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[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 57 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Israeli terrorists have just taken 1500 Palestinian hostages.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I get that to westerners "terrorist" is the worst label ever, but terrorism is weak sauce compared to the shit Israel gets up to. "Colonizers" would be a much more appropriate label.

[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 7 points 11 hours ago

It's not intended as a pejorative, so its perceived weakness is irrelevant.

It's a precise term with a very specific definition in international law, and that's the point.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 27 points 12 hours ago

I've heard stories dating to the 1930s-40s from my Polish family about being walked in lines described similarly to this

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 25 points 12 hours ago

Jerry Seinfeld says the KKK 'is actually a little better' than the Free Palestine movement.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 19 points 13 hours ago

Well over 10,000 Palestinians are imprisoned in Israel, many under severe conditions including torture, sexual torture, rape and deliberate starvation. Thousands have not been charged with any crime. Many are children. The new wave of detentions came on the same day that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vowed publicly that there will never be a Palestinian state, as he rubber-stamped Israel’s grossly illegal plan to annex large portions of the occupied West Bank. The kidnappings continued on Friday morning 12 Sep: Israel is a terrorist state.

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 12 hours ago

I guess the Israelis have realized that people are starting to question the legitimacy of their genocide campaign. So now they need insurance that they can use to get their way? I dont think its gonna work out for them tho.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 13 points 12 hours ago

release the hostages, israel, you fucking hypocritical scumbags

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 hours ago

Didn't you know hostages can only be taken from groups on the official ally list?