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by vxNsr 1115 days ago
Before all this they had legal and fair election where they elected a terrorist org: Hamas.

Stop infantilizing an entire people. They are adults with their own agency. They are responsible for the decisions they make.

The reason a terrorist group runs things there is because they want it to. In fact, if elections were held today, Hamas would lose… to Islamic Jihad because they’re more radical. Support for Hamas has been waning in recent years not because they’re a failed government but because they’ve failed to deliver serious harm to Israelis. The reason Iran is active there is because their interests are aligned (destroy Israel). The reason PayPal doesn’t operate there is because the AML/KYC would be much too expensive for the amount of money they could possibly make on entering that market. The reason these “lawmakers” are agitating for this is because they hate the state of Israel.
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f6v 1115 days ago
Well, I support neither Islamists, nor Israel. And I can see how Palestinians look like terrorist to someone from Israel. But I can understand that IDF looks like a terrorist organization when they drop bombs on your head. Point is, both sides take extremely violent actions which affect non-combatants, at least from time to time.

It’s hypocritical to take a side. They all suck, but the UN is too dysfunctional to change anything.

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vxNsr 1115 days ago
It’s gross moral equivocating to compare the two. The famous line that every Israeli knows is “If the Arabs laid down their weapons there would be peace, if the Israelis laid down their weapons they would all be killed.” This has been shown to be true again and again.

Only one side celebrates and encourages people to walk into a building full of random people and blow it up. Only one side handed out candy in the street when one of their own stabbed an entire family to death (including a 3mo baby). You are very wrong to compare the two and it shows either your ignorance or total disregard for human life.

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f6v 1115 days ago
> The famous line that every Israeli knows

It’s only relevant if you assume Israelis are superior to their neighbors. Why you don’t see the subjectivity of the statement is beyond me. What you’ve got understand is that both parties look kind of barbaric to an outsider.

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hgsgm 1115 days ago
Why can't we have wars over territory where both sides are honorable and don't kill anyone?
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f6v 1115 days ago
I’d expect people who look the same(even cut their penises ritually) and live close by to not be so pissed at each other in 2023. Too much to ask.
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dontlaugh 1115 days ago
What is a terrorist organisation? By what definition is IDF not one? Or the Israeli state that keeps getting support through elections?
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