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A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I suspect you are not asking in good faith, but I'm answering anyway: Methods and goals. Hamas methods are clear: Legitimate resistance doesn't deliberately and as a core policy murder, abduct and rape civilians. Hamas are no different from IS in this regard, which nobody calls resistance or freedom fighters.

Goals: Hamas actual and openly stated goal is the creation of a global Islamic caliphate and the murder and/or enslavement of all "nonbelievers", not the liberation of the Palestinian people.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Well that's a lie.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

How many Palestinian prisoners do the IDF hold from the west bank?

How are they taken?

What level of evidence is required for them to be 'arrested'?

Do they face the same legal processes as the Israeli 'settlers' when arrested?

What is the difference between the words 'hostage' and 'prisoner' to you?

How many Palestinian prisoners, including children, are reported raped each year in prison?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This seems to directly contradict the claims of the actual Hamas statements we are looking at right now.

Interesting that you can pick and choose which Hamas leader statements to believe in forming this narrative. Also, it is a little ironic that you claim others are engaging in bad faith while you manipulate which statements are valid from the same source.