• Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Israel is actively inviting Americans to come on a “birthright” trip while denying native Palestinians the right to live in peace on their home land. The 2018 march was most definitely a peaceful march. Sadly israel decided to snipe handicapped people in wheelchairs 300 meters from the borders and have a competition who could cripple the most kneecaps. And israel shot medics of course.

    Israel has denied every peaceful solution and tried to bypass the Palestinians with the Abraham accords.

    The tide has already turned. You can complain about Hamas not being the perfect victim. They definitely didn’t do everything perfect. They shot many unarmed people. They did war crimes. But in the end they were not left with any other option than violent resistance.

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      5 months ago

      Yes, what Israel did was wrong. I stated that. Is there an echo in here or can we not go two sentences without feigning moral indignation?

      Hamas is definitely not the victim. They are fighting a proxy war for Iran and sacrificing Palestinians. Their goals are unrealistic. You think the tide is turning. I’m 38 and I’ve seen this song dance with Israel/Hamas for a long time. Until there is a third party intervention in the region nothing will change. Maybe the IDF will slow down for a few years until the next escalation and then it’s back to carpet bombing civilians in Gaza and the next generation of Lemmy users will come in and start the same empty rhetoric. Israeli occupation needs to be stopped, but it won’t be thanks to Hamas tactics.

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        5 months ago

        Hamas is definitely not the victim.

        You are literally one year older than Hamas. Hamas was created from victims of israeli oppression. They most certainly are victims, just ones that fight back. Maybe you like a bullied kid that keeps getting hit and never fights back more?

        Hamas has been created because peaceful options were exhausted. Hamas is growing because Palestinians realize that there is no peaceful solution. Israels ideology is akin to the Nazis. They want to expand their lebensraum and ethnically cleanse Palestinians. There is no peace or diplomacy possible with a party driven by ethnic cleansing. Only resistance.

        Until there is a third party intervention in the region nothing will change.

        When israel loses international support everything changes. Just like it did for South Africa. Palestine is certainly not a unique case. Just the last Western settler colony left.