinians only goes so far—it ends with their ballot box.

        • Bigmouse
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          11 year ago

          It’s a bit more complicated than that. Palestine doesn’t have a strong democratic tradition to begin with. Additionally, Hamas is only governing Gaza, not the West Banks. Hamas also suppresses secular Freedom organizations. And ~50% of the people in Gaza wouldnt even be able to vote out Hamas since they are under 18. Then we have the case of Hamas indoctrination, which finds fertile soil in the impoverished and destitute Gaza youth.

          All of that isn’t to say I support Hamas. I am quite vocal in my disdain for them. But Israel plays a significant part in their success. So does Iran. And let’s not forget that the religious right has been torpedoing a resolution aswell, not just the Jihadist organization Hamas. Rabin wasn’t killed by a palestinian hardliner.