As long as the press and world leaders fail to ask these questions, continuing to push unsubstantiated casualty figures, they are empowering Hamas.
  • LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works
    5510·
    5 months ago

    Sure, let’s do start using it correctly. I’ll go first:

    Israel is engaged in mass murder of Palestinian Civilians.

      • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
        354·
        5 months ago

        Got it, so that makes it alright to kill 30,000 civilians who aren’t child soldiers.

        I’m glad you reset my moral compass.

          • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
            153·
            5 months ago

            How exactly do you fight a terrorist organization who uses children as both soldiers and human shields without any sort of civilian casualties?

            Probably with more nuance than bombing entire neighborhoods…

            Seriously, there is absolutely no possible ethical excuse for what Israel is doing. Right now the IDF is pretty indistinguishable from the SS. Genocide is genocide and Israel has come all the way from victim to perpetrator. The irony and reality of it is making the rest of the world sick, the only question is, why isn’t it doing the same to the people of Israel?

              • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
                52·
                5 months ago

                See the problem is, you don’t know how to do it without injuring civilians,

                Fucking diplomacy.

                Israel is being like a five year old… Learn to use your words, you’ll get better outcomes.

              • kaffiene@lemmy.worldEnglish
                21·
                5 months ago

                Let’s say you wiped out all the Palestinians. Do you believe that results in peace? Do you remember what motivated Osama Bin Laden? Do you think the rest of the Arab world would be at peace with Israel?

                  • kaffiene@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    11·
                    5 months ago

                    That’s a very one sided view of history. If you can’t see that occupied people have legitimate grievances then there’s just no point in talking.

                    Plenty of situations that “could never change” actually did. The past is filled with impossible situations consigned to the dustbin of history.

      • Dearth@lemmy.world
        232·
        5 months ago

        80% of Hamas has been orphaned by Israel. Israel has destroyed nearly all the schools. Israel has been starving the Gazans for decades

        Israel tries Palestinian children in military court for decades, without parental or legal representation.

        But sure buddy go off on your propaganda

          • Dearth@lemmy.world
            91·
            5 months ago

            Of course im justifying their use of child soldiers. What im wondering is how YOU identify a soldier of Hamas vs a citizen of Palestine defending their home from a military invasion. Because last i checked there are no uniform factories in palestine

              • Dearth@lemmy.world
                51·
                5 months ago

                Do you honestly believe there is an army on this earth capable of tracking the chain of command for every enemy they encounter?

                  • Dearth@lemmy.world
                    11·
                    5 months ago

                    If the children’s parents were murdered, is it the child’s fault or the parents fault? If the murderers are then going around murdering every relative, teacher, doctor and neighbor of the child is it the child’s fault still?

      • TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world
        86·
        5 months ago

        Tsk, tsk, tsk. You didn’t use “Palestinian” or “civilian” in that sentence. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.