• alkbch@lemmy.ml
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      3 hours ago

      Nelson Mandela’s party was deemed a terrorist organization by the US until about 20 years ago.

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        3 hours ago

        How is it not terrorism?

        Using violence on civilians to further political goals.

        What Israel is doing is terrorism too.

        One can be seen as self defence and the last resort beside being deported or killed. The other is to pacify a population that’s being genocided.

      • CalipherJones@lemmy.world
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        10 hours ago

        Someone living in Palestine, someone living in Israel, and someone directly working with Hamas are all going to have their own perceptions and opinions on Hamas.

        Hamas is going to mean many different things to those 3 different individuals.