Hamas

What would you do if you lived in Israel? you’d seen friends and family members be raped and murdered, babies stolen. Would you just stop? Very easy to say you would.

I listened to a left wing Israeli who had been a campaigner for peace and the two state solution for decades. He had been caught up in the attacks. His wife and children were murdered.

He opposed the invasion because he wanted Gaza 'levelled from the skies' and the army only sent in when most of the population was dead.

Between this and the OP's interview with Hamas I just don't see how the slaughter will ever stop.

And this is why I think it’s much more difficult than saying “Israel should just stop.”

Even though I personally want them to stop.

What would you do if you lived in Israel? you’d seen friends and family members be raped and murdered, babies stolen. Would you just stop? Very easy to say you would.

Is that to me? I haven't, no. I would consider anyone who said that either a moron or a monster.

No one is defending Hamas. The issue is firstly the Israeli illegal settlers who have been stealing homes and land for decades. Gaza is a fraction of the size it used to be. Palestinian children are constantly being arrested and put in prisons for years for no reason. These are children.
gaza is constantly being bombed over the past decades with schools, airport, mosque’s, schools and hospitals destroyed. Now the indiscriminate bombing using illegal white phosphorus. That’s the issue

I don't see Israel behaving well.

Murdered more than 3600 children so far.

I haven't seen anyone defending Hamas. I have heard people defending the innocent civilians in Gaza. Although what choice Israel have I don't know.

Have you not heard anyone saying that Hamas is not a terrorist organization?

Here's some background on their finances:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/11/02/hamas-funding-ismail-haniyeh-us-sanctions/

We did not want to harm civilians, but there were complications on the ground, and there was a party in the area, with [civilian] population... It was a large area, across 40 kilometers...
1200+ dead. Almost all civilians. They didn't attack any military targets.

Every word out of Hamas' mouths is lies.

I've genuinely not seen or heard anyone defending Hamas.

Thinking the state of Israel has behaved badly in the past or should not now be bombing Gaza is not the same as defending Hamas.

There is certainly plenty of ignorance and double standards around but that's not the same as excusing the horrors committed by Hamas.

Well said. Love how he is so keen for everyone to be martyrs. Everyone except the top brass that is.

Yes! It seems so clear, I can't understand why people are still defending Hamas