• the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Alright, I’ll go back to your previous comments and address them.

    The “Death to Israel” chants and hatred to Israel as an anti-zionist expression, not an anti-semitic one.

    In their charter, Hamas quoted Hadiths about such an extreme war against the Jews that a tree/rock would tell them that a Jew was hiding behind it and ask them to kill him. That’s not just anti-zionist.

    The only new thing Oct 7th introduced was that the civilians dying were white and not brown.

    Absolutely incorrect, Israeli civilians have been dying for decades.

    Like I said above. Oct 7th wasn’t the beginning of this conflict. And Gaza was being wiped out before it, just more slowly and a lot more quietly. Hamas didn’t start this fight, they’re just fighting back for their freedom and very lives.

    Yes or no, does that justify shooting up a music festival and raping who-knows-how-many women?

    The links I gave you o ly scratch the surface of all the evil Israel has done.

    Let’s see. Hamas has been placing weapons in schools and hospitals since at least 2014. It’s impossible to not attack “civilian” buildings when Hamas does this.

    If the offense on Rafah is a genocide, then why did Israel order an evacuation of the area? If Israel just wants to kill as many Palestinians as possible, none of the evacuation orders would have happened. At the start of the war, at least, Hamas refused to allow people to evacuate Gaza. That means they’re complicit in the ensuing deaths.

    Given that Hamas fighters do not wear uniforms, and the general mixing of Hamas fighters among the population of Gaza, civilian deaths are inevitable. One of your sources about Israel using human shields confirms Hamas’s use of human shields. But not only do they store weapons in civilian areas, in 2014, they were also quite proud of the fact that they cause so many civilian deaths as a result: “Hamas despises those defeatist Palestinians who criticise the high number of civilian casualties. The resistance praises our people … we lead our people to death … I mean, to war.”

    Using human shields is an abominable practice indeed. Israeli soldiers should be punished severely for doing so. Hamas should, as well, because they’re experts at it.

    If the claims about AI are true - they seem to originate from a number of unnamed sources - then their use should be ended. To say that Hamas is any better in this regard is only a matter of scale. If they had as sophisticated a military as Israel’s, Israel would no longer exist.

    The alternative to blockading Gaza is allowing the flow of resources to the enemy that Israel is fighting. Israel has been issuing evacuation orders since the start of the war; Hamas revels in the death of its people.

    I’ll end the comment with this: The majority of Gazans support Hamas’s rule, approve their decision to kill over 1,000 people without warning, believe they committed no atrocities on October 7th, and want Hamas to return to power once this war is over. They want this war.

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      In their charter, Hamas quoted Hadiths about such an extreme war against the Jews that a tree/rock would tell them that a Jew was hiding behind it and ask them to kill him. That’s not just anti-zionist.

      No, it doesn’t. Here’s the actual charter. On the topic of Jews it said the following:

      Hamas affirms that its conflict is with the Zionist project not with the Jews because of their religion

      Absolutely incorrect, Israeli civilians have been dying for decades.

      Unless you’re able to provide a level of oppression, ethnic cleansing, systemic genocide, mass displacement, and regular human abuse and rights violations similar to what I showed Israel does, this argument of yours is useless.

      Yes or no, does that justify shooting up a music festival and raping who-knows-how-many women?

      I’m not going to justify civilian deaths and atrocities. Justified? No. Unexpected? Also, no. Like I said before, Israel doesn’t have the right to be surprised and cry victim after all they’ve done. This is a conflict of their own making by a population they oppressed and by a militia group they helped prop up.

      Hamas refused to allow people to evacuate Gaza. That means they’re complicit in the ensuing deaths.

      The source is the American government. Given how many lies they knowingly propagated and their blind and utter devotion to Israel, they have lost all credibility in the matter. I would believe it if it was corroborated by independent journalists. Too bad Israel keeps murdering them.

      Let’s see. Hamas has been placing weapons in schools and hospitals since at least 2014. It’s impossible to not attack “civilian” buildings when Hamas does this.

      The very link you provided said that a later investigation confirmed it wasn’t rockets. Oh, and the school was vacant.

      Given that Hamas fighters do not wear uniforms, and the general mixing of Hamas fighters among the population of Gaza, civilian deaths are inevitable. One of your sources about Israel using human shields confirms Hamas’s use of human shields. But not only do they store weapons in civilian areas, in 2014, they were also quite proud of the fact that they cause so many civilian deaths as a result: “Hamas despises those defeatist Palestinians who criticise the high number of civilian casualties. The resistance praises our people … we lead our people to death … I mean, to war.”

      Your source is the IDF. Given the level of propaganda they are known to issue, as well as having a long history of imprisoning and assassinating journalists, as well as their repeated human rights violations they do; I liken whatever they say to something North Korea or Russia would say. Find better sources.

      Using human shields is an abominable practice indeed. Israeli soldiers should be punished severely for doing so.

      Yeah too bad they keep getting away with it even though they openly admit it.

      The alternative to blockading Gaza is allowing the flow of resources to the enemy that Israel is fighting.

      That’s not an excuse for the blockade and deliberately starving an entire population, we wouldn’t accept it anywhere else. Are you even hearing yourself here? How on earth are you using this to justify what Israel is doing. They’re not even letting in enough food to feed the population.

      Israel has been issuing evacuation orders since the start of the war

      Yes, and they also have a long history of issuing evacuation orders and then bombing the place within minutes, bombing refugee camps and so called “safe zones”, attacking civilians fleeing, and more. Don’t believe me? Look at what they’re doing right now in Northern Gaza.

      I’ll end the comment with this: The majority of Gazans support Hamas’s rule, approve their decision to kill over 1,000 people without warning, believe they committed no atrocities on October 7th, and want Hamas to return to power once this war is over. They want this war.

      Yeah, that’s kind of the point of what I’ve been saying. Palestinians have every right to hate Israelis. And Israelis have no right to cry about it.