The flags of Hamas and Hezbollah were waved among the crowd of demonstrators during a march in New York City on Monday, reported the American right-wing media Freedom New TV (FNTV) and according to...
Legit question - is there any actual grounds for the “terrorist” label other than striking at a long term oppressive occupying force? Cause ive not seen anyone show any receipts past calling Oct 7 “terrorism” or their overall governance as “extreme” (which, again, makes sense to me after 50 some years of oppression and occupation.)
Murdering and kidnapping civilians with the purpose of enacting their political goals does fit the label of terrorism. Then again, Israel does also murder and kidnap Palestinian civilians (and I mean kidnaps, because they don’t have the legal grounds to imprison people at the West Bank) for the sake of their political goals, and they don’t get called terrorists. So I call both Hamas and Israel terrorists, but a good general corollary is that there’s always political motivation behind someone using or not using that label.
This is my main issue - in a vacuum sure it’d be terrorism but in this instance I don’t see how one side is terrorist but one side is heroic other than “brown bad, white gud.” I’m trying to be open minded but Zionists don’t really have an argument past “fuck you sympathizer”
If you want a general ethical position on the issue that I have found consistent so far:
Hamas is fundamentally different from other liberation groups, in that Hamas doesn’t intend to integrate the descendants of colonizers into the country they want Palestine (the whole of it) to be. For instance, the ANC saw the white South Africans as South Africans - they were colonizers, sure, but they would be citizens of the country they intended to rule, so instead of targeting civilians, they attacked military targets and infrastructure.
We see everyday what the Israeli government does on this sub, any person who isn’t predisposed in their favor can easily understand that they’re a few steps away from going full nazi.
The vast majority of civilians on both sides are innocent, and don’t deserve to be brutalized.
So it isn’t really a matter of whether you prefer Israel or Hamas, it is first and foremost, a matter of making sure civilians aren’t subject to abuse, and are capable of living their lives freely and in peace. Of course, it also needs to be understood that the construct that is the political system of Israel-Palestine (this is, only Israel exists as a sovereign country, while “Palestine” is a couple of not too self-governed territories over which Israel practices sovereignity) provokes a continued abuse and misery that will ignite further conflict sooner or later. So while the first priority is getting a cease fire now, aiming for a real, practical 2 state solution or 1 state solution where both Palestinians and Israelis are free citizens without being subject to the whims of the other party is needed if we don’t want to have a similar mess in 5, 10 or 20 years.
Hamas is fundamentally different from other liberation groups, in that Hamas doesn’t intend to integrate the descendants of colonizers into the country they want Palestine (the whole of it) to be. For instance, the ANC saw the white South Africans as South Africans - they were colonizers, sure, but they would be citizens of the country they intended to rule, so instead of targeting civilians, they attacked military targets and infrastructure.
Well that’s false. If anything Hamas with their 33% military kill rate on Oct7 has a one of the lowest civilian-casualty in a resistance movement. Their attacks were extremely targeted towards military bases as well. But whaddaya know. Whitewash the history a bit and the ANC all become angels. Why was Nelson Mandela on the terrorist list again? We love that guy! He was the peace guy right?
And also, Hamas has already put a 2 state deal on the table recently. If israel accepts it Hamas would then give up their expelling of israeli colonists. However israel in its infinite wisdom decides that while it is in power it will not make any compromises.
The ANC repeated its position that the armed struggle against the country’s white-ruled government, which began in 1960, was a just war and that civilians had not been deliberately targeted.
But the ANC statement said some of its guerrillas weren’t sufficiently trained and “were never thoroughly under the discipline of the ANC.”
Avoiding harming civilians was a deliberate modus operandi of the ANC, the same way that Hamas deliberately kidnapped civilians. They cannot be blamed for attacking military bases - they should be blamed for attacking that which was neither military bases nor infrastructure.
So the ANC gets all the benefit of the doubt (in hindsight of course. Not while it’s happening) but Hamas which is working with people that have been locked into a concentration camp for 20 years are all supposed to be angels. Was Hamas working with a well trained military while locked inside of their concentration camp having to plan a giant operation in utmost secrecy?
Hamas was far more disciplined than the American military was in Iraq during Oct7. All while having suffered far more aggression.
The kidnapping thing you can condemn but Hamas has no other option to get their own hostages out which are deep in israeli territory. And israel doing it was fine with everyone.
The real bad thing was some soldiers deliberately killing unarmed Israelis. But again the rate (civilian casualty %) at which that happened was far lower than almost any insurgency. You don’t get people risking their lives to invade concentration camp guardposts if they’re not very very angry.
Deliberately targeting civilians qualifies as terrorist and that’s exactly what they’ve been doing. There’s also no need, like, not a single need or even excuse, to associate the Palestinian cause specifically with Hamas. It’s like turning up at an environmentalist rally with a sign glorifying the Unabomber.
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRefEgged bus 960 bombingSeptember 5, 1999Tveria01Hamas claimed responsibility.[27][28]Haifa Central Bus Station bombingSeptember 5, 1999Haifa00Hamas claimed responsibility.[27][29]
]
2000s
Kissufim bombing July 9, 2001 Southern Gaza Strip crossing point 0 0 Hamas claimed responsibility. [53]
Binyamina train station suicide bombing July 16, 2001 Binyamina 2 11 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. [54]
Moshav Beka’ot bombing August 8, 2001 Northern Jordan Valley 0 1 Hamas claimed responsibility. [55]
Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing August 9, 2001 Jerusalem 16 130 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. [56]
Wall Street Cafe bombing August 12, 2001 Kiryat Motzkin 0 21 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. [57][58][59]
Hanevi’im street bombing September 4, 2001 Jerusalem 0 21 Hamas claimed responsibility. [60]
Jerusalem car bombings September 4, 2001 Jerusalem 0 23 Series of car bombs. [61] [62]
Nahariya train station suicide bombing September 9, 2001 Nahariya Railway Station 3 94 Suicide bomber was an Arab Israeli citizen. Hamas claimed responsibility. [63]
Beit Lid junction bombing September 9, 2001 Near Netanya 0 11 Hamas claimed responsibility. [64][65]
Kibbutz Shluhot bombing October 7, 2001 Kibbutz Shluhot 1 0 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. [30][66]
Kibbutz Be’eri Suicide Bombing October 17, 2001 Kibbutz Be’eri 0 2 The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility. [67]
Erez Crossing attack November 26, 2001 Erez Crossing 0 2 Hamas claimed responsibility. [68]
1st Egged bus 823 bombing November 29, 2001 Haifa 3 9 Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades. [69][70]
Ben Yehuda Street Bombing December 1, 2001 Downtown Jerusalem 11 188 Hamas claimed responsibility. [71]
Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing December 2, 2001 Haifa 15 40 Hamas claimed responsibility. [72]
Hilton Mamilla bombing December 5, 2001 Mamilla, Jerusalem 0 11 Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Hamas. [55]
Check Post Junction bus bombing December 9, 2001 Haifa 0 30 A second unexploded device was found nearby. [68]
Neve Dekalim bombing December 12, 2001 Neve Dekalim 0 4 Hamas claimed responsibility. [73]
Legit question - is there any actual grounds for the “terrorist” label other than striking at a long term oppressive occupying force? Cause ive not seen anyone show any receipts past calling Oct 7 “terrorism” or their overall governance as “extreme” (which, again, makes sense to me after 50 some years of oppression and occupation.)
Murdering and kidnapping civilians with the purpose of enacting their political goals does fit the label of terrorism. Then again, Israel does also murder and kidnap Palestinian civilians (and I mean kidnaps, because they don’t have the legal grounds to imprison people at the West Bank) for the sake of their political goals, and they don’t get called terrorists. So I call both Hamas and Israel terrorists, but a good general corollary is that there’s always political motivation behind someone using or not using that label.
This is my main issue - in a vacuum sure it’d be terrorism but in this instance I don’t see how one side is terrorist but one side is heroic other than “brown bad, white gud.” I’m trying to be open minded but Zionists don’t really have an argument past “fuck you sympathizer”
If you want a general ethical position on the issue that I have found consistent so far:
Hamas is fundamentally different from other liberation groups, in that Hamas doesn’t intend to integrate the descendants of colonizers into the country they want Palestine (the whole of it) to be. For instance, the ANC saw the white South Africans as South Africans - they were colonizers, sure, but they would be citizens of the country they intended to rule, so instead of targeting civilians, they attacked military targets and infrastructure.
We see everyday what the Israeli government does on this sub, any person who isn’t predisposed in their favor can easily understand that they’re a few steps away from going full nazi.
The vast majority of civilians on both sides are innocent, and don’t deserve to be brutalized.
So it isn’t really a matter of whether you prefer Israel or Hamas, it is first and foremost, a matter of making sure civilians aren’t subject to abuse, and are capable of living their lives freely and in peace. Of course, it also needs to be understood that the construct that is the political system of Israel-Palestine (this is, only Israel exists as a sovereign country, while “Palestine” is a couple of not too self-governed territories over which Israel practices sovereignity) provokes a continued abuse and misery that will ignite further conflict sooner or later. So while the first priority is getting a cease fire now, aiming for a real, practical 2 state solution or 1 state solution where both Palestinians and Israelis are free citizens without being subject to the whims of the other party is needed if we don’t want to have a similar mess in 5, 10 or 20 years.
Well that’s false. If anything Hamas with their 33% military kill rate on Oct7 has a one of the lowest civilian-casualty in a resistance movement. Their attacks were extremely targeted towards military bases as well. But whaddaya know. Whitewash the history a bit and the ANC all become angels. Why was Nelson Mandela on the terrorist list again? We love that guy! He was the peace guy right?
ANC apologizes for deaths in anti-apartheid fight - But says struggle was justified
And also, Hamas has already put a 2 state deal on the table recently. If israel accepts it Hamas would then give up their expelling of israeli colonists. However israel in its infinite wisdom decides that while it is in power it will not make any compromises.
For your own link:
Avoiding harming civilians was a deliberate modus operandi of the ANC, the same way that Hamas deliberately kidnapped civilians. They cannot be blamed for attacking military bases - they should be blamed for attacking that which was neither military bases nor infrastructure.
So the ANC gets all the benefit of the doubt (in hindsight of course. Not while it’s happening) but Hamas which is working with people that have been locked into a concentration camp for 20 years are all supposed to be angels. Was Hamas working with a well trained military while locked inside of their concentration camp having to plan a giant operation in utmost secrecy?
Hamas was far more disciplined than the American military was in Iraq during Oct7. All while having suffered far more aggression.
The kidnapping thing you can condemn but Hamas has no other option to get their own hostages out which are deep in israeli territory. And israel doing it was fine with everyone.
The real bad thing was some soldiers deliberately killing unarmed Israelis. But again the rate (civilian casualty %) at which that happened was far lower than almost any insurgency. You don’t get people risking their lives to invade concentration camp guardposts if they’re not very very angry.
Deliberately targeting civilians qualifies as terrorist and that’s exactly what they’ve been doing. There’s also no need, like, not a single need or even excuse, to associate the Palestinian cause specifically with Hamas. It’s like turning up at an environmentalist rally with a sign glorifying the Unabomber.
That’s not a legit question at all. Did you even try to learn anything before saying something so incredibly stupid?
1999
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRefEgged bus 960 bombingSeptember 5, 1999Tveria01Hamas claimed responsibility.[27][28]Haifa Central Bus Station bombingSeptember 5, 1999Haifa00Hamas claimed responsibility.[27][29] ] 2000s
Gaza bombing October 26, 2000 Gaza Strip 0 1 Youth suicide bomber on bike. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. [30] 2000 Mahane Yehuda Market attack November 2, 2000 Jerusalem 2 9 Booby-trapped car. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. [31][32] Mehola bombing December 22, 2000 Mehola Junction 0 3 Hamas claimed responsibility. [33]
Kissufim bombing July 9, 2001 Southern Gaza Strip crossing point 0 0 Hamas claimed responsibility. [53] Binyamina train station suicide bombing July 16, 2001 Binyamina 2 11 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. [54] Moshav Beka’ot bombing August 8, 2001 Northern Jordan Valley 0 1 Hamas claimed responsibility. [55] Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing August 9, 2001 Jerusalem 16 130 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. [56] Wall Street Cafe bombing August 12, 2001 Kiryat Motzkin 0 21 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. [57][58][59] Hanevi’im street bombing September 4, 2001 Jerusalem 0 21 Hamas claimed responsibility. [60] Jerusalem car bombings September 4, 2001 Jerusalem 0 23 Series of car bombs. [61] [62] Nahariya train station suicide bombing September 9, 2001 Nahariya Railway Station 3 94 Suicide bomber was an Arab Israeli citizen. Hamas claimed responsibility. [63] Beit Lid junction bombing September 9, 2001 Near Netanya 0 11 Hamas claimed responsibility. [64][65] Kibbutz Shluhot bombing October 7, 2001 Kibbutz Shluhot 1 0 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. [30][66] Kibbutz Be’eri Suicide Bombing October 17, 2001 Kibbutz Be’eri 0 2 The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility. [67] Erez Crossing attack November 26, 2001 Erez Crossing 0 2 Hamas claimed responsibility. [68] 1st Egged bus 823 bombing November 29, 2001 Haifa 3 9 Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades. [69][70] Ben Yehuda Street Bombing December 1, 2001 Downtown Jerusalem 11 188 Hamas claimed responsibility. [71] Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing December 2, 2001 Haifa 15 40 Hamas claimed responsibility. [72] Hilton Mamilla bombing December 5, 2001 Mamilla, Jerusalem 0 11 Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Hamas. [55] Check Post Junction bus bombing December 9, 2001 Haifa 0 30 A second unexploded device was found nearby. [68] Neve Dekalim bombing December 12, 2001 Neve Dekalim 0 4 Hamas claimed responsibility. [73]
And on an on and on
You fucking terrorist sympathizing twat.
So Israel are heroes for their actions but Hamas are terrorists 🤔 OK boomer
WHAT THE FUCK DID I EVER SAY ABOUT ISRAEL YOU LYING FUCKING CUNT???