
I don’t think Hamas is morally superior. I think Hamas (or something like it) was inevitable given Israel’s treatment of Gaza. The Israeli military behaved like terrorists towards Palestinians. Of course, the Palestinians responded by electing their own terrorists to represent them and now they can’t get them out of power (much like Israelis can’t get Netanyahu out.) This is a showdown between a terrorist state and a terrorist organization. As always, civilians are the ones who suffer. |
That's some grade A ugliness right there. |
+1 So many people on this thread so desperate to make Israel the good guy- there are no good guys right now. |
Hamas was founded in 1987, when the Israeli government was very different than it is now. Hamas is an outgrowth of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Learn some history. |
It’s all there in Hamas’s charter, folks! |
So what explains the Palestinian terrorism before the state of Israel even existed? What explains the Grand Mufti's virulent anti-Semitism and support of Hitler during WWII? I'm trying to decide whether your history or your logic is more flawed. |
Oh, I don’t know—I’m pretty certain those against Hamas are. I mean, heck, the US just placed additional economic sanctions on Hamas. |
DP. What you are saying is that "Israel deserved it." What you fail to say and recognize is that Israel has been repeatedly attacked by people living in Gaza, whether those people are Hamas or not. And, it has been happening for years. The law to have safe rooms in residences in Israel goes back to 1992. And prior to that, according to the 1951 civil defense law, all homes, residential buildings and industrial buildings in Israel were required to have bomb shelters. You don't have safe rooms and bomb shelters in every residence for kicks. |
It’s gross to pretend that terrorism is only terrible when it happens to people like you. Israel has already slaughtered more children than the number of people Hamas killed. I refuse to pretend that Israeli terrorism is okay, while condemning Hamas terrorism. THAT is the real ugliness. You’re okay with genocide. You’re okay with ethnic cleansing. As long as it only happens to people different than you. |
No one has said that. You’re the one saying “cry me a river” when a rocket hits an apartment building in Israel. |
IDF claims to have strong evidence of Hamas' use of hospitals for military purposes. Seems like a violation of medical ethics, if true? |
A rocket hit an apartment building and nobody was hurt. This is blowing up as evidence of Hamas cruelty while Israel bombs and kills countless children in Gaza. Cry me a f***ing river over the damaged apartment. |
You have no idea what my position is on any of these issues. Your ugliness and inhumanity discredits the Palestinian cause. |
Who is there to fact-check IDF? Why do IDF press releases count for news? |