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As a Palestinian living in the US, I have lost friends, job opportunities – and my faith in humanity | Arwa Mahdawi (www.theguardian.com)

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History did not start on 7 October. But as the world stops to mourn it will for ever be a reminder of whose lives matter.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

On October 7th ~1,200 Israeli civilians were killed,

No. 1139 people were killed, 373 of which were military or security personnel. Nobody really talks about what exactly happened on October 7th anymore, but the idea that Hamas and other groups entered, killed a bunch of civilians and left does nothing but help Israel.

[+] unionagainstdhmo 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

But the majority of people they killed were civilians.

That gets us into the whole crossfire and Israeli friendly fire thing, but that's not really what I'm trying to say. I'm just trying to say that it's not as simple as "Hamas did a very bad thing to Israel"; a good part of October the 7th was resistance against Israeli occupation (and a good part wasn't, don't get me wrong, but I've noticed that this fact gets forgotten because Israeli actions deserve condemnation either way).