Israel (now broader Mid East discussion) (23 Viewers)

[DaveXA]

Joint Statement by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups on the Situation in Palestine | News | The Harvard Crimson

www.thecrimson.com

The Anguished Fallout from a Pro-Palestinian Letter at Harvard

Students issued a statement blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks. Then a doxing campaign tested the courage of their conviction.

www.newyorker.com

Thanks.

 

[baarbogast]

 

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[UptownSaintsFan]

Long thread, but i thought it was an interesting geopolitical analysis

 

[jboss]

That checks out coming from Manu. Yikes

 

[Tapxe]

I don't accept that Hamas (the dog?) has no agency. "Look what you made me do" doesn't fly.

I'll rephrase...

If you mistreat your dog, are you blameless?

 

[jboss]

Joint Statement by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups on the Situation in Palestine | News | The Harvard Crimson

www.thecrimson.com

The Anguished Fallout from a Pro-Palestinian Letter at Harvard

Students issued a statement blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks. Then a doxing campaign tested the courage of their conviction.

www.newyorker.com

"To Yasmeen, Nadia, and Yara, the backlash exemplified a tendency to conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism, and advocacy for Palestinian liberation with support for terror."

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

I'll rephrase...

If you mistreat your dog, are you blameless?

You realize you keep analogizing Hamas to an animal, right? You don't see the irony in that?

Again, I don't accept the fact that they have no agency, especially over a planned attack that included beheading civilians over their own Facebook feeds. I am aware of the larger context but they chose this set of actions out an infinite number of available actions - "Israel had it coming" isn't persuasive to me.

 

[baarbogast]

 

[efil4stnias]

Long thread, but i thought it was an interesting geopolitical analysis

I read that entire thread - start to finish.

i am more confused now about ME and geopolitics than going in. Holy cow thats is a "birds nest" ( fisherman reference for balled up line and you dont even know where to begin to unravel )

 

[baarbogast]

 

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[jboss]

Good example of "don't judge an article by the headline". Really did not see that coming.

‘I went through hell:’ Released Hamas hostage describes being kidnapped and taken into tunnel system

An Israeli hostage released by Hamas has described her ordeal after she was kidnapped by gunmen and taken into a tunnel system in Gaza during the Palestinian militant group’s deadly assault in Israel on October 7, saying “I went through hell.”

www.yahoo.com