“If Israel agrees to Hamas demands, which include the return of displaced Palestinians to northern Gaza and increasing humanitarian aid, that would pave the way for a (truce) agreement within the next 24 to 48 hours,” said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive issue, as negotiations were set to resume in Cairo.

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    8 months ago

    Are you really arguing that Hamas are the good guys because of their lower “civilian casualty rate”? Like, “yeah, they killed a lot of civilians, but the others killed more, so they’re the good guys, touché”? Are you insane?

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      8 months ago

      You’re presenting a false dichotomy.

      What Hamas did was a terrible, unforgivable act of terrorism. They should be punished for this - it doesn’t matter whether the victims were civilian or not.

      But Hamas isn’t murdering thousands of Israeli civilians right now - only Israel is murdering thousands of Palestinian civilians. Only one of these parties is currently engaged in genocide.

      This is just an explanation of what the other user was expressing. You are projecting terrible opinions onto them that they haven’t even come close to expressing.

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        8 months ago

        Prior to 10/7, I’d agree. The voters in Gaza elected them to run the Palestinian government for a reason.

        After 10/7? You have to admit they fucked up, in a pretty colossal way. So huge that the only thing I can think of is that they wanted to provoke this insane reaction from Israel.

        Israel had been destroying lives in Gaza and the West Bank for DECADES now and the world at large hadn’t really been paying attention. Oh, we are now!

        So, yeah, Hamas ended up getting the reaction they wanted… at the cost of thousands of innocent Palestinian lives.

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            8 months ago

            They went after innocent Israeli civilians and was just as much a war crime as what Israel is doing in Gaza right now.

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                8 months ago

                Dude, who do you think their hostages are, IDF?

                They absolutely went after civilians. That doesn’t absolve Israeli forces from ALSO firing on the crowds, but the incident was caused by Hamas intentionally targeting the civilian population.

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                    8 months ago

                    Dude, they butchered and kidnapped the attendees of a music festival. That’s not righteous resistance. Are you insane?