• the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    Any thoughts on the decades of increasing oppression the Palestinian people have suffered or are you just pretending this uprising is happening in a vacuum?

    What is the permissible amount of violence with which to respond to attempted genocide?

    I hate to be callous

    Then don't be?

    • dan1101@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      After yet after 75 years of Palestinians being attacked and imprisoned and abused I don't know what Hamas expected as a response to this. Less attacks and imprisonment and abuse?

      • the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Ignoring for a moment the right of an occupied people to resist their oppression: "Hamas" does not include all Palestinians or all residents of Gaza. There are innocent civilians in Gaza, and collective punishment is against international law.

        But back to that right: could you please point to an example of an oppressed people successfully freeing themselves non-violently?

        • DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          Not a single time in the history of anthropology has oppression been resolved "non-violently". Oppression requires violence and force to keep it intact. Compliance is required or they will make you missing sometimes even your family to reinforce oppressed populations consequences.

        • dumpster_dove [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          Back in 2018 the world got to shake its head and move on as Palestinians marched in protest against the Israeli occupation. It was great target practice for the IDF as they got to shoot thousands of protestors, medics and journalists. Palestinians should keep doing this until the world shakes its head so hard that Israel will start feeling bad for killing people that they don't consider people.

      • SexMachineStalin [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        So they should just sit tight, right? Bombs are going to come sooner or later, no matter what happens inside the strip.

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