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[–] [email protected] 116 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (10 children)

We have all seen the video of her broken body being paraded through Gaza and the people spitting on her. Hamas did that and they brought death and destruction to Gaza.

[–] [email protected] 104 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Hamas AND Israel both brought death and destruction to Gaza. Palestinian children are not bombing themselves now.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have not seen that thankfully

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (15 children)

I don't understand why someone would want to see that.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (18 children)

so the past 50 years of the gaza strip being bombed by israel have not brought death and desctruction to gaza? that's ignoring the constant blockades and other restrictions israel put on gaza as well.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

lets not forget the blockade by egypt too, even jordan at one point wanted to kick out and backtrack citizenship for all descendants of palestinian refugees

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[–] [email protected] 113 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Fuck Hamas. They are a blight on the Palestinian cause.

Edit: Typo

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 70 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

I'm very saddened to hear about the death of this young woman. I'm also sad to hear about deaths of many, many Palestinians. I do not think it's coincidence that Hamas decides to launch a major offensive in the midst of talks with between Saudi Arabia and Israel to normalize relations between the two after many years of relative peace. We can't have peace in the Middle East because it doesn't serve the ends to the major regional powers.

Both sides in this conflict are used as pawns for the political ends of others. Innocent people are those that get caught in the midst of it all. Hamas didn't do this without a green light so as much vitriol being spilled in this thread we have to take a step back. These fights have been brewing and going on for generations. If you take the short term view much of the strife we see today is the fallout from WWII and that is used as leverage by other nefarious parties.

It's not the Israeli people's fault they do not have a home. It's not the Palestinian people's fault they do not have a home.

Some of the comments in this thread are sickening, hateful, narrow, and short-sighted.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Tragic. Her poor mother stuck not knowing for 3 weeks... my heart goes out to them.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (48 children)
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[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You look over there, and then you look at the comments in here. It's makes you wonder if the human race will ever live in peace. Shame on us all.

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