• girlfreddy@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    No independent body can operate freely in Gaza, it’s under Hamas control.

    Kind of like no independent journalists can investigate in Gaza about Israeli-built tunnels under a hospital under IDF control, right?

    This is one of the few both-sides arguments that can be legitimately made.

    Never mind the fact that Palestinians haven’t had an election in Gaza in almost 20 years and a number of elected officials are in Israeli jails.

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      11 months ago

      Never mind the fact that Palestinians haven’t had an election in Gaza in almost 20 years

      since Hamas took over

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        11 months ago

        Well ofc since Hamas was elected since Hamas is the ruling party now.

        I thought that would be self-evident.

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      11 months ago

      Kind of like no independent journalists can investigate in Gaza about Israeli-built tunnels under a hospital under IDF control, right?

      Okay, so explain this: why would Israel lie about the tunnels? It makes perfect sense that Hamas would operate largely in tunnels including under vital infrastructure, tunnels are used for smuggling in other places around the world, and bringing the IDF into hospitals is a huge headache in terms of PR. So what’s in it for Israel?

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      11 months ago

      Kind of like no independent journalists can investigate in Gaza about Israeli-built tunnels under a hospital under IDF control, right?

      Kind of the opposite, in fact? The IDF brought in independent journalists to the tunnels, proving that they’d been right about them all along.