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Marc's avatar

Even if Hamas did NOTHING ELSE but the October 7 massacre, they are now 100% a terrorist organization. That was not armed resistance. That was terrorism, pure and simple. They have for decades attacked Israel and then hid behind civilians, an indisputable war crime. Your application of the concept of genocide going back to the early days pre-mandate is misinformed at best. Please go back and read more sources on the history of the region.

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Crystal Robinson's avatar

You’re misinformed. Hamas’ original targets were strictly military. Most Hamas fighters didn’t think they would get very far, but with the IDF taking so long to respond, they started taking hostages for the sole purpose of exchanging them for Palestinians who were kidnapped, held hostages for years, beaten, tortured, and even killed in the IDF military prison where Palestinians have no rights. Hamas even tried to give back two elderly people who they couldn’t properly care for, but Israel REFUSED to take them because they needed the hostages to excuse their genocide. In addition, witnesses who live in Israel, IDF soldiers, and a military report show that the IDF was actually responsible for a good amount of killings. Hamas just did not have the fire power for all that destruction.

Israel started attacking Palestinians first. Israel is a colonizing, apartheid state, which is now committing genocide. They are doing to the Palestinians, what U.S. has done to our Native population. Zionist believe it’s some kind of righteous religious cause, but so did colonizers of the U.S. It was called manifest destiny. It’s not a religious cause, it’s a colonizer cause.

Hamas doesn’t not hide behind citizens. Gaza is 141 square miles and is the most densely populated place on the planet. Some of Hamas live there. There is no other place for them to be. In addition, Israel does the same thing with bases in cities. Everything that Israel accuses Palestinians of is a confession.

My information of the Jewish militas killing Palestinians is correct. There is even a documentary of Israelis from back then BRAGGING about beating, killing, raping, and stealing from the Palestinians. YOU need to educate yourself

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Joshua Albert's avatar

The concert and kibbutz'es were obviously IDF facilities;-) - and I was born yesterday.

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Sophie de Vries's avatar

First, look at who the leaders and ministers of Israel are. Most are very right-wing in this current government. You have to ask why (on that particular day of the attack on Israeli civilians), there were few, if any, Israeli guards at the Gaza border wall. They were sent over to the West Bank. And, I found out recently that weapons were confiscated from those settlements before Hamas attacked them. Why was that?

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Crystal Robinson's avatar

You don’t have to believe me, it was reported in Israeli media

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XYZ's avatar

There are billions of Muslims with trillions of dollars collectively.

Their religion says they are supposed to fight the "children of Israel" to the death, until every last one is dead. That's from a Haddith.

A quote from the Quran is "if a Jew falls into your hands, kill him"

A popular story from the Quran is where the prophet kills a village of 700 Jews.

Islam is extremely powerful, and it's obsessed with a violent hatred of Jews.

Al Jazeera is 100% owned by the royal family of Qatar.

The UN is made up of 60 Islamic countries, and just one Jewish one.

Yes, Islam has a much easier time controlling the narrative.

That doesn't make it right.

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XYZ's avatar

You're SO misinformed. It's terrifying.

Zionists are people who believe Israel has a right to exist. Like me.

It's not about religious entitlement to the land. It's about having a safe space for Jews, after being massacred and targeting by Christians and Muslims for thousands of years.

The founding Zionist leaders, Herzl and the other one, were secular.

The Arabs, on the other hand, hate the Jews for religious reasons. It's in the words of the prophet Mohammad, in the Quran and the Hadiths.

They believe all of the Middle East can only be for Arab Muslims. It's the concept of a Jewish state that offends them so much.

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