Due to the severity of the situation and the fast flowing news cycle, we have decided to create a general megathread for discussion regarding the conflict.
Informal/Satirical news sources are not allowed on the main feed of the community but you are free to post them in this thread.
Please remember that all community and instance rules apply to this thread hence keep is civil.
Hmm, why would Palestinians hate European settlers that stole their land via the imperial edict of Britain? 🙄
There's only two teams. The imaginary side you made up in your head doesn't exist.
It's Hamas or Israel. Pick one.
Almost a troll-like insistence on lack of nuance to an extremely complex situation
The invocation of nuance is a trick to get you to not take a stance that matters and to stay trapped in your own head cooking up imaginary solutions that can never and will never happen.
The actually nuanced position is to support Hamas despite its flaws, because they're the only material force that is fighting for Gaza.
Hamas is resisting Zionism, not Jews. They're pretty explicit about that.
So if you oppose race/religion-based tribalism you support Hamas, because they're the ones opposing it.
I don’t support Hamas because they support violent overthrow of Zionists.
I do agree that up until last weekend they were the best option for stability and support of the Palestinian people in the region, however. But the current operation was a suicide mission and they’ve taken the entire Palestinian population with them.
Then again, the alternative was annihilation by a billion cuts. Still doesn’t mean I support their approach, just like I don’t support the state of Israel’s response (or that of the countries supporting them).