The comments by Khalil al-Hayya came amid a stalemate in months of cease-fire talks.

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.

  • Blumpkinhead@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Hamas “fought back” by breaking down the doors of Israeli homes and slaughtering the families cowering inside. Gunning down teenagers at a music festival and kidnapping the survivors. That wasn’t strategy. That was fanatical hatred, cowardly, and evil.

    Hamas are cowards, perfectly happy to sit back and watch innocent Palestinians be slaughtered in the aftermath.

      • Blumpkinhead@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        7 months ago

        If you ever find yourself on either side of asymmetric warfare, and you’re killing kids…you’re the bad guy.

        • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          7 months ago

          Good thing Hamas barely killed any kids. Less than 3% of the deaths.

          Israel kills 40% children.

          Wonder who the bad guy is.

            • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              7 months ago

              Do you call Ukraine the bad guys too for defending themselves?

              Every country has soldiers killing innocents.

              Every country does war crimes.

              Everyone is the bad guys.

              • Blumpkinhead@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                7 months ago

                If Ukraine kicked down Russian doors and gunned down families or purposely targeted unarmed civilians, sure, they would be the bad guys in that situation.

                Anyone who commits war crimes should be called out, and the perpetrators held accountable.

                • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  7 months ago

                  If Ukraine kicked down Russian doors and gunned down families or purposely targeted unarmed civilians, sure, they would be the bad guys in that situation.

                  Okay but we do know that Ukrainian soldiers have committed war crimes. For example

                  Amnesty International - Ukrainian fighting tactics endanger civilians

                  • Ukrainian forces have put civilians in harm’s way by establishing bases and operating weapons systems in populated residential areas, including in schools and hospitals, as they repelled the Russian invasion that began in February, Amnesty International said today.

                  And they used forbidden cluster munitions

                  Human Rights Watch - New Research Details Ukrainian Use of Widely Banned Weapon

                  Ukrainian forces have used cluster munitions that caused numerous deaths and serious injuries to civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. Russian forces have extensively used cluster munitions in Ukraine, killing many civilians and causing other serious civilian harm.

                  And much more! But I am not out here saying “Ukraine are the bad guys” because of a few war crimes.

                  Because they are being invaded and occupied and they have the right to fight back.

                  And I’d love for them to do it cleaner and more peaceful but hey, if the invader isn’t interested in peace I’m not asking the victim for perfection.

                  • Blumpkinhead@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                    7 months ago

                    Staging equipment in populated areas is hardly the same as gunning down civilians. If you put an unarmed, defenseless person in your sights and pull the trigger, you’re a fucking monster. That’s not defensive, that’s murder.

    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      And accidentally killing 33% IDF soldiers and destroying every military base next to the Gaza strip. Just pure coincidence.

      Hamas has the civilian casualty rate which israel claims the IDF has. And israel has to lie about it.