• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    Isn’t Israel a compulsory-service country where all citizens spend a year training as a soldier? Its funny that they’re called hostages when captured, not prisoners. Hostages are when you kidnap non-combatants like poor people living without secure food or water … so exactly the opposite of what they’re labeling captives by the invader or the impoverished civilian defenders.

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      5 days ago

      The youngest Israeli hostage taken on 7th of October was less than a year old, I don’t think he already finished his compulsory military service.

      Israel is doing despicable things, but let’s not pretend that Hamas is innocent.