How could they not hide behind human shields.. They live in very tightly packed ghettos... there are no isolated military bunkers... Literally there is no place for them to be except in civlian locations.
> But only one side has a charter that says "extinction of the other side"
I assume you mean Israel?
> Their sole purpose and reason to exist are to kill everyone in Israel.
Oops nevermind.. Neither side wants the other to be killed off (except for a few really angry people). They do however want their land, The Israelis want the land they have had for.. about one generation. The Palestinians want the lang they have had for hundreds of generations.
It is no suprise (though no mirally justified) that the side that was there the longest, and have no had their home occupied for nearly a century, is becoming increasingly radicalized. Thats the consequence when you treat people as subhuman for long enough.
@freemo @Miriamm I think we can safely say that the following is true: Both sides commit atrocities.
Hamas killed soldiers, but they also deliberately targeted and murdered civilians.
Israel say they target terrorists and say the dead civilians are unfortunate collateral damage. To a dead civilian I don't think that distinction matters much.
However, if the attack came as a surprise, can we really trust the Israeli armed forces when they say they know where the military targets are?
I was just shopping for a new mechanical keyboard.. not that I need one... Is it a clicky kind, if so, is it loud? What do you like about it.
I just released a new version of Fedipage (a static site generator with full ActivityPub support).
Excited, the new version fixes a major bug and adds a few nice new features!
@Miriamm I assure you as someone who can personally confirm it, most of what we heard is more or less true. Yes there is bias, media spin, and as always not the whole truth... but more or less the jist of hamas murdering civilians is entierly valid.
@tatzelbrumm No I am actually the CTO.
I am aware of the incident and George's history with it. Thanks for reminding us though.
@LouisIngenthron Ahh guess it was something weird on your end then. Keep me informed if it returns please.
@LouisIngenthron Thats very strange, nothing has changed with the site in the last few days... can you open up the dev console (F12) and let me know if there are any hints or errors there?
Man thats a dangerous statement to say (as people will accuse you of defending hamas)... Thank you for saying it, its reasoned and thats what we need right now.
@LouisIngenthron That happens on QOTO? All the time?
@freemo I'm just gonna leave this here.
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