• Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Iā€™m confused, why are you acting like anyone here is defending Hamas? One foul deed does not make up for another. Israel is figuratively and literally shooting through civilians in order to kill Hamas. How is that acceptable?

    Imagine if the police handled hostage situations like this. Some crazy guy pulls one of your loved ones away from you, puts a gun to their head, and threatens to fireā€¦ So the police just shoot them both.

    Would you accept that? Would you thank the officer that shot them both?

    • FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I donā€™t think anyone is defending Hamas. The question is, did Hamas commit genocide?

      As evil as they are, I do not think they committed genocide. I think most would agree.

      But they meet the same of OPā€™s criteria as Israel. Hence, those criteria are not enough to establish that Israel committed genocide. (That does not mean Israel did nothing wrong!)