What is the deal with Palestine and Hamas? (lemmy.world)

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For mental health reasons, I had taken myself out of most political topics. But lately there seems to be a surge of talk about Palestine and Hamas (forgive me if I spelled this wrong). I do know it’s something to do with land rights, but it also seems to be so much more at the same time. I’m not trying to start any fights. I just want to understand. Thank you.

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[-] qnick@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Israel took over

How nicely you avoided the fact that Israel was in fact attacked. It didn't try to conquer the other countries. On a contrary, other countries aimed to eliminate Israel. Some of them are still trying and you're actively helping them.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

The injustices constantly change, along with the victims and perpetrators, depending on how far back in history you look. No party is a clear hero or villain. What Hamas has done is inexcusable, but killing more civilians is not the answer.

[-] qnick@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

According to the IDF they made 15000 strikes on Gaza strip in the last month. Even if you take clearly made up number of victims from Hamas, you'll see the efficiency of those strikes, and how Israel is trying to avoid civilian casualties.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

15000 strikes in an area the size of Manhattan is hardly efficient (unless you were being sarcastic, hard to tell)

[-] qnick@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

It's not 15000 nukes. It's 15000 high-precision strikes.

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