• Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    No they murdered people because they were being murdered and wanted the murdering to stop. And since murdering Palestinians was fine some of them figured they could do the same thing since apparently it’s fine if the israelis do it.

    And since we all collectively decided to ignore the peaceful march to return in 2018 Hamas had to come to the conclusion at some point that we do not care about people that ask nicely.

    It must be difficult to comprehend but one side is fighting to achieve peace. The other side is fighting to eradicate all the Palestinians and steal their land.

    This is very clearly reflected in Hamas consistently trying to achieve a ceasefire and israel doing the exact opposite.

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      wanted the murdering to stop

      How’d that work out

      If they were killing Israelis in some way that would lead to better outcomes for the Palestinian people, I’d say that’d be pretty well justified at this point, for more or less exactly the reasons you said. That’s pretty fuckin far from what they did though.

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        They certainly did heavily target military bases with a >33% military casualty rate.

        As with any armed resistance you get some people that are less educated and more vengeful. Locking people in a concentration camp for 20 years doesn’t do wonders for their mental.

        Also it’s working out pretty well for them because as the popular saying goes: The guerilla wins if it does not lose. And Hamas is not losing right now.

        People seem to heavily underestimate how bad the living conditions in Gaza were. There was less bombing 1 year ago but they were certainly still dying from diseases and were malnourished.

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          For anyone watching: I suspect that Linkerbaan is one of the don’t-vote-for-Biden shills, and this whole thing is a sort of cosplay of being a pro-Palestinian person. I talked with them at length in another topic, and their responses are just kind of… off.

          There are other interpretations. But I noticed yesterday that they were making arguments that didn’t make much sense, and didn’t even seem to be coming from a place of them believing them themselves, or expecting anyone else to believe them. This comment and this stuff about “heavily target military bases” is a pretty good example. It’s just… it’s just off. It’s weird. I mean, it’s obviously not true, but it’s also just kind of random in this very particular low-effort way that looks more and more unusual the longer you hold it up to the light and carefully examine it.

          Anyway, so then I looked at their user history and I found all sorts of “Trump isn’t that bad” “both parties are the same” “blue MAGA” stuff (that’s honestly the only real consistent through-line I saw other than “yay Hamas”) and it all clicked into place.

          I somewhat suspect that the shill accounts tend to pick left-looking causes to rally behind to give themselves some cover, so their history doesn’t wind up as just all no-Biden all the time. A month or two ago a lot of them were doing economic issues, and I think now they’ve shifted to largely pro-Palestinian issues.

          Like I say: All speculation. The truth is I have no idea. But, that’s my take on it.

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            Socio-economic gaps between Palestinian and Jewish Israeli citizens are the result of discriminatory policies pursued over decades. Historically, Israel prevented its Palestinian citizens from accessing livelihoods under its 18-year-long military rule, and used them, at different times, as a source of cheap labour in order to preserve the interests of the Jewish majority. In addition to cruel land seizures, other discriminatory policies have led to Palestinians’ social and economic deprivation: the exclusion of Palestinian localities from high priority areas for development, the discriminatory allocation of land and water for agriculture as well as discriminatory planning and zoning, and the failure to implement major infrastructure development projects in Palestinian communities.

            The blockade and Israel’s repeated military offensives have had a heavy toll on Gaza’s essential infrastructure and further debilitated its health system and economy, leaving the area in a state of perpetual humanitarian crisis. Indeed, Israel’s collective punishment of Gaza’s civilian population, the majority of whom are children, has created conditions inimical to human life due to shortages of housing, potable water and electricity, and lack of access to essential medicines and medical care, food, educational equipment and building materials.

            Other reports about how Israel is an Apartheid State:

            Human Rights Watch Report

            B’TSelem Report with quick Explainer

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              All sounds 100% accurate. (Or, well, it was until they proceeded further than that into outright wholesale slaughter 6-7 months ago.) Did I give the impression that I thought that it was not?

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            For anyone watching … Like I say: All speculation. The truth is I have no idea.

            What a weird rant to share.

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              5 months ago

              Some of us have a lot of experience with Linkerbaan. This person spam comments incessantly like it’s a full time job.

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                Well I dunno, defending Palestinians doesn’t sound like spamming to me. I’d call it solidarity.

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                  There’s absolutely nothing wrong with defending Palestinians. Based on my interaction with them, Palestinians are the last people Linkerbaan cares about. This is cosplaying online for clout. They are confusing the map with the territory where the aesthetic of signaling support for Palestinians has long ago superseded fostering actual solutions that will improve the lives of Palestinians.

                  Check out their post history and decide for yourself.

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                    Check out their post history and decide for yourself.

                    I have, and this is why when you say

                    This is cosplaying online for clout.

                    I really don’t see what you are referring to.

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            Another thing to note is the volume with which Linkerbaan comments/posts is INSANE. It is for 6-7 hours/day every 15 minutes. It’s wild! There is a weird vibe to their comments too. It’s never specific enough to respond to pointed topics/arguments and just broad enough to stake out a position.

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      5 months ago

      Why do you claim Hamas is “fighting to achieve peace”? Which of their actions seem to indicate this?

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        The one where they instantly offer a ceasefire in exchange for all Palestinian hostages.

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            Because israel was holding Palestinian hostages and turned Gaza into an open air concentration camp and that’s not very cool. And israel keeps terrorizing their mosque which is very Islamophobic.

            So Hamas asked israel to stop nicely in 2018 with the march to return and israel held a Palestinian kneecap shooting competition.

            Israel decided that they don’t listen to people that ask nicely. Now we’re here.

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              So what’s changed since Oct 7? Was Hamas able to achieve peace and remove the concentration camp conditions or has it worsened?

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                Yes it’s looking like Hamas is going to achieve those objectives.

                Sadly because israel is a Nazi state, it’s like fighting against the Nazis. People die when you fight against the Nazis.

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                  So, just to circle back to og question: Palestine (or what’s left of it) is on track to no longer be a concentration camp and hostages are being released? The conditions for palestinians have improved since Oct 7?

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                    Did living conditions improve for people while they were fighting against the Nazis?

                    It must be difficult to understand but sometimes thing have to get worse before they get better.