• bamboo@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    I don’t see how this is even particularly generous. It’s a 40 day slowdown in genocide and an agreement for Hamas to release prisoners in exchange for Israel temporarily releasing hostages that historically they just re-abduct within days anyways. And then after 40 days it’s full speed ahead of civilian slaughter again, probably with a freshly regrouped and re-armed IOF.

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      7 months ago

      You’re looking at this wrong – neither Bibi’s government or Hamas care about Palestinian deaths.

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        7 months ago

        Hamas very much cares about Palestinian deaths. Which is why a 40 day ceasefire and then more Genocide is pointless.

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              7 months ago

              Since the Battle of Gaza in 2007, Hamas has used Palestinians as human shields, turned their hospitals and schools into war zones by shooting rockets from rooftops, and are currently stealing humanitarian aid and selling it to the Palestinians at extortionate prices. You honestly can’t be serious.

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                7 months ago

                This is just a pile of Israeli propaganda to discredit Hamas. None of it is specific or quantifiable, because anything specific would be disproven. Every hospital Israel lays siege to they claim is a Hamas command center, until it’s in ruins and they don’t find any supporting evidence. They whine about “human shields”, but the reality is that they live in an extremely dense territory with no real way to fully separate military and civilian uses, unlike Israel which does have the space but chooses to put military installations in residential areas anyways, just like how they put settlers on occupied, stolen Palestinian land.

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          7 months ago

          Confirmed by the use of human shields?

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_human_shields_by_Hamas

          Edit: The bots and propaganda pushers are out tonight. It’s well documented that Hamas has been horrible to the people of Palestine since the Battle of Gaza in 2007. They’re currently taking their food supplies and selling to them at extortionate prices, leaving many to starve, but y’know, whatever, I guess.

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      7 months ago

      Israel temporarily releasing hostages that historically they just re-abduct within days

      Can you explain this or link something? I know Israel imprisoning Palestinians for years without charges is monstrous but I haven’t heard of them doing this after prisoner exchanges.

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        7 months ago

        I could have worded it better. I’m not necessarily saying that Israel will re-abduct the exact same Palestinians within a few days, but rather than Israel is constantly taking hostages. Israel could agree to release 100 hostages, but what’s the point when they’ll end up abducting 200 more the following week. It’s why prisoner swaps with Israel heavily favor Israel, they see hostages as a renewable ressource.

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          Oh I see. I wonder if they increase arrests after prisoner exchanges, I’ll have to look up the numbers if they’re available. I see your point though Israel is constantly imprisoning more people so the exchanges aren’t exactly equivalent. The difference between hostage and prisoner is complicated though, it’s basically just the accusation of some crime, Hamas doesn’t really claim the people they take have done any specific crime but most of the time Israel doesn’t either because they hold people without charges so it is very similar.