• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Are you seriously comparing a group that openly targets civilians, hiding in civilian infrastructure, with a group that retaliates?

    The funny thing is I have no idea which side you’re talking about here.

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      1 year ago

      Hamas quite famously and openly uses their own people as human shields. They launch rocket attacks from hospitals and school buildings to give Israel the choice between retaliating by striking those places, or just sitting there and letting their own civilians die.

      And when you get mad at Israel for the times they do retaliate, you’re 100 percent playing into the hands of the terrorists. The WHOLE reason they use this tactic is because YOUR reaction to it is their goal.

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      1 year ago

      Which is why it’s infuriating when someone takes a side without a shred of nuance here. Too many people don’t understand that you can can condemn Hamas, condemn the Israeli government, and still believe the Palestinian and Israeli civilians deserve to live in peace.