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minus-squareDead_or_Alive@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down20·4 months agoI mean it was the Palestinians who first took Israelis hostage in October. Turn about is fair play in war.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·4 months agoNo, Israel has been taking Palestinians and holding them hostage in prison for decades.
minus-squaremmcintyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoThis didn’t start last year. Are you justifying what Hamas did on October 7, too? Or at least categorizing it as “fair play” as well?
minus-squareAntmz22@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·4 months agoWhy did Hamas take hostages on oct-7? Answer: To trade for the thousands of Palestinians already held hostage by Israel. How did Israel have thousands of hostages already if Hamas was the first to take hostages on oct-7? Answer: that’s just objectively not true.
I mean it was the Palestinians who first took Israelis hostage in October. Turn about is fair play in war.
No, Israel has been taking Palestinians and holding them hostage in prison for decades.
This didn’t start last year. Are you justifying what Hamas did on October 7, too? Or at least categorizing it as “fair play” as well?
Why did Hamas take hostages on oct-7?
Answer: To trade for the thousands of Palestinians already held hostage by Israel.
How did Israel have thousands of hostages already if Hamas was the first to take hostages on oct-7?
Answer: that’s just objectively not true.