Comment on Hamas doesn't hold a monopoly on Palestinian terror

• possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That isn’t a straight forward question and I think you know that

  Don’t pick arguments just to argue. You are putting coal into the fire. This is rage bait.

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  • Gorilladrums@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But it is straightforward for anybody with the bare minimum levels of morality. Terrorists attacks are bad, end of story. If you find yourself trying to justify terrorism then you’ve gone off the deep end.

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• stink@lemmygrad.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I do. And it was legal according to international law. What about it?

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• rumimevlevi@lemmings.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No. Now answer this question do you condemn Israel 77 years of terrorism and do you support attacks on idf terrorists?

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  • Gorilladrums@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, I’m glad we’re on the same page. My whole point is that terrorism should be universally condemned.

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    • rumimevlevi@lemmings.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      what about attacking the idf terrorists?

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      • Gorilladrums@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        We have to make several distinctions.

        1. Just like how Hamas isn’t all Palestinians, the IDF isn’t all Israelis
        2. Israel has mandatory conscription so most adults in the country were in the military at one point or another
        3. Due to the previous point, calling all Israeli adults “IDF terrorists” is just as stupid and brainless as far right Zionists calling all male Palestinians above the age of 15 "Hamas terrorists"
        4. By extension attacking people who are not armed and uniformed is just an attack unarmed civilians

        So by using the above parameters, Israel and Palestine attacking each other is only ever justified when:

        1. They’re attacking a legitimate military target
        2. They’re not intentionally attacking or targeting civilians

        So for example, if a Palestinian group launched rockets at an IDF airbase that is being used to bomb Gaza, that would be a justified attack. However, if the same groups goes into an Israeli town and kills an entire family in their house because someone in there served in the IDF at some point is not justified. The same goes the other way, Israel bombing an actual Hamas weapons stash is justified, but them bombing a hospital is not.

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