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[–] [email protected] 85 points 11 months ago (3 children)

It's not an eye for an eye though. Israeli atrocities over the decades dwarf what has been inflicted upon them by Palestine and Hamas.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (7 children)

You go far back in history enough and we can be here all day over who is guiltier

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago

In this case you don't need to go back "in history."

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago

I will take away your family and lineage's land for 8 decades and disallow any resistance. If you try resisting, you will be killed in a conflict. What will you do?

Palestinians are the ones suffering due to USA/Israel's genocide spanning almost a century by 2040s. Privileged assholes like you deserve to be brought on streets and unable to do anything about it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

By this logic, history doesn't exist and nothing that happened yesterday should matter today.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Do we get to go back far enough to the part where israel admitted to funding hamas in 2019?

You guys know this isnt a conspiracy, right? Israeli politicians flat out said this in interviews?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

https://theintercept.com/2018/02/19/hamas-israel-palestine-conflict/

Israel specifically targeted and funded extremists to stamp out non violent palestinian politics.

Israel created this. This is what they bankrolled. It was the intended outcome to justify declaring war.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Holy hand-waving-atrocities Batman

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Welcome to the human condition. Justice isn't real, but that doesn't mean we can abandon it. It's impossible to undo the damage of the past, but if you turn a blind eye to it then nobody will follow you into the future.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's not an eye-for-an-eye because we shouldn't consider targetting civilians an option. If you want to call militias that target civilians terrorists, be consistent regardless of what uniform they are wearing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

This is the only take that actually matters. If Ukraine responded to Russia by bombing villages and shooting civilians, they would not have such near-worldwide support. If Israel wants to truly be better than "savages" then they need to act like it.