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Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established (apnews.com)
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A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

When one side is committing a genocide and intentionally killing children then maybe, just maybe, it's important to call that out.

What the OP did was try to justify an ongoing genocide by calling the other side terrorists.

That is what you're defending by calling responses to that as whataboutism. Good job.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    One side? Both sides are doing this. The details are different, but both sides are being evil here.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Hamas did some war crimes by taking civilians as hostages, which is bad, and I condemn them. But they aren't perpetrating a genocide like Israel is. It's two very different scales of evil here, and it's important to point that out.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Since it's inception, putting a genocide on the jews has been a stated goal of Hamas. They glorified those that put this into practice. The only reason they haven't been as effective as the zionists is their lack of respective capability. But don't ever doubt they are evil

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