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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine how much resources hamas spent on keeping these hostages and how many lives could be saved if they just released them all before the ground operation was started.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Netanyahu said since November that even if all hostages were released he was going to invade anyway and not stop the war.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Even more reason to release them all then, and I'm appalled by how hamas was that stupid to not realize that.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ahh yes, give away all your leverage when your enemy already stated he will murder you all.

You should become a negotiator.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

They don't have any leverage, because the people calling the shots in Israel (and to be clear, that is the likes of Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, who want effectively no Arabs river to sea, and hence Netanyahu, who I think would do just about any atrocity no matter how abhorrent just to stay in power and out of jail) value the pretext to invade far more than they value the lives of the hostages.

So the hostages do not actually give Hamas any leverage over Israel - hence why Israel is not willing to agree to anything. Hamas should not have taken civilians hostage or targeted civilians in the first place, and they should release them. That is still an ongoing war crime, even if it is overshadowed by bigger ones being perpetrated by the Israeli side.

Hamas never had a chance of winning on military might.

The best chance for a good outcome for the Palestinian people is through raising awareness of the plight of the Palestinians, resulting in international pressure. The pressure against Israel arising now is because of the severity of Israel's war crimes, while Hamas' war crimes are one of the key talking points used to justify not taking action. Hamas could help Palestine win the information space war by taking the high road; winning a military war is futile for them.

While it is not fair to punish Palestinian civilians for the war crimes of Hamas just because the interests of Palestinian civilians are aligned to Hamas' goals, there are many people who don't see it that way. Palestinian statehood (or a non-apartheid one-state solution) would now get far more international support if the Palestinian militants shifted to peaceful resistance.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

What leverage? You're saying hostages are needed to save hamas members? Well that seems to be working pretty well huh? Remind me again why they were taken in the first place?

You should become a negotiator.

What negotiations? It was a perfect opportunity to show that your cause is a good one, and not to Israel. Instead they kept the hostages... For what purpose? To have "leverage"? Well let's see how that will help them with anything. Maybe there will be more news about released hostages that you could again associate with Israel trying to release its civilians, not with hamas doing right things.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This guy will start calling all of us hamas soon

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just think about how many lives could have been saved if Israel worked towards a two state solution

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah. October 7 surely didn't make them start working on that, did it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes because Oct 7 happened apropos of nothing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You understand. It happened apropos, not in order to solve problems.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trying my best as a non-native. Feel free to hate my way of speaking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not trying to hate, just not understanding what point you were trying to make.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Everything hamas did was useless for Palestinians. Israel isn't stopping because they have the ability. Hamas doesn't, they won't win in a military fight and hostages are useless for them. They could start doing something proper like releasing hostages (woyild decrease support for Israel hugely) but they won't because they think it would help them survive (not even Palestinians).

Hamas had a chance to increase its abilities over time, but instead they chose to spend resources on useless attacks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see. I disagree. Hamas's actions are utterly deplorable but also entirely expected. This is what oppressed people do. I also think you're wrong that Hamas have done nothing for Palestinians. They've never had as much international support as they do now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

entirely expected

I could say the same about the ground operation.

They've never had as much international support as they do now.

Not sure if that really helps, also the price was too high. In fact, I really doubt they had that scenario in mind.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Given that Hamas wants a Palestinian state, I think that international support for that cause is crucial to them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Keeping hostages is going to help them with that, surely. (Not)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is helping, yes. They are literally what they would be exchanging as part of the proposed current peace deal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone's argument above stated that Israel was not going to stop even if all hostages are released. Now you are saying that hostages are a real need for a peace deal. It almost seems like someone is running out of reasons to keep them.

We could also argue if a peace deal (aka keeping the hostages) will be worth all the victims. Or we could just admit that the only way hamas is ever going to use hostages is to try to keep themselves alive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not answering for someone else's arguments

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Just think about how many lives could have been saved if Israel ~~worked towards a two state solution~~ cared about human lives