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Swedish music stars call for Israel Eurovision ban over Gaza (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] arymandias@feddit.de 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

            
              Hamas is not taking part in Eurovision.
A war crime is a war crime and a genocide is a genocide, no matter the justification.
Calling Hammas the aggressor ignores quite a bit of complicated history.

[+] SpookySnek@sh.itjust.works -7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Hamas is the aggressor in this specific part of the almost 100 year old conflict, that resulted in the current circumstances.

What genocide are you referring to?

[–] arymandias@feddit.de 11 points 9 months ago

None in particular, I’m saying there is no excuse for genocide. So to determine if Israel is committing one, the actions of Hamas are irrelevant.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

Well, if you cut it like that, you could cut it a month later. Now Israel is the aggressor!

It's not that simple.

[–] Fiona@feddit.de 4 points 9 months ago

By that logic the specific part of the current genocide in Gaza Israel is the unambiguous aggressor.

Like: You cannot just ignore what came before. WTF?

[–] snek@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

"Conflict" makes it sound like a dispute. Let's call it what REALLT is: apartheid, occupation, and ethnic cleansing.