▲ 413 ▼ Netanyahu rejected ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, sources say (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by snek@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 142 comments fedilink hide all child comments Israeli PM said to have turned down proposal in early talks and continues to take tough line
[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) But they're literally both oppressors permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) GTFO with false equivalence between a democratically elected government with nuclear weapons, backed by the USA, and the terrorist band they’re propping up as a preferred enemy to undercut peaceful leadership. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) You're also against Hamas? Cool, we agree. Seemed like the original comment was defending their use of violence. I by no means support Israel or what it's doing to the Palestinians. But Hamas is pretty terrible. I agree the peaceful leadership was undercut. What I was trying to say was that that leadership was better and likely to incur less Palistinian death and suffering than Hamas and it's 'violence is the only answer' stance. permalink fedilink source parent [+] snek@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) GTFO with false equivalence between a democratically elected government with nuclear weapons, backed by the USA, and the terrorist band they’re propping up as a preferred enemy to undercut peaceful leadership. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) You're also against Hamas? Cool, we agree. Seemed like the original comment was defending their use of violence. I by no means support Israel or what it's doing to the Palestinians. But Hamas is pretty terrible. I agree the peaceful leadership was undercut. What I was trying to say was that that leadership was better and likely to incur less Palistinian death and suffering than Hamas and it's 'violence is the only answer' stance. permalink fedilink source parent [+] snek@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) You're also against Hamas? Cool, we agree. Seemed like the original comment was defending their use of violence. I by no means support Israel or what it's doing to the Palestinians. But Hamas is pretty terrible. I agree the peaceful leadership was undercut. What I was trying to say was that that leadership was better and likely to incur less Palistinian death and suffering than Hamas and it's 'violence is the only answer' stance. permalink fedilink source parent