• JohnnyFlapHoleSeed@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    According to us state department estimates, over the last 10 years Hamas had an average membership count that peaked at about 45k soldiers.

    Let that sink in if it hasn’t already

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      10 hours ago

      I don’t condone hamas leadership and terrorism but I totally understand people wanting to join hamas. When you are so powerless at the face of your livelihood being destroyed, your loved ones/children being torn into pieces by bombs or shot in the head while waiting in a food line, then you grasp at the nearest opportunity for revenge. Or perhaps it is not even revenge all the time but a very deep desire for next generations to not go through the same traumas that you did.

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        10 hours ago

        It’s as if someone has been telling a tale that there’s been some kind of 50-50 conflict over the past 80+ years…

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      10 hours ago

      gosh, why would so many prisoners… sorry I mean people, sign up for that. Sorry again, I mean terrorists, right?

      These people had no reason at all to sign up for any sort of armed resistance movement. Its not like they have a right to self determination, or any rights at all, right? Are they even human? We need a zionist in here to answer these questions, but I think we all know what they will say.