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If you feel the need to express your unswerving support for the actions of the Israeli state under this news article, please tell us, how you see the mass destruction of civilian homes justified and necessary.
Usual disclaimer: I support neither side here. Both use horrible methods to achieve their goals and I hope for a ceasefire and improvement of both governments. From my limited information a revolution will likely be needed in case of Palestine, in Israel elections may suffice.
You can be anti-Hamas without needing to be pro-Israel, though
A permanent ceasefire that involves lifting the blockade. It worked in 2008 and 2012, except for the part where Israel didn't actually lift the blockade. Then a real two-state solution, none of this one state, one ghetto and a bunch of Bantustans nonsense Israel is doing. Remember: Peace only lost support in Palestine because it didn't work, not because Palestinians don't want peace.
To quote Bassem Youssef, terrorism is a virus, and to get rid of a virus you need to give the patient water, nutrients and rest. You don't get rid of viruses by hitting the patient with a sledgehammer.
I don't have a solution. I'm half a planet away, and geopolitics is not my field. I'm not a world leader, nor a military strategist, or anything that would qualify me to make a decision or have an informed answer.
I might be a spineless fence-sitter, but I don't like what Israel is doing, and I don't like what Hamas is doing. For that reason, I wouldn't call myself pro-Israel or pro-Hamas.
Do you think the number or recruits increased or decreased after incessantly murdering innocent civilians?
That's a false dichotomy, and one alternative approach was already provided in the comment you originally replied to.
Certainly there are even more alternatives that exist in the miles wide gap between "raze all of gaza" and "stand idle".
First they should try to invest into defense, maybe some sort of air defense system to mitigate the almost daily rocket and missile launches.
Now that they have killed so many civilians, it's gonna be tough. They aren't making it better as they continue destroying homes, hospitals, and refugee camps though. The time to try treating them like humans was before the recent attack.
Here's what I can tell you for sure:
Do my bullet points solve the problem? Hell no. But my (or your) inability to come up with a solution doesn't mean there isn't a better one than what they are currently doing, and doesn't support the idea that their only other option is to do nothing. Neither of us (presumably) are world leaders with experience in this area. But when shit comes out of my sink faucets, I don't need to be a plumber to know that mine has fucked up.
Yes Hamas is a terror organization, no, that does not allow you to behave like a terror organization when fighting them.
If you have read the article this is not about innocents which where at the wrong place a the wrong time. This article is about deliberate destruction of civilian buildings without giving any justification besides 'There are some things that we see that you don't see.' in some cases evacuation was allowed, in some cases no time for evacuation was given. There is in my eyes no justification for this.
I never said that Israel should stand idle. So don't push that opinion on me.
What could be done? Attack military targets only, give civilians time to evacuate. (Yes a civilian home becomes a military target if it is used as weapons stash/factory, but there was no indication at all in the cases listed in the article), support the more moderate Fatah in regaining control. Support new democratic elections. Provide help in forms primarily targeted at civilians: Food, water, education. Allow students from the Gaza Strip to study abroad. Part of that is already done, but hampered by the military actions.
Destroying peoples homes and basic utilities will only ensure that hate on Israel grows and support for Hamas remains steady.
Did israel bomb the south of Gaza after telling people to go south or not?
That analogy breaks down when you're the guy that locked them in the house.
Israel is literally the one stealing backyards, and when it can't, it bombs them.
Not just the backyards, but the front and side yards too
And would kill 10 innocents in the house just to get to that one guy?
Poor fucking you. Could try having some sympathy for the kids killed in a paediatric hospital in the last week.
Empathy for 4000 dead kids is a controversial opinion apparently.
I've been called a terrorist supporter for explicitly expressing concern for the innocent victims 🤷
Yeah but did you condemn Hamas thrice daily before doing so? Common mistake.
Lmao, this is exactly what they were talking about
It's so cool how people who support a genocide will just straight up tell you like this.
Funny how you just completely confirmed OPs hesitancy to post. You are not a minority for supporting the IDF.
Seems like they are on Lemmy
Oh no
If you look at the actions of Western media and governments, it's pretty clear who is the minority. Palestinian activists have become much more vocal because they're the minority, and no one is standing up for Gazans.
Regardless, you are not being persecuted, by saying so you're trivializing those that are.
I think you need to look up what it means to be persecuted
Notice how the comment you replied to, despite claiming they "always get hate" has nothing but supportive people upvoting, while you have 3 angry lions going for the neck because you dare to say you support Israel...
It has come too far to ever work. This community, @world, is no longer a place for biased news. I have had to block for a long time, but just came back to see if it was still such a mess. Turns out it is.
The worst thing is that the mods here are directly supporting this.
Yes, I meant unbiased, sorry.
But look at our scores. We are voices that defies the echo chamber. Therefor we must be silenced.
It sucks, because I actually genuinely was happy for Lemmy, and had moved all my browsing over here. But alas, it seems that I can no longer use this platform for news. I will go back to having this community blocked.
PS) Try going to r/worldnews and Reddit, and check what the tone of audience is over there. Much more biased towards Israel, which is a no-brainer in my world.