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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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About the Hamas manifesto (1980s) (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by FlightSimEnjoyer@lemmygrad.ml to c/palestine@lemmygrad.ml

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Here in Brazil the media keeps talking about the manifesto that Hamas released upon its founding in the 1980s, where they basically call for genocide against Israel. Knowing that Hamas avoided harming civilians during the october attacks, it seems that their aims have changed and that they do not wish for that anymore. As such, is there any public statement from Hamas where they address the allegations of them wanting genocide?

edit: and the media accuses left-wingers of supporting "real terrorists", while leftists call the people who tried a coup in january 8th terrorists.

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[–] GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

AFAIK Hamas was created by "Israel" as a force against serious resistance groups, so it having a racist ideology at the time makes sense; Hamas nowadays is very different, as shown by their most recent charter (linked in another comment) and their behaviour on and since 7/10

[–] ForgetPrimacy@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 11 months ago

I want to be able to use this when arguing with libs, is there anything I can read about the origin of Hamas?

~ checked Wikipedia ~

Oh shit

Although in 2018, The Intercept published an article claiming that "Israeli officials admit they helped start the group". Source Provided: Hasan, Mehdi; Sayedahmed, Dina (February 19, 2018). "Blowback: How Israel Went From Helping Create Hamas to Bombing It". The Intercept. Retrieved November 28, 2023.