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Its almost like there is a narrative being pushed on lemmy that hamas is innocent in all of this and Israel is the only aggressor and responsible for everything. Like nearly every article posted and upvoted is from a pro-palestine source and everything calling for better reporting is downvoted or blocked. That the commonly referenced ICJ article called on both sides to act according to humanitarian grounds but it got reduced to "Israel genocide".
Almost like aid convoys were being restricted as aid was being stolen from their own civilians to be used by armed forces, and Hamas was showing off their anti Air weaponry that would be perfect for bringing down a slow moving cargo plane at low altitude, and pushing them out of areas was needed.
But that's all in the past now and clearly everything that happened was Israel fault, no need to look into that.
Okay, what is the appropriate response for civilians facing overwhelming oppression? History has shown us that it's civil unrest gradually moving into radical groups that use violence. Hamas is the result of Israel's actions no different than some would say Antifa is the result of America's systematic racism.
Israel is the sole cause of the conflict. That is not a debate, not a question, not a suggestion, it's historical record and I encourage you to look into it in your free time.
"Better reporting" isn't possible you dense motherfucker because Israel keeps killing the reporters. People like you are so indescribably dense that you're not even fucking worth talking to. Begone to the shadow realm you IDF goon.
It isn't clear that Palestinians even support Hamas. Considering protests have been repressed and there haven't been elections, I don't think it's fair to tie the civilians and Hamas together.