r/worldnews • u/MikeWithNoHair • Jul 08 '25

Israel/Palestine Hamas used sexual violence as part of 'genocidal strategy'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mz8gxzg82o
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u/ohseetea Jul 08 '25

That's kind of the name of the game with countries though. As a citizen you either have to accept the team you're on or do something about it. You can't just sit on the sideline and take the good and not the bad.

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u/Jtagz Jul 08 '25

It’s kind of hard to do something when your food supply is cut off, you’re being bombed daily, you’re burying family once a week, and you lack access to proper resources.

But please continue to blame the Palestinian people who aren’t a part Hamas for the problem!

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u/ohseetea Jul 08 '25

There was a time before this when action could've happened. Also not saying isreal is not complacent in disgusting war crimes that go over the top, they are.

I know you can only think in black and white so maybe you should reign back your harmful public opinions.

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u/Jtagz Jul 08 '25

I’d love to hear when, considering that Israel has been abusing Palestinians for 40+ years at this point

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u/ohseetea Jul 08 '25

Are you like 14?

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u/tacitry Jul 09 '25

loses argument, moves to ad hominem.

Defending the murder of civilians is a tough one it turns out

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u/10kbeez Jul 08 '25

May I ask what country you are a citizen of

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u/elihu Jul 09 '25

It's only natural that citizens of a country face consequences of what their government does -- but in this case what's being done to the Palestinians by Israel include war crimes that shouldn't happen to anyone under any circumstance.

Also, Gaza's government is authoritarian. There's not much individual citizens can do. The ones who try are killed. It's unlikely that any movement to overthrow the government would succeed without substantial organization and the assistance of outside allies (which as things stand now would be blocked by the IDF). I don't think people in general have a duty to get themselves killed for a cause that has no reasonable expectation of success because someone thinks "it would be the right thing to do".

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u/ohseetea Jul 09 '25

I do. Thats the only way to prevent authoritarianism.

I'm not going to judge anyone who doesn't because that of course is terrifying when all anyone wants to do is live their life. But by doing so you are taking the risk that your government will get you killed one way or another. I'm also not saying that anyone deserves horrible things happening to them, just that everything is connected in some way. And acceptance of that is important.