spaduf'Ultimate surprise': How an Israeli raid freed 4 hostages and killed scores of Palestinians in Gaza
sir_pronounI am still surprised by how people get (understandably) outraged at the IDF online but seem to forget that Hamas took those hostages in the first place. A lot of this bloodshed could be stopped right now if Hamas released them.
Sure, the Israeli government is fucking insane, but there are two sides fighting this war.
LinkerbaanYou seem to forget that israel took hostages in the first place and the reason Hamas kidnapped people is literally to swap them for the hostages kidnapped by israel.
Well, if you follow that logic, then I guess murdering a thousand Israeli civilians was a rightful act of war by Hamas, and thereby murdering Palestinian civilians (mainly due to Hamas hiding among them) is a rightful act of war by Israel, defending themselves?
I am glad you have discovered the moral inconsistency of your argument. We can now conclude both sides should release their hostages.
Now remind men which side is currently open to a hostage swap without bloodshed and which side isn’t?
That’s my point here, blaming just one side makes no sense. Both sides have been committing atrocities for decades.
Yet one side is trying to reach a peaceful solution. Hamas.
You can be mad about Hamas using violence but we have left them no other option.
In the West Bank israel is committing Genocide as well and those people have been trying the peaceful way for decades. And we do not condemn israel for doing so. In fact we keep supporting them and sending them the weapons to commit Genocide with.
Israel has made it extremely clear that they will never agree to a peaceful resolution unless they are forced into it.
So no, there is no both sides. There is one side constantly punching the other and the only reason the other side hits back is because it wants the israeli side to stop hitting them.