That’s a bit of a strawman. Who’s holding an Israeli flag here?
Genocide is atrocious, whether committed by the IDF or Hamas. Hamas’s stated purpose is a complete ethnic cleansing of the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
I can say “genocide is wrong” and apply that to both sides, without favoring one over the other. The fact that you can’t is part of the problem.
mrdown@lemmy.world 2 days ago
There is an genocide in Gaza not Israel. Despite hamas genocide intent they have no power to do so and like I said in my other comment. A west backed PA would be in charge of destroying hamas in exchange of the end of occupation.
You don’t want that because you are a liar. You want israel to continue colonization
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Just because one side is committing genocide doesn’t excuse the other side’s genocidal intent. Genocide is wrong on both sides, and saying more power should be given to one genocidal organization because it’s currently the one losing is an asinine take.
The slogan in question in this post isn’t a Palestinian Authority slogan. It’s a slogan Hamas uses to advocate for ethnic cleansing. Stop deflecting.
That’s the idea with the two-state solution favored by the UN, but having an idea and actually implementing it are two different things. It’s much more geopolitically complex than simply “the west should play kingmaker and then the PA can destroy Hamas.” Hamas is entrenched in the governance of Gaza, and they won’t hand over the reins to PA peacefully.
Strawman. “Anyone who doesn’t support hamas is a zionist.” Yawn.
mrdown@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You never called people to boycott Israel; you never asked your trashy country to stop supporting Israel with diplomatic cover; you keep voting for trashy politicians supporting the genocide. You are just a hypocrite, that’s all. Your country is hosting a war criminal who said there are no innocent Palestinians, and you have the audacity to claim that you oppose genocide and occupation; you do not; you are a hypocrite. All talk, no action.
The slogan in question is a call for a one-state solution with equal rights. Just because Hamas uses it with an ulterior motive does not mean nobody can use it. You are using the same rhetoric as authoritarian regimes; for example, Mali recently arrested an opponent for saying the words “by all means necessary.” There are people who, when they say that, really mean all means necessary including terrorism, but it is not enough to ban those words.
The UN has stated that Israel should unconditionally end the occupation. Your rhetoric is that it is too complex, so let’s do nothing except keep selling weapons to Israel and do business with them like usual. You are just a hypocrite who supports occupation and genocide.
You would have used the same excuse during apartheid South Africa. You would have talked about how the ANC wanted to exterminate white people because they committed some acts of terrorism, and you would have defended crushing anti-apartheid protests and been silent about your trashy country backing up the supremacist regime.
You think Hamas can survive with no popular support because the occupation would end and the whole West would back the PA with money and arms. Or are you one of those racists who think most Palestinians support genociding Israelis?
Not true. I do not consider anybody who opposes Hamas a Zionist.
Anybody who says Zionists who came from Europe had the right to force a state on the local people which included Palestinian Jews and then ethnically cleansed them are themselves Zionists.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
You’re making a lot of fucking assumptions about me, including what I have or haven’t done, what I do or don’t support, what opinions I hold, and even what country I’m from. It’s all so you can set up some convenient strawman arguments that you can shoot down, by putting words in my mouth and claiming I said things that I didn’t say. So I’m not going to take you seriously.
I said I support the UN’s position, but that there’s a difference between stating what should be done and actually implementing it. If it wasn’t complex, the problem would already be solved. I never said we should do nothing and keep selling weapons to israel. Strawman.
I said Hamas supports genociding israelis, and I also said Hamas holds de facto power in Gaza. Both of which are true statements. I’ve also said that I can discern between Hamas and Palestinians, which you apparently can’t, so by your own logic you’re the one who’s racist and you’re making accusations in a mirror.