150 Palestinian prisoners are being released as part of Israel and Hamas’s recent hostage deal. But thousands more remain behind bars.

150 Palestinian prisoners are being released as part of Israel and Hamas’s recent hostage deal. But thousands more remain behind bars.

  • NAXLAB@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    Many of the people in these courts were not at war. The evidence for that is that they aren’t charged with a crime. You can end up in these courts without doing anything wrong. It would be very silly to say that these people were at war or that they were terrorists with no evidence and no charge.

    Furthermore, Palestine did not decide to go to war with Israel. Israel occupies the territory of Palestine. Their first big act of expansion and occupation happened in 1948 and did in fact spark a war. Palestinians are unlikely to have gone out in search of war if one was not delivered to their homes.

    • DarkGamer@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      Many of the people in these courts were not at war. The evidence for that is that they aren’t charged with a crime. You can end up in these courts without doing anything wrong.

      Palestine has remained belligerent for over 70 years now. Arguably, they have been in a state of war since '48. Suing for peace could allow them to administer their own courts, ones that don’t treat them like hostile belligerents.

      Furthermore, Palestine did not decide to go to war with Israel. Israel occupies the territory of Palestine. Their first big act of expansion and occupation happened in 1948 and did in fact spark a war.

      You mean declaring themselves a country with the borders the UN created for them? Please.

      The Arab-Israeli War of 1948 broke out when five Arab nations invaded territory in the former Palestinian mandate immediately following the announcement of the independence of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948. In 1947, and again on May 14, 1948

      They started it, and lost.