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They wouldn’t condemn Hamas or the Oct 7th attacks, however.

From the article:

The Hamas-run Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip says at least 500 people have been killed in an explosion that it says was caused by an Israeli airstrike

You’re using Hamas as a source. That’s pretty embarrassing.

Thank you for saying that.

You do realize Hamas is responsible for their own actions? It doesn’t matter what Israel did, Israel can have peace with Palestinians at least in principle. With Hamas, there can be no peace. Quit justifying terrorism as being caused by actions outside their control. It is completely in their control how they respond and they chose to respond with terrorism. What happens now is justified self-defense.

The absolute irony… You are the one defending killing civilians. That’s what Hamas does and did to Israel. What Israel does after is self-defense, and I don’t really care about playing terrorist peek-a-boo. If you don’t want to die, get out the fucking way so Israel can destroy Hamas. It’s the fastest way for the Palestinian people to have peace.

Did you warn them to get out of the way?

From the article:

The Hamas-run Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip says at least 500 people have been killed in an explosion that it says was caused by an Israeli airstrike.

Who needs journalists when you have Hamas to report for you. That’s apparently acceptable for this community of news.

How do I know Israel did that? Hamas is known for attacking their own citizens and blaming Israel. That’s literally their tactic. What does Israel gain from earning civilians to leave and then attacking them? Meanwhile, Hamas stands to gain a lot if it can convince the Gazans and international community that Israel is bombing civilians.

You destroy the apartment block if that’s what you have to do to destroy Hamas. You can’t save everyone, because if you try, your own children will die. This is war. Innocents will die. If you have cancer in you, you kill the good cells to kill the cancer. The alternative is to let yourself be destroyed. The complete elimination of Hamas is the fastest way to end the killing of innocents on both sides, rather than letting innocents die in drawn out conflict over decades. There doesn’t seem to be a better solution.

No, I love Jewish people too but I support Israel’s right to defend itself. The Palestinian people can’t go free so long as there exists among them organizations that long for the destruction of Israel and all Jews. The quickest path to freedom for Palestine and the fewest loss of innocents is the elimination of Hamas. Sorry, but that’s how this works. If there is cancer in the body, you kill good cells to kill the cancer. You must, or else you yourself will be destroyed. I don’t celebrate the deaths of innocents on either side. But I am at least aware that with Israel, there is the possibility of peace. With Hamas, there can never be.

So Israel is responsible for funding Hamas, but Hamas isn’t responsible for the terrorism they commit? That’s how you assign responsibility?

If I come at you with a knife, do you have the right to defend yourself?

From the article:

The HAMAS-RUN Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip says at least 500 people have been killed in an explosion that it says was caused by an Israeli airstrike.

So you won’t trust Israel but you’ll trust Hamas? Lmao.

Yes, now you’re getting it. One is terrorism, the other is defence from that terrorism. The destruction of Hamas is the fastest way to stop the death of innocents on both sides. Israel could have accomplished this by destroying all of Gaza, but instead they show restraint in trying to minimize civilian casualties, and they will risk the assured death of even more of their own citizens by invading to root out Hamas.

And again, Hamas is completely responsible for their own actions, no matter who they’re taking money from. It’s like saying the U.S. is responsible for war crimes because they’ve given money to Israel. The actors in the scene are responsible for what they do. In the context of the user I was replying to, they clearly stated Israel is supporting Hamas so they can take Gaza for themselves. That’s what I disputed. That’s not criticism, it’s manufactured.

You literally made up that I’m anti-Palestinian. You’re as bad-faith as they come. So, bye.

Then you acknowledge Israel has the right to defend their innocent children from being murdered by the existential threat that is Hamas. Sorry that innocents will die. That’s how war is. In order to kill cancer, you kill good cells in the process. The quickest path to peace for the Palestinians, and the fewest loss of innocents on both sides, is the swift and complete destruction of Hamas’s ability to cause harm.

All that to say both sides suck, but Israel was first. It’s absolutely irrelevant. Israel can offer peace all day but there will never be peace with a terrorist organization that demands the compete destruction of all Jews. Hamas was responsible for invading Israel and what they did to it’s people there. Israel is completely justified in defending themselves from an existential threat, no different than you or I. If you fail to recognize those facts, yes, it’s tantamount to supporting terrorism.

That’s a nice article. It doesn’t matter what Netanyahu did or supported, because fundamentally the terrorists are responsible for their own actions. You can’t say Israel gave money to Hamas, so it’s Israel’s fault they were attacked. Hamas is responsible for deciding to carry out the attack, no matter who they were taking money from. That’s how responsibility works. And, because of what Hamas did, Israel is right to defend itself.