• 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】
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    -110 months ago

    Second sentence of your link:

    The celebration of martyrs as a phenomenon in Palestine has been present since at least 1968, but became more widespread in the early 1990s.

    • ???
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      10 months ago

      Yes, we Palestinians celebrate resisting colonial oppression, and even though a “martyr” is essentially an Islamic term used to describe people who die fighting the enemy, we Palestinians use it for any and every Palestinian of every religion or of no religion out of respect for their struggle, whether they die while fighting or in their homes alongside their whole family.

      • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】
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        -110 months ago

        Yes I know, and glorify them as heroes for the cause. Does Hamas not force people to stay and be killed? Does Hamas not lie to people about whether they are safe, about whether to evactuate? Do not some Palestinians knowingly ignore warnings so that they can be “martyred?”

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          210 months ago

          I don’t think Hamas forces people to stay in places to be killed lol

          Do some Palestinians ignore warnings? Yeah I think some decided they’d rather die together as a family with dignity and not risk the risky roads to the “safe zone” and die instead on the streets. I hope you never have to make such a choice in your life…

          But no, I don’t think it’s a widespread phenomena to stay in harm’s way… Except when Israel put harm all around you.

          It’s funny because it’s literally Israel that orders people into a safe zone then bombs them there…

          What is your source? Curious.

          • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】
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            10 months ago

            I hope I never have to make such a choice either. Hamas really sold out every person in Gaza with those tunnels and terrorist attacks, huh?

            Does Hamas lie to people to trick them into staying, yes or no? And if yes (it is yes), why?

            Orders them into a safe zone, *then calls them on the phone again before the bombing, you mean. *Bombs a military target under the building, not the “them.” That’s the evidence.

            • ???
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              110 months ago

              You made the claim about Hamas, you provide the evidence.

    • @Keeponstalin
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      210 months ago

      In Palestine, the term shahid for “martyr” is used to mean any person who was killed by an aggressor, whether targeted or untargeted, and regardless of religion. Researchers Neil Whitehead and Nasser Abufarha state that the shahid concept of a victim who falls at the hands of an oppressor became a symbol of the First Intifada and was congruent with the political dynamics of the time when efforts were made to lobby international support for Palestinians’ pursuit for independence.

      You have all the links to learn about the history of Israel practicing Settler Colonialism and the creation/maintainance of an Apartheid State. You choose to ignore them