Turns out that the people that turned off food water and power in order to collectively punishing an ethnic population is not very interested in helping the people that they are punishing.

[–] dmonzel@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

Color me shocked

[–] FunkyButter@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Turns out the terrorist organization holding 200 civilians hostage won’t release them in order to save the people they pretend to be fighting for.

[–] Fisk400@feddit.nu 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And that makes it ok to collectively punish a larger population based solely on ethnicity?

[–] LaLiLuLuCo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Literally for the people native to the region for centuries: yes. Like it's fundamental to how we raise our kids. Everyone.

The hostages thing is some desert tribe gang war shit.

Both sides do it to each other.

We are also the same ethnicity, it's sectarian. Foreigners not getting this makes us think you are ignorant of the situation.

[–] FunkyButter@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

First, it’s Hamas collectively punishing its own people by not playing by the rules of war themselves and taking civilian hostages. It’s not based on ethnicity, like Hamas’ charter’s call to eradicate all Jews is based on ethnicity. This has to do with a population who, in 2006 decided to democratically elect a designated terrorist grouping to be their government. They are reaping what they have sowed.