Award ceremony suspended after writer compares Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos - eviltoast

A German foundation has said it will no longer be awarding a prize for political thinking to a leading Russian-American journalist after criticizing as “unacceptable” a recent essay by the writer in which they made a comparison between Gaza and a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.

  • Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    The resistance to the genocidal state is, by definition, a lot better than said genocidal state. Until such time as Israel ends their genocide, nothing Hamas does in retaliation will be unjustified. Hamas is the good guys, for exactly the same reasons America, USSR and UK were the good guys in WW2

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      11 months ago

      I think you’re confused. We’ve all been there, but your history is…a little off. Hamas aint the good guys, chief. We’re here to support average Palestinians. Hamas is a clusterfuck of geopoliticking and violence that only serves to further radicalize people. They’re not a solution to the violence.

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        11 months ago

        Hamas is a solution to the violence in the same way the allies landing on Normandy was a solution. The only way to stop genocide is by killing a fuck ton of people, and Hamas is killing a lot of Israelis right now. If it kills a genocider, it is a good act. Hamas is only radicalizing people by stating the truth. They’re not the hero we deserve, but they are the hero we need right now.