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The problem is that you're victim blaming. Imagine that Jews had done the exact same things Hamas has done to the Nazis. Would you be right to criticize the Jews for how they behaved towards their oppressors? No. Past a certain level we should not give one shit what lengths an oppressed class goes to to end their oppression. Short of literal genocide, Palestine will be the good guys here no matter what they do, because Israel is doing literal genocide to them.
The only successful slave revolt in history just happens to be the one where the slaves wantonly murdered their enslavers. It is a lot more moral to go to extreme lengths to ensure your oppressors are defeated, than it is to take the high road and lose. The high road is for cowards who would rather do what is easy than do what is necessary.
Nah, mate. Killing random civilians isn't the same as killing slave masters. Random people on the street aren't the ones to blame. Needless blood is counterproductive and just fuels hatred. Being designated as a terrorist org means the slim possibility of receiving foreign assistance is reduced to zero.
Thank you for this. I just wanted to add that Hamas didn't know the political leanings of those they killed so there can't even be a "well, they voted for Netenyahu." I have family in Israel. They all voted against Netenyahu and marched against many of his actions. Luckily, they are all safe, but had they been in that area they would have been killed or taken hostage with everyone else.
This wasn't an attack against the people who attacked the palestinians. This was an attack against random innocent citizens. It's possible to both condemn Israel's treatment of the Palestinians and condemn this attack.
Oh yeah, america calling you terrorists means sooo much... Remember the "terrorists" that were in the hospital Obama bombed? Or the "terrorists" at the wedding he bombed? Or the "terrorists" who had WMDs based on zero proof?
Israel kills far more civilians than Hamas ever has, so it's the lesser of 2 evils. Maybe Israeli citizens should storm the capitol and force an end to the genocide. If your country is doing genocide and you say nothing, you are complicit. I don't care if Hamas targeted civilians, even though they didn't. Because they know better than I do about what is necessary in order to end the genocide.
Talking about needless blood only when Israel loses a fight makes you a hypocrite. There has been a river of blood flowing out of Palestine for 30 years, so excuse me if I declare bullshit on you and the rest of our country caring about innocent civilians now.
Put yourself in the shoes of an Israeli boy. Maybe ten years old or so. One day, a Hamas attack kills your cousin, your best friend, and your five-year-old sister, as well as both of your parents. You survive because you happened to be elsewhere at the time. You're not a soldier. You're not one of the people responsible for Israel's oppression of Palestine. You're literally just some kid.
But in ten years, you better believe you're going to be an IDF soldier, and one of the bad ones, because you want revenge. Every night, in your sleep, you see your parents' corpses. And your sister's. Someone literally cut her head off, and you see it, every night. And you are hellbent and determined to make them pay.
Now... Has Hamas' murder of your little sister accomplished anything good for them? For their goals? Is it practical? Is it pragmatic? Will it move the world closer to a free Palestine?
No. Of course it won't. It's counterproductive. It will make Israel literally level Gaza. It will empower the hardliners, the ones who pushed for illegal settlements in the first place. They will be fueled by the combined rage of tens of thousands of people just like you, a little boy who lost everything because Hamas decided civilians were legitimate targets for murder, rape, mutilation, and torture.
The moral high road isn't for cowards, it's for people who aren't idiots. You don't win by taking the low road in a situation like this, you just make both sides angrier, more scared, and more entrenched. It accomplishes literally nothing that you profess to want accomplished. The low road is for fools.