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A community for everything related to Palestine and the occupation currently underway by the occupying force known as Israel.

Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism. Existence is resistance for Palestinians.

Please refer to Israel as Occupied Palestine, or occupied territories. The IDF is a fascist and ethnonationalist occupying force. Israelis are settlers. We understand however that the imperial narrative (which tries to legitimise Israel) is internalised in the imperial core and slip-ups are naturally expected.

We always take the sides of Palestine and Palestinians and are unapologetic about it. Israel is an occupying power whose "defence force"'s (note the contradiction) sole purpose for existing is to push Palestinians out so they can resettle their rightful land. If you have anything positive to say about Israel we do not care.

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Why do so many people, including leftists, dont openly express their support for Hamas and even call them terrorists? I dont get it. (lemmygrad.ml)
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Many leftists are extremely idealist and get swayed by Western opinion a lot. They dont support Hamas because Hamas are not the perfect MLs freedom fighters. This is childish and just gives ammunition to the liberals to discredit Hamas’ stance. This criticism of Hamas goes against the global decolonization cause. Every time a decolonial group fights against their oppressor, they are criticized even by leftists. Is this what Lenin referred to as left-com?

It sucks that people who one thought were comrades end up doing this. Like are we even on the same team or are you just a closeted liberal? It is crazy, unscientific and unmaterialistic to not consider Palestinian material conditions, and to not consider who they made their champions for this cause, but instead to apply your idealism to the situation.

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[–] GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Which ways? If you're referring to their taking hostages, keep in mind that all of them were/are illegal occupiers next to an open-air concentration camp, not innocent civilians by any stretch of the imagination

[–] su25@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

and the hostages were simply used as political leverage against the occupation state, their own testimonies claim they were often treated well.

[–] GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 11 months ago

yes, in stark contrast to the hostages taken by "Israel"