why is the world suddenly focused on the irsali-palestine conflict and hamas group? - eviltoast

From what I can gather this conflict as been going on a long time and the Hamas group has existed for a while too. Why are all the news cycles suddenly focusing on this the past few weeks?

  • jet@hackertalks.com
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    1 year ago

    From a media perspective it doesn’t matter. Also there’s more than two sides.

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      1 year ago

      Which was the point I was getting to with the original commenter. But thanks for… ya know… jumping in.

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        1 year ago

        Having “clear sides” doesn’t mean there’s a clear “right side” and “wrong side”, imo.

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          1 year ago

          The sides aren’t very clear when you start looking closer. And they’re both the wrong side of you think about it. The best side is the “wow that’s a shit show I’m glad I’m not involved with” side.

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            1 year ago

            I feel the same way when I see a game of American football, but I can still see that there are two sides.

            I don’t need to take a side to see that there are two distinct sides. Even if I disagree with aspects of both sides.

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              1 year ago

              American football is a game. It has two teams. There aren’t civilians on the field getting smashed to death because two groups want to fight over a dumb ball. The ball is Jerusalem. The fact that you reduced this down to a football game says a lot about your understanding of the situation.