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There are complex issues to solve, sure, but there's nothing complicated about the fact that we need to let humanitarian aid in and stop killing children, right this fucking minute. There are no excuses for what is happening right now.
"Stop killing children" should be enforced in both countries, though. It's not like Hamas is protecting the children in Gaza. Quite the opposite really.
No argument there, and I did not intend for my comment to say anything else.
I'm not saying the details of it are not complicated.
History is always complicated
Present events are always complicated
But the way this is reported in the western media is as though one needs a PhD in Middle Eastern studies to understand the basic morality of holding a people in a situation in which they don't have basic rights including the right that we treasure most the franchise the right to vote and then declaring that state a democracy
is actually not that hard to understand.
-- Ta-Nehisi Coates
I'm actually not sure which country you are talking about now. I don't know of anyone who calls Palestine a democracy. I think the reason people call Israel a democracy is that Israeli citizens have free elections and are not oppressed. I don't think they factor in oppression of other countries when they call something a democracy. If they did, the US and UK wouldn't count as democracies either.
Most political experts agree that they barely classify. The US has a rather unique electoral college system. The UK is most literally a constitutional monarchy. At best, they're hybrid systems.
If the options are Palestine and Israel, which country do you think it is?
Come on, use your brain.
No need to be condescending. With how polarizing this issue is, you are surely aware that there might be people on the Internet who would stand by these claims for either of the two countries. What I use my brain to conclude isn't relevant, the question is what you used your brain to conclude.
Stella has been all over Lemmy with this BS. They aren't really worth the effort. Speak to people who might be reading the thread, not to that troll.
Re-read my comment. It applies to you as well.
Hamas holding their own population as human shields and failing to provide basic infrastructure, or Israel blocking their own borders that stops Palestine civilians from access to necessity of life.
Im with the other poster, and if you didn't see both there is already a bias in your head that no reasonable and open discussion of facts would ever overcome.
Lol, what? You're buying into Israeli propaganda talking points to justify bombing civilians. I'm not going to entertain your bias.
Hamas isn't denying Gazans basic human rights. Israel is. This isn't up for debate.
Hamas wasn't stealing water pipes to make weapons?
(I'm not saying Israel hasn't done bad things, and I'm not saying one is worse than the other. But Hamas HAS been denying "their people" access to basic human rights in the process of "fighting for their people".)
Well there are 240 hostages that are held captive in an underground lair by some psychopaths. The PM of Israel may not want to keep those people there any longer than necessary.
Perhaps Hamas should release the hostages so there's no longer a reason for Israel to deny calls for a ceasefire?
Odd that no one is calling on Hamas to do this, isn't it? It's almost like everyone knows Hamas is evil and will continue to keep those people imprisoned. But if we're demanding Israel to do things we know they won't do, why not also demand Hamas to do things we know they won't do?
yes no one is calling for the return of hostages
that is a reasonable thing to say
Jesus man, open your eyes and ears. Nobody is saying Hamas should do that. Listen to what Obama is saying in the video, for the love of God.
Of course we all want civilian hostages released. Don't be dumb.
Except apparently Israel because they are bombing the event living shit out of Gaza. Hostages aren't bomb proof, so tell me, how does Israel know they've not killed some when they kill 30 civilians to kill a Hamas leader (whose name slips them at the moment)
They don't and i'd characterize much of their bombing as a war crime.