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[–] [email protected] 166 points 1 year ago (12 children)

It's been 17 years since the last election. Assuming only 18 and up could vote, that means only people current around 34 and up could vote. So the bulk of Palestinians didn't even have a chance to vote in that election. Not to mention that they were given the choice between a corrupt faction (Fatah) and a possible less corrupt faction (Hamas).

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago

I am so afraid this message is getting lost. There has been a deliberate push to paint this latest incident to be the reason that neighborhoods had to be flattened and civilians slaughtered.

[–] davepleasebehave 26 points 1 year ago (5 children)

why can't they hold elections?

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here here. At least somebody has some fucking balls. Perhaps because it's not a mess they created.

[–] madcaesar 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hear, hear, not here, here.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

...my mistake.

I think you meant "missed steak."

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (36 children)

Haven’t surveys shown that a majority of Palestinians support Hamas?

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure but you try being killed and kicked out of your homes. I'm sure you would not like the people who are doing it either. Israel has created this mess.

[–] SasquatchBanana 47 points 1 year ago (4 children)

People forget Israel is the one with the power and creating this issue. If Israel actually backs off and treats Palestine as at least human, then I think (and hope) most people will see that Hamas needs to be destroyed as they are a terrorist group.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean if you live in a country controlled by a terrorist group that kills anyone who is not their side, and someone goes to your door and asks if you support them... What would you say?

It's easy to dismiss this issue by thinking they have the same freedom of speech as we do in the west, and they can have political opinions without any repercussion.

Same can be said about north Korea.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (45 children)

Is Spain offering asylum to Palestinians? Because that's the only thing that will help those people.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

They have to be able to leave Gaza in order to receive asylum.

Gaza is pretty much an open air prison that you can't really leave all that easily.

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