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[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Please don't give the idiots a soap box. Supporting Palestinian right to life and territory doesn't mean you support the destruction of Jews or Israel.

Believe it or not, people can come together in peace when old racist rich fucks that want power, land, and money stay out of it.

[–] Swarming@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't think burying this and pretending it didn't happen is helpful when Jews around the world are telling us right now that they are terrified and under attack

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah it is important for us to also condemn antisemitism and make very clear that the Jewish people and the Israeli government are not the same.

[–] CJOtheReal@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, like there was incidents of pro Palestinia people drawing stars of David on the doors of jews or throwing molotovs into Synagogues...

[–] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I think it does need to be acknowledged that there is a faction of people that absolutely do support the destruction of Israel and Jews. Hamas was elected, it should be remembered.

That absolutely does not mean that support for Palestinian statehood requires you to be opposed to Israel's existence, but advocates for peace should be very clear that this kind of rhetoric is absolutely not tolerated. And conversely, advocates for Israel must absolutely reject the people that would support the complete removal of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank.

There are extremists on all sides, and genocidal rhetoric must not be tolerated, wherever it comes from.

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Supporting Palestinian right to life and territory doesn’t mean you support the destruction of Jews or Israel.

True, but these protesters and Hamas clearly support that. Hamas was elected as the government of Gaza last time they had an election and have yet to be deposed. Palestinians who support the destruction of Jews and Israel run Gaza.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can support Palestine and oppose Hamas at the same time. You don't even need to support Fatah either.

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sure, but unfortunately at present in Gaza, they are the same entity. Hamas represents Palestine there. One cannot retaliate against Hamas without harming Palestinians; there's significant overlap in that Venn diagram. It's like saying one supports Russia but not Putin.

The big difference for me regarding the factions here is that although asymmetrical, one side of this conflict wants genocide and the other wants safety. Although Palestine is the underdog here and is punching up rather than punching down, I cannot see them as the good guys like I might otherwise. They are a hostile belligerent force that attacks civilians regularly and refuses to concede defeat despite having lost every war they stated with Israel since 1948. At this rate they will soon be left with nothing because they will not accept the realpolitik of their situation and their leaders historically prefer violence to viable concessions. This unwillingness to accept the inevitable consequences of their failed hostile actions will not end well for them.

Very elegantly put. Unfortunately, eliminating Hamas could be like trying to eliminate the Taliban from Afghanistan, where it just ends up being a hydra situation.

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

Over 50% of the population of Gaza wasn't born when Hamas was elected. They've never had a choice on their leadership, and it's a shame they didn't take any opportunities to change the leadership before this.