Comment on In the Hamas/Israel war, why does Palestine have "hostages" but Israel has "prisoners"?

• DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨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.

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  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hitler probably thought the holocaust was justified.

    What an utterly idiotic point.

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• nonailsleft@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨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?

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  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Have Hamas even bothered to accuse them of a crime?

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    • ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨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…

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    • nonailsleft@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sure. Watch their videos

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