• Stovetop@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      The only thing I can say is that both have no problem with harming combatants and civilians alike, but one side is disproportionately killing civilians with the resources at their disposal (Israel) just because they can.

      I’m not convinced that Hamas wouldn’t do the same if the tables were turned, but one side needs to be better if we’re ever to see an end to this conflict.

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        Yeah. Hamas doesn’t have any moral high ground, but the one that needs to be restrained at this moment in time is Israel.

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          People are also more eager to criticise Israel because Hamas is just a terrorist organisation and they hold Israel to a higher standard.

          I guess the Israeli government isn’t happy about being treated as more than a terrorist organisation?

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        I always thought the IDF was supposed to be super skilled and tactical. I expected surgical strikes to take out terrorists and minimize civilian casualties. They had a reputation for strength.

        Turns out they’re either incompetent or they’re genocidal or both. Hint: both.

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          Unfortunately, for those in the know, the IDF’s callous and sadistic operations in Palestine have been known for some time. They had a good PR arm making themselves out to be super careful in the occupied territories, but it was always at odds with their actions.

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              Well, the good PR arm is pre-October 7, back when they were ‘just’ doming American citizens and tying Palestinian children to their vehicles as human shields. Right now I’m pretty sure their entire PR team is either on vacation celebrating that their job is over now that Israel is going mask off, or have chosen to eat a bullet over seeing their work whitewashing all these atrocities pissed away by Netanyahu.

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        10 months ago

        right, not even getting to the point of fighting each other, this makes it so much worse.

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          10 months ago

          Right? I learned yesterday that Israel is suffering from a lot more friendly fire incidents than is typical in urban warfare. Almost like the people they’re fighting are so poorly equipped to fight back that the main threat to Israeli soldiers is other Israeli soldiers.

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      10 months ago

      I don’t get too worked up by right-wing religious nuts harming other right-wing religious nuts.