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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks Palantir! Great job!....

[–] [email protected] 98 points 3 weeks ago

“The Israeli army said it bombed the house because there was a Hamas officer in there, which is totally false. I know the whole family. It’s nonsense. It’s just so devastating.”

So, this wasn't even a random bombing. It was 100^100% deliberate precise targeting.

It's not even shocking anymore.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

I'm trying my best not to hate, but people gotta take notice. Straight up genocide and apartheid plus American money is paying for it. I understand some isrealies don't agree with the genocide and Hamas is kinda holding the Palestinians hostage, but dam it's a slaughter. It's easter passover and rammadan, so everyone will pray to justify going back to killing. Gotta love religion as politics to gain profit for those in control.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hamas is the official representative of Gaza. They were elected. They are a government under war of annihilation and occupation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Hamas is the official representative of Gaza. They were elected.

What makes you say this? Do you not realize this "election" happened all the way back in 2006?

Do you know how long ago that was? 19 years.

Do you know what the median age in Gaza was in 2020 (before this recent escalation in genocide)? 18 years old.

In my opinion 20 years per election might not be an ideal timescale for a democracy.

I'm trying to assume good faith so I'm confused why you'd argue that's adequate representation?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

Israel and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank have blocked elections since then. But you are right that half of Gazans weren’t even born when Hamas won the last elections.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What's a good faith argument for a ghetto/prison?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

What? There aren't any?

If I explained to you ghettos are horrific and violate human rights, because as one example among so many other issues we would likely agree on, they strip a people of their right to fair elections and representation in the determination of their future.

And that the fact that Palestinians have not been free to organize, form new political parties and campaign in safe and uncoerced elections is a direct violation of their rights and the party to answer and blame for this is the one occupying them and preventing this from happening...

What are we disagreeing about?

What I disagree with is that an election an entire generation before the present that people alive never voted in should not be held up to represent their current politics and beliefs as a nation.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Website name is uncanny

[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 weeks ago

Read this article if you want to feel horrible and powerless

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