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Israel/Palestine

Beastly Boy

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2. As far as I can tell, the only thing that misses the mark is

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Nov 29, 2023, 05:56 PM

Nov 2023

that the Islamic State didn't routinely place their military resources in schools and hospitals.

Sure, Islamic State didn't have home-grown origins and base of support in Palestinian society, and Hamas did, but that's self-evident, and might as well be ignored. IS had its own home-grown base of support in societies other than Palestinians. I don't see how this makes IS any different from Hamas.

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Israel compares Hamas to the Islamic State group. But the comparison misses the mark in key ways [View all] Eugene Nov 2023 OP

extremist, fundamentalist, terrorist stopdiggin Nov 2023 #1

As far as I can tell, the only thing that misses the mark is Beastly Boy Nov 2023 #2

Well... both have the destruction of Israel as a primary goal FBaggins Nov 2023 #3

Both Hamas and the Islamic State Group need to be wiped out The Mouth Nov 2023 #4