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[–] superkret@feddit.org 97 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People imprisoned by legitimate, lawful governments are prisoners, never hostages, because the government wouldn't arrest people without legal basis.

Terrorist groups can never take prisoners, only hostages, because they have no legal basis and no legitimacy.

That's the framing this headline is going for.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just a reminder that Hamas is the recognized government in Gaza. Israel reminds us of this fact constantly in it's attempts to justify their collective punishment. But I see now that Hamas have Schrodinger's legitimacy.

The framing ~~their~~ they're going for is worthy victims vs. unworthy. It's a pillar in the project of acceptable mass murder.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A hostage implies the purpose of holding that person is as leverage to extract some concession from someone, whereas a prisoner does not necessarily imply that intent and could be held for any reason?

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

The article's inaccurate then. Israel arrests numerous Palestinians as leverage.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Losely speaking, prisionaires are people who committed crimes, while hostages are innocent civilians. I've no idea if that accurately describes the situation here, I'm just answering your question.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 month ago

It does not, none of the people Israel kidnapped were charged or convicted of any crime, and were kidnapped outside of Israel.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hostages are taken from their homes or jobs with the express intent to threaten their lives, and exchange them for a political outcome.

Prisoners are apprehended in association with criminal activity, with intent to persue charges and criminal trial. They are held at designated prisons, which are subject to local and international monitoring.

We don't even know how many of the hostages are alive or dead.

This attempt at moral equivalence is repugnant.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Prisoners are apprehended in association with criminal activity, with intent to persue charges and criminal trial. They are held at designated prisons, which are subject to local and international monitoring.

So not a word that describes the people Israel kidnapped.

Hostages are taken from their homes or jobs with the express intent to threaten their lives, and exchange them for a political outcome.

While this describes them perfectly.

[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago

Welcome to the BBC!

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

Those prisoners know what they did

~/s~

[–] psion1369@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

If I'm doing it, I have prisoners. If you do it, you have hostages.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In this context, there’s no difference.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Did Hamas provide trials for the hostages for the specific crimes they were accused of? No, they just took them. Even if it is a sham trial there is a difference between a hostage and a prisoner.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Neither did Israel though, for the thousands of hostages they hold.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you really believe this? They absolutely hold trials. Im not promising you they are all legitimate but they hold trials. Hamas kidnapped people. There is a difference.

[–] criticalinvite@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the implication was that the prisoners are actually hostages too.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Which is simply not true. Israel tries the people it seizes/kidnaps/arrests whereas Hamas does not. Im not promising you that all the trials are legitimate but they happen. Israel is theoretically a aociety under rule of law.

[–] mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this something you know from living in Gaza, or something you’re repeating that you saw online?

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You can find videos of trials, news stories about trials, reports from the government on how they handle these things. Im not claiming they are fair but they exist while Hamas is just straight kidnapping people.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Did Hamas provide trials for the hostages for the specific crimes they were accused of?

Did Israel? I mean, non-rigged trials.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

They did not