@pratik My take would be that the October 7 attack by Hamas was about far, far more than freeing the prisoners. It was about the past 60+ years of Israel land theft, apartheid, war crimes, and general criminal behavior towards Palestinians. The adults that are now known as Hamas spent their entire lives, begining at birth, watching their families be beaten, imprisoned, tortured and shot while their neighborhoods were bombed. Year upon year, decade after decade, contstant dehumanization. @davidmarsden

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I was reading about why the U.S. vetoed the UN Security Council vote on the Gaza ceasefire. It apparently wanted to make the ceasefire conditional on Hamas releasing the hostages. Sounds fair to me. Do opponents not want Israeli hostages released? 🗳️ In the regular scheme of things, Hamas may have not expe... microblog.pratikmhatre.com

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@pratik My take would be that the October 7 attack by Hamas was about far, far more than freeing the prisoners. It was about the past 60+ years of Israel land theft, apartheid, war crimes, and general criminal behavior towards Palestinians.

The adults that are now known as Hamas spent their entire lives, begining at birth, watching their families be beaten, imprisoned, tortured and shot while their neighborhoods were bombed. Year upon year, decade after decade, contstant dehumanization.

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