• GrymEdm@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    You make sense, and I sort of agree so I won’t downvote and just add my bit. The “prisoners” are definitely being used as negotiation leverage in every discussion with Hamas.

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      7 months ago

      I know this goes against the grain of what is being portrayed but a prisoner is also someone who has done something wrong where a hostage is totally innocent

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        7 months ago

        In that case, given that many of the people kept by Israel have never seen the inside of a courtroom, that would be a biased use of “prisoner.”

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          7 months ago

          I agree there would be more innocent people than average in those prisons. I’m not under any illusion there aren’t some really awful people in there too.

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            7 months ago

            There definitely are, but that doesn’t mean Israel is justified in locking them away without due process.