Comment on In the Hamas/Israel war, why does Palestine have "hostages" but Israel has "prisoners"?
DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months agoThis is a question of perspective though.
Obviously i don’t hold their views but I presume hammas has some justification along the lines of Israelis being criminals.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 7 months ago
You cannot possibly be serious.
DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Of course I’m serious.
This isn’t a question of who’s right and who’s wrong. It’s the simple and obvious assertion that all parties think they are right.
Hamas combatants presumably feel their actions are justified.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Hitler probably thought the holocaust was justified.
What an utterly idiotic point.
nonailsleft@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Why not? For them they are illegal settlers. If someone started squatting in your bedroom, wouldn’t you consider them criminals at some point?
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Have Hamas even bothered to accuse them of a crime?
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This isn’t the reason, it doesn’t matter if Hamas accuses them or not.
They’re considered hostages because Hamas wants to release them in exchange for something.
Israel imprisons Palestinian as a punishment or to achieve specific goals that are not met by releasing them (like preventing political prisoners from engaging with society).
I don’t think either term is morally superior to the other, but they do have some different connotations…
nonailsleft@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Sure. Watch their videos