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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Hamas is the government of the Gaza strip. They have a military and they do military operations. If you call them terrorists, you might hold that same opinion about other governments

[–] match@pawb.social 26 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

i don't consider Hamas to be a legitimate government since they haven't held any elections in Gaza since 2006, nor do they provide services or international negotiations. Fatah, comparatively, is a legitimate government but lacks the ability to resist Israeli genocide

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Israel has not allowed any elections in Gaza since 2006* FTFY

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think this might be a legitimate use of “both sides” but I don’t know enough about them to say for sure.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

One side has all of the power and uses it to make elections illegal 🤷

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago
[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

I mean... Yeah, a lot of governments are.

In any case that shouldn't justify the genocide of those countries' civilians.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago

Hmmmm I won’t call them terrorists then but I DO hold that opinion about many other governments, especially the US hahaha

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Joke's on you, I already thought most governments were terrorist organizations ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)