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700 days of Israeli genocide in Gaza a stain on humanity: Hamas (www.middleeastmonitor.com)

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The Palestinian resistance group Hamas marked 700 days of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza on Friday, calling it a “stain on humanity” and urging the international community to take decisive action against the ongoing atrocities.

In a statement, Hamas highlighted its efforts to reach a ceasefire and a prisoner exchange agreement, stressing that it had “shown significant flexibility” in negotiations.

The movement blamed the repeated failure of mediators on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and called him “a war criminal committed to undermining diplomatic initiatives, pursuing indefinite plans of extermination and displacement, and placing the lives of captives at risk to serve his government’s agenda.”

Hamas renewed its call to the international community, including Arab and Islamic countries, the UN, and its organs, particularly the UN Security Council, to “fulfill their responsibilities toward the Palestinian people and intervene to halt the crimes of the fascist occupation government.”

The movement emphasized the need for “punitive measures against Israel,” warning that “mere condemnations are insufficient” and that, without substantial consequences, Israel would “continue its crimes without regard for international protests or positions.”

Hamas also praised global grassroots solidarity with the Palestinian people and welcomed the launch of the Global Sumud Flotilla, an initiative to break the blockade on Gaza.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago

Oh, no, anti-semitism and anti-zionism are two very different things. Just how some people can't separate the difference between American patriotism and white supremacy. Related? Overlapping? Sure, but not the same.

Here's the problem... The Palestinian people HAVE decided, multiple times, how they want to run their own country and Israel has rejected it multiple times.

The first time, they elected the PLO, Israel declared them terrorists and began a war of aggression.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization

Down to even attempting to assassinate a US Ambassador who dared to recognize and communicate with the PLO:

https://www.wrmea.org/2004-may/israel-s-failed-assassination-attempt-on-u.s.-ambassador-documented.html

The second time they went "You know what? If you're going to call us terrorists and treat us like terrorists ANYWAY, fine, fuck it, here's Hamas. Good luck!" Hamas won 74 of the 132 seats in Parliament.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Palestinian_legislative_election

Israel now takes the position "there are no innocent Palestinians".

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/artc-poll-62-of-israelis-say-there-are-no-innocent-people-in-gaza

Yet another thing Bush can burn in hell for:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/was-hamas-elected-to-govern-gaza-george-w-bush-2006-palestinian-election.html

But would it have been any different if the 2006 election HAD been shut down the way Israel wanted? Unlikely, because like I say, Israel has been pulling this shit longer than that, Hamas is just their latest excuse.

Israel doesn't want Palestine to exist, full stop. The feeling is mutual. The only real solution is a forced co-existence which neither side really wants.