I don't understand the support for Hamas among some on the leftist. Of course, I understand that Israel has oppressed the Palestinians for many years and there is no justification for this, but there is no need to justify the actions of religious fanatics who also kill civilians, especially since Israel itself has aggravated the problem with the Islamists

  • Adlach@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    I don't support Hamas but Hamas != Palestine. The PLO and especially the PFLP are secular, left-wing organizations and the PLO holds about 40% of the seats on the Palestinian Legislative Council. They would hold more if Israel hadn't gone after Fatah so viciously while ignoring Hamas back in the '70s and '80s.

    I also dispute the idea that Israeli civilians in the area currently under attack are blameless. Almost all of the attacks are in areas that belong to Palestine according to the 1947 UN partition—Ashdod and Be'er Sheva are Palestinian cities by law and any Israeli there is an illegal occupier.