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[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

A lot of people are unaware but most of the world doesn’t consider Hamas as terrorists, only a fringe minority of nations and they are:

  • Australia
  • Canada
  • European Union
  • Israel
  • Paraguay
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago

Regardless of whether Hamas is a terrorist organization or not, what Israel does with the population of Palestine is unacceptable and pure terrorism, it can also be called genocide.

[–] dezorderly@kbin.social -4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Cute how you don't list the countries in the EU. I suppose your list would look kinda stupid with another 27 entries representing the majority of the developed world. Props though, you likely mislead some really dumb people.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Which is still less than 15% of the world population and its current wealth and prosperity came after centuries of imperialism and colonialism. It is only natural they will oppose an indigenous resistance movement. The US and Israel considered Nelson Mandela a terrorist and supported apartheid in South Africa, not a good track record.

[–] MxM111@kbin.social -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I suspect the rest just don’t care to have position. Or are you criticizing them?

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The enemies of the west aren’t necessarily our enemies. To paraphrase Nelson Mandela here: https://youtube.com/shorts/g7_W7vZXkLg

The West and the US specially has a history of getting it wrong: “The U.S. Government Had Nelson Mandela on Terrorist Watch Lists Until 2008. Here’s Why” https://time.com/5338569/nelson-mandela-terror-list/

[–] MxM111@kbin.social -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Terrorist are enemies of everyone. Gaza would be in MUCH better situation if it were not for Hamas.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

That’s the thing, most of the world sees Hamas as a legitimate resistance movement. Only a fringe group of colonialist and imperialist nations see them as terrorists but that’s expected.