Comment on In the Hamas/Israel war, why does Palestine have "hostages" but Israel has "prisoners"?
machinin@lemmy.world 10 months agoThe op in this thread said: “The Palestinians are getting combatants who were arrested for other attacks by and large.” That is obviously misinformation. That is what I was responding to.
Is there an index for which apartheid states are better than others? That seems like an interesting index.
CerealKiller01@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Right, but you said “The misinformation is calling all the released Palestinians combatants. That seems like the Israeli’s talking point here, which is a fabrication.” I have no reason to assume OP is Israeli. But even if he is, he isn’t representative of most Israeli sources (to the best of my knowledge).
I was referring to the The Economist Democracy Index. As of 2022, Israel is in the high end of flawed democracies (between Portugal and the US). Not saying that’s the end-all-be-all of democratic Indices, but it is the most widely known and commonly used, so it’s a good rule of thumb.
machinin@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes, I believe that user is either unknowingly parroting Israeli propaganda or intentionally distributing it
CerealKiller01@lemmy.world 10 months ago
On what basis?
Again, I didn’t see any Israeli source referring to them as “combatants”.