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A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.

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[–] Altofaltception@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Holy misinformation batman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood

Hassan al-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood in the city of Ismailia in March 1928 along with six workers of the Suez Canal Company, as a Pan-Islamic, religious, political, and social movement.

They were opposed to colonialism, both in the form of British occupation and the threat of Zionism - the direct result of which we're seeing today.

They did side with the axis powers in WW2, but we've seen that elsewhere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_National_Army - the logic being that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Also,

al-Banna and other members of the Brotherhood voiced admiration for aspects of Nazi ideology, including its militarism and its centralization revolving around a charismatic leader but opposed others like its racial policies and ethnic nationalism.

At this point we can't say the same about Israel given it is entirely founded on ethnic nationalism.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Exactly. I can't understand why** people clutch their pearls at brown people siding with the Axis while accepting as an unfortunate side story the same thing from, say, Finland and nationalists in the Baltics or Ukraine.

Fuck Nazis but let's be consistent in our standards about it.

**I mean, I can understand what racism is.