NIBApr 25, 2024

Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established

https://lemmy.world/post/14679784

Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established - Lemmy.World

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.

Show threadRapidcreekApr 25, 2024
Two issues. The first is that they aren’t going to get pre-1967 borders. The larger more important point though is that Hamas just admitted they aren’t a legitimate government power and are actually terrorists instead. Own goal.
Show threadCount042Apr 25, 2024

Terrorism is a verb.

Terrorists are people that commit terrorism.

Official count is now 42,000 dead Palestinians, but that is because the ability to count the dead no longer exists. The number is probably closer to 100,000

Israeli doctors have come forward to detail how amputations are regular for Palestinians prisons who have been zip tied for months now.

Any definition of terrorism that includes Hamas, also includes the Israeli government.

Show threadStovetopApr 25, 2024
I get that this is the other side of the conflict, but this is a whataboutism. All of that which you wrote can be true without invalidating what the previous person wrote.
Show threadCount042Apr 25, 2024

When I’ve side is committing a genocide and intentionally killing children then maybe, just maybe, is important to call that out.

What the OP did was try to justify an ongoing genocide by calling the other side terrorists.

That is what you defending by calling responses to that as whataboutism. Good job.

Show threadbluGillApr 25, 2024
One side? Both sides are doing this. The details are different, but both sides are being evil here.
Show threadShyfer
Hamas did some war crimes by taking civilians as hostages, which is bad, I condemn them, etc. But they aren’t perpetrating a genocide like Israel is. It’s two very different scales of evil here, and it’s important to point that out.
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Show threadthejynxedApr 25, 2024
Not for lack of trying, which you people intentionally ignore to suit your own narrative.
Show threadnonailsleftApr 25, 2024
Since it’s inception, putting a genocide on the jews has been a stated goal of Hamas. They glorified those that put this into practice. The only reason they haven’t been as effective as the zionists is their lack of respective capability. But the evil is the same