'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israeli arrest, torture

Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by ZunarJ5 on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @06:53PM (#38620598)

Never said that they were saints. It's important to know what you're actually dealing with though.

From the article:

"In other words, Hamas’ absolute rule of Gaza is not what the Palestinians voted for back in 2006. In fact, since the median age of Gazans is 18, half of Hamas’ subjects weren’t even born when the election took place."

I cannot help but see most of the arguments that people make equating Hamas with Palestinians as bad faith. Explanations are not excuses and knowing why things are happening is the first real step towards fixing anything.

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Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by dragonwriter on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @06:54PM (#38620610)

> In fact, since the median age of Gazans is 18, half of Hamas’ subjects weren’t even born when the election took place.

And, for the same reason, the ones that were born largely couldn't vote.

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Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by ZunarJ5 on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @07:00PM (#38620671)

Yes, it's inferrable with some caution.

There's also the obvious elephant in the room that Israel is executing a disproportional response to the terror attacks and the conditions they're creating will only extend this conflict and create more terror. As the article states, it's pretty well understood that citizens need stable material conditions before voting really works well, otherwise they tend to trend towards the reactionary.

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