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[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's comical how many Hamas-apologists there are on this site.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I literally haven't seen a single Hamas apologist. Nobody likes those terrorists, but those of us that pay attention don't like IDF either

[–] steltek@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Really? They're absolutely everywhere on Lemmy:

  • IDF has fabricated evidence of Hamas using hospitals.
  • Israel is responsible for Hamas' own actions, often including the 7 October attack.
  • Hamas are noble freedom fighters against an occupation. The ends justify the means.

Merely challenging some of these points can get you banned on a few instances.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

Never seen any of those except the second one in the sense that it reflects articles like this and similar: https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/

The other points are hexbear or lemmygrad trolls.

[–] endhits@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Israel is responsible for Hamas' own actions, often including the 7 October attack.

Israel not only created an environment where terrorism grows and thrives, they also funded Hamas early on in part of their effort to stamp out secular resistances. The burden of Hamas' existences falls on Israel too.

[–] b3nsn0w@pricefield.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the same way hamas doesn't represent palestine, netanyahu's government doesn't represent israel either. the funding of hamas was a far-right candidate's propaganda tactic, not something that the people of israel decided would be a good idea.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't actually seen anybody blame all Israelis for Netanyahu's or the IDF's actions. It's generally understood we're talking about the people in power.

[–] 5BC2E7@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You must have just joined lemmy then

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

While the 1st and 3rd points are nonsense, there's legitimate strong evidence for point 2. Far right Israeli politicians want this conflict.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-20/ty-article-opinion/.premium/a-brief-history-of-the-netanyahu-hamas-alliance/0000018b-47d9-d242-abef-57ff1be90000

Which means there's 3 sides to the conflict, not 2 - civilians and 2 governments. And a ton of people here are supporting mass murder of civilians because they were born on the wrong side of a border.

Edit: of course tribalists are downvoting facts with sources

[–] b3nsn0w@pricefield.org 3 points 1 year ago

^ this. both governments need to be gone, that's the only chance for the civilians, palestinans and israelis alike, to see peace in their lifetime.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No. I'm not seeing these talking points.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

This is the first I've heard of it

[–] theluckyone@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not comical how many anti-Semitic and/or pro-genocide apologists are on Lemmy.

[–] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's weird how you are okay with genocide against Palestinians, including all the classic hallmarks of genocide via settler colonialism (displacement, apartheid and blockade, massive civilian damage, etc) that we've seen countless times since the Native Americans, but if anyone says that's wrong you immediately cry anti-Semitism. Israel is not the one in danger of being genocided here, they're the ones perpetrating it. Even lots of Jewish people can see it. To mix up the colonial ethno-state of Israel with all Jewish people is real, deceptive purposeful propaganda.

[–] theluckyone@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not okay with genocide against the Palestinians (or anyone else), hence the "pro-genocide" in my post above. I'm not okay with anti-Semitism either. I'm also firmly in the camp of "criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic".

Both Hamas and the IDF (by extension, the Israeli gov't) are murderers or complicit in murder. Simple as that.

[–] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I agree on all points. Looks like I jumped to conclusions there. Think I got you and someone else I was arguing with at the same time confused. Sorry about that 😅🙏

[–] theluckyone@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No worries! It's bound to happen, and it's a topic bound to generate some heat. Next round is on me 😎

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It’s pure hyperbole, but if more conversations could proceed like this one, fewer children would be dead.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you completely misinterpreted their comment. they were contrasting the original comment made by Mean-Eye.

I really did lol. Already apologized, but I suppose that I maybe should throw an edit in there for future people.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I honestly haven't seen any. Every single person other than pro-Apartheid pro-Israel types seems to be making a very clear distinction between Palestinian civilians and Hamas.

[–] Argonne@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You haven't been looking enough then. I'm constantly downvoted for calling people out who support Hamas

https://lemmy.world/comment/5265455

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk -1 points 1 year ago

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Unless it's Hamas killing Jews, apparently.