Sowing confusion to deflect blame is Tel Aviv’s usual propaganda strategy.

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    I’m not reading a blog from “electronic intifada”, just like I’m not reading the rants section of “holy land settlers .net”.

    The IDF is wrong. Hamas is wrong. They are both wrong. This is not a contradiction.

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      Good for you, condemning all sides from your ivory tower so you can maintain moral purity.

      So! What do you think Hamas should have done? Vote? Start a petition? Post about it on X?

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        I dunno they could like try to negotiate and settle on something else then the complete extermination of all Israelis and Jews, just an idea

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          Firstly, Palestinian representatives including Hamas have tried to come to the negotiating table, ever since the beginning. The response from Israel is bombing runs, artillery fire, and bad faith claims that Hamas will not negotiate.

          Secondly, Palestinians do not want to exterminate anyone, they simply want to be free. The extermination/genocide thing is common myth presented by settlers who can’t imagine anything but genocide, as it’s how their own society has been built, and they project this on to all other societies.

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          And how do they force Israel to negotiate?

          Israel won’t negotiate with peaceful protestors and won’t negotiate with hostage takers and won’t negotiate with passive captives. Just an idea, but maybe Israel is the one at fault for there being no negotiations.

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        Are you trying to suggest that Hamas were some how justified in intentionally killing innocent civilians?

        Not having an answer doesn’t mean you can’t condemn both sides in this.

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          Not having an answer doesn’t mean you can’t condemn both sides in this.

          It actually does, because it means you’re just playing pretend instead of grappling with the world as it actually exists.

          So shut up 😘

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    After hearing earlier in the week that Israel was demanding the evacuation of all hospitals in Northern Gaza, it was clear that this hospital was bombed as promised. Claims that Hamas did it are clearly diversionary propaganda.

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    The electronic intifada, yeah that’s not going to be biased propaganda at all /s

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      Don’t know… maybe the same kind of propaganda bullshit we always hear in such conflicts.
      Oh, wait. No. Because they don’t need to when Israel is indeed contradicting itself constantly and links to sources and screenshots of quickly deleted official social media post are entirely sufficient without needing to spin the story…

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      Wouldn’t be surprised if Israel did it and covered it up. Wouldn’t be surprised if the Palestinians accidentally blew it up or did it on purpose. No way of knowing. Everyone involved is gonna lie.

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        I’m not entirely discounting the possibility that it was a Hamas rocket accident, but claiming that an Israeli attack on Gaza was actually a hamas misfire is SOP for the IDF. The idea that hamas would do this intentionally is absurd though.