• @pjwestin
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    Totally dude, totally. If I were a child growing up in Gaza, and I lived in poverty, with poor access to food and medicine because of Israeli blockades, while thousands of my countrymen where killed or displaced by Israeli air raids or gunned down by the IDF for protesting…well, obviously I would want to overthrow Hamas. I would definitely hate the group fighting the country makes my life hell, and I would definitely try get Hamas out of power.

    Like you said, people are responsible for their government, and the people of Gaza (who are, again, HALF CHILDREN) are responsible for removing these extremists from power, even though they don’t hold elections. Another great take dude.

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      You mean the blockades where Israel supplies Gaza with water and electricity? And you think after what happened Israel should just accept Hamas at their border and wait it out for the next attack?

      Sucks for the kids but it’s also pretty bad for the Israeli children that are still in captivity btw. Should Israel just give up on them?

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        You mean the blockades where Israel supplies Gaza with water and electricity?

        Holy shit the Israeli propaganda is strong.

        After more than a month of the Israeli government’s unlawful blockade of Gaza, which has included catastrophic cuts to water, fuel, and electricity, as well as very limited deliveries of food, water, and medical supplies, the lack of clean water is resulting in “grave concerns” by public health experts of an imminent infectious disease outbreak in Gaza, including waterborne illnesses like cholera and typhoid.

        https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/16/israeli-authorities-cutting-water-leading-public-health-crisis-gaza

        Israel is genociding Palestinians. This is not some controversial take. It’s the stance of the UN and the majority of the international community, supported by mountains of evidence.

        Yet still pigs like you dare write garbage comments like that

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          I mean that’s exactly what I am talking about. How was Israel in a position to cut anything? Because it was them supplying in the first place. To you expect them to keep on feeding and supplying after the attacks? You kill my festival goers and cry foul if I stop giving water and electricity in return? Maybe don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

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            Honestly, it blows my fucking mind how utterly delusional people like you are.

            A hypothetical, if you will: you own a house and assume (for some legitimate reason) that you own the land around it as well. Well, the state informs you that you don’t actually own the whole land and I’m gonna build a house next to you.

            No issue there, plenty to go around. But then for the next few generations, I keep annexing your land bit by bit. I even annex most of your house, and now you’re living in the cupboard under the stairs, because I made you.

            Would you feel anger? Well, that’s irrelevant. At that point, you’re dependent on me, because of my actions.

            Does that justify then locking you in the cupboard without food, electricity or water? Does that make it okay for me to deprive you of basic human rights?

            Especially because you didn’t even do anything. It was your violent cousin that you have no contact with and who you think should be in jail. But he shares your surname, so I use that to justify my crimes against you.

            UN notes I’m wrong. A majority of the international community agrees I’m breaking your basic human rights.

            I still refuse to admit I’m doing anything wrong.

            End of hypothetical. Do you see anything wrong with it?

            No. And now you’ll regurgitate some more zionist prppaganda while completely ignoring the UN’s position that Israel is committing warcrimes. You simply can not admit any flaw with Israel, because of your programming.

            Please. Please, prove me wrong.

            https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/10/israeloccupied-palestinian-territory-un-experts-deplore-attacks-civilians

            https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/02/1146587

            https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/02/1146242

            https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/26/un-court-orders-israel-to-ensure-acts-of-genocide-are-not-committed-in-gaza

            https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/09/un-court-has-ruled-on-gaza-genocide-case-heres-what-happens-now.html

            https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/02/israels-symbolic-ban-must-not-distract-atrocity-crimes-gaza-un-expert

            • @[email protected]
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              -29 months ago

              Did I say I approve the land stealing and settlement policies? What I said is that going on a killing spree and running amok on a music festival is not an acceptable reaction, even if you’re being treated unfair and your land is being stolen. And if your government thinks it is then this kinda does become your responsibility.

              • @Dasus
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                What you’re saying is that “genocide is the correct and moral choice in this situation”.

                Isn’t it?

                Are you denying the Israeli are genociding Palestinians?

                No matter how horrid the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel were, they do not justify genociding Palestinians.

                And fucking shame on you for implying it does.

                “It’s the Palestinians own fault they’re being genocided”

                Where did you grow up, might I ask?

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                  That is not at all what I said. And I do indeed not believe Israel is genociding palestinians. The settlement policies are shitty but they do not equal genocide. Refusing supplies if Hamas takes control of them, that’s also not too much to ask. And if Hamas declines, who is it now that is denying supplies to palestinians? It’s a shitty situation but no, genocide is something else entirely.

                  I grew up in Germany and you’re right, that might have influenced my views about how people are responsible for their government and how extremism has consequences.

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                    “I know better than the UN and the majority of the international community, they’re all just propagating Hamas’ lie but everything Israel says is 100% true and they’ve not done anything wrong”

                    See the part a few comments ago where I said my mind is honestly blown by how delusional people like you can be.

                    https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/01/1145937

                    Court order Detailing the provisional measures that Israel should implement, the ICJ judge noted that both South Africa and Israel were States parties to Genocide Convention and therefore had agreed “to prevent and to punish the crime of genocide”.

                    Quoting article 2 of the key international treaty signed in the aftermath of the Second World War, Judge Donoghue explained that genocide was defined as “acts committed with an intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”.

                    The two-million-strong Palestinian population did indeed constitute a distinct group in the court’s view, she said.

                    Turning to the article 3 of the Genocide Convention, which prohibits “conspiracy to commit genocide” and public incitement to commit genocide, the judge said that the ICJ had taken note of a number of statements made by senior Israeli officials.

                    These included comments by Yoav Galant, Defense Minister of Israel, who reportedly told troops on the border with the enclave that they were fighting “human animals” who were the “ISIS of Gaza”.

                    You’re simply refusing reality, because you’ve been brainwashed.

                    You grew up in Germany. I believe the schools in Germany teach the history of the holocaust pretty well. If you were awake for even a minute during even a single lesson, you must have heard about how the Jewish people were treated during WWII, and with what rhetoric the Nazis justified that with.

                    But you’re still unable to perceive that when Israel is doing it? Even when UN and the majority of the international community agree vehemently that Israel is committing crimes against humanity?

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        A) No, I mean the blockades that have been going on since 2007. They limit necessary supplies to Gaza and are the reason it has been called an, “open-air prison.” B) Israel is the occupying force in Gaza and therefore has a legal obligation to supply Gaza with water and power under the Oslo Accords. C) Israel has been failing in that obligation, because for years 97% of the drinking water has been below the minimum safety standards for human consumption.

        Anyway, again, really great points, really showing your knowledge of the conflict here.

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          I mean there are also legal frameworks in place that prohibit kidnapping your neighbours kids and shooting up their music festivals. Somehow Hamas gets to break this but Israel is still bound to Oslo accords?

          • @pjwestin
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            19 months ago

            Great question! There are two possible answers: 1. Israel is a democratic nation that respects human rights, in which case it needs to behave in accordance with international law or 2. Israel is, like Hamas, a nation of extremists using violence against civilians to achieve its political goals, in which case it needs to be treated like any rogue nation. So, since you invited the comparison, you tell me; does Israel need to hold itself to a higher ethical code than Hamas, or are they the same as them?

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              Well I think you also forfeit some of our your legal rights after you commit crimes? And certainly that doesn’t make Israel a rogue nation or just as bad as Hamas. There’s nuance and middle ground, it’s not black and white. The USA one-sidedly canceled the Iran nuclear treaty and the Paris climate agreement and they never accepted the ICC, that’s shitty but would you argue it makes them a rogue nation just as bad as Hamas? I don’t think so.

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                You asked why Islrael should be expected to follow the Oslo Accords if Hamas didn’t. I answered. If.you don’t like the answer, tough. But please, if you take one thing away from this interaction, make it this; the Palestinians can’t, “forfeit some of their legal rights,” because of the actions of their government. What you’re describing is called, “Collective Punishment,” and it is literally a war crime. Congratulations, you reasoned your way into advocating for war crimes. Great job.

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                  The right to not be killed on a music festival outweighs the right to free water and electricity. It doesn’t make Israel and Hamas equally bad or rogue. And wether you name it collateral damage or collective punishment I guess that’s what war is like, sucks but always was like this and really there is no good way around it. Because what is the alternative? Israel directly supplying Hamas who they are at war with?

                  • @pjwestin
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                    19 months ago

                    The right to not be killed on a music festival outweighs the right to free water and electricity.

                    It abso-fucking-lutely does not. A terrorist attack does not justify denying 2.5 million people access to water. You know, cause they die without it. And this isn’t new, Israel has been using water as a weapon since the sixties. Look up Israeli Military Order 158.

                    Anyway, I think in done here. You’ve don’t know basic facts about the conflict, you’ve defended war crimes, and you’ve actually suggested other war crimes. You have no idea what you’re talking about and you’re an awful person. This is a waste of my time.

                  • HACKthePRISONS
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                    > killed on a music festival

                    if you’re worried about that, then take the guns from the iof. they’re the ones who apache’d a fucking music festival.