Comment on In the Hamas/Israel war, why does Palestine have "hostages" but Israel has "prisoners"?
nonailsleft@lemm.ee 10 months agoWhy 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 10 months ago
Have Hamas even bothered to accuse them of a crime?
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 10 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 10 months ago
Sure. Watch their videos