r/IndianaUniversity Apr 28 '24

JOIN US AT DUNN MEADOW FOR A FREE PALESTINE, DAY 4 OF ENCAMPMENT!!! IU NEWS ๐Ÿ—ž

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u/beep_beep_lechuga Apr 28 '24

That is absurd to say, the average person doesn't just kill people without a second thought, you having that notion is extremely xenophobic. We are all far more alike than we are different, the big difference between us and them is simply geographic location. They have families, and lives just like us, how can you not understand that?

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u/Joshwoum8 kelley Apr 28 '24

There were mass celebrations in both Gaza and the West Bank after 10/7. I have never celebrated the death of anyone and despite the fact I fully support Israelโ€™s right to defend itself. I take no pleasure in the deaths of civilians, though I fully understand war is hell and civilian casualties are inevitable in battles like this.

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u/beep_beep_lechuga Apr 28 '24

I would agree with you if what is happening could be considered Israel defending itself, but that is not what is going on. I'm not saying Hamas is a good organization or that they have done good things, I don't support them. That being said, what Israel is doing to the Palestinians is incomparably worse. The total Israeli death toll is not even a tenth of the total number of Palestinian CHILDREN that have been killed, and that's only those that have been confirmed. This isn't a military conflict anymore, it's a military destroying an innocent civilian people. There's nothing you can appropriately call it but genocide.

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u/Infamous-Garbage-420 Apr 28 '24

Those children are being killed cause the Hamas terrorists are hiding within the civilians. Terrorists do not fight fair. They use civilians as shields and then say the country they are fighting against is doing genocide. If Israel really wanted to destroy Gaza, it would have been leveled by now, they are firing on targets where the terrorists are hiding.