• EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Doesn’t justify the bombing of hospitals and civilians. Nobody likes Hamas but they’re the result of Israel’s illegal annexation of Palestinian territories and subsequent genocide.

    What do you think the Palestinians who had their house and families expropriated, blown up and/or resettled by an Apartheid State will do? Not like/join the guys who want to get rid of Israel more?

    Before Israel’s bombing campaign, Hamas wasn’t very popular among Palestinians, now however I assume Israel gave Hamas way more recruits.

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      10 months ago

      Before Israel’s bombing campaign, Hamas wasn’t very popular among Palestinians,

      That’s not true in the least.

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        10 months ago

        The state of Israel is older than Hamas and Israel bombing Palestinians started before 7th of October 2023. I think the establishment of Hamas in 1987 and rising popularity till they got elected on Gaza in 2007 can be fairly attributed to Israel’s bombing, displacement and apartheid rule of civilians.

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          10 months ago

          As well as millions of dollars given to Hamas by Israeli officials throughout this time, specifically because of their unpalatable extremism.

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      10 months ago

      Same goes the other way as well. The popularity of Netanyahu in Israel would also be much lower if he couldn’t use Hamas terror attacks to justify the need for a “strong leader”.

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        10 months ago

        Last I checked his popularity ain’t doing so well.

        Also may I remind you that the genocide of the Palestinians has been ongoing for far longer than the 7th of October and far precedes Netanyahu’s government. In fact it even precedes hamas.