▲ 247 ▼ Hamas says no hostage will leave alive unless group's demands met (www.telegraph.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago by Rapidcreek@reddthat.com to c/news@lemmy.world 205 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Haven't they been living in an open air prison since about 1948? I'm pretty sure they're working on the 4th generation to grow up in those conditions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children) Yes, but it's grown progressively much worse, particularly since they were blockaded 16 years ago. I think the next Osama Bin Laden is currently hanging out somewhere in Palestine, and when they surface in the next decade or two, their manifesto will sound eerily similar to the one OBL wrote about the embargo the US placed on Iraq, which starved millions of people and led to the rise of Al Qaeda. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Wahots@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think Egypt and Israel blockaded the Gaza strip after Hamas won the election ~2006. I think the WB is not blockaded since they have the PA though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago You're slightly off. The blockade started 3 months before Hamas won the elections. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Bin Laden was actually a rich Saudi guy that gave up his life of riches to help fight the Afghan Muslims against the Russians who wanted to colonize Afghanistan. Then when they defeated the Russians he turned against America because they were colonizing Palestine permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children) Yes, but it's grown progressively much worse, particularly since they were blockaded 16 years ago. I think the next Osama Bin Laden is currently hanging out somewhere in Palestine, and when they surface in the next decade or two, their manifesto will sound eerily similar to the one OBL wrote about the embargo the US placed on Iraq, which starved millions of people and led to the rise of Al Qaeda. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Wahots@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think Egypt and Israel blockaded the Gaza strip after Hamas won the election ~2006. I think the WB is not blockaded since they have the PA though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago You're slightly off. The blockade started 3 months before Hamas won the elections. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Bin Laden was actually a rich Saudi guy that gave up his life of riches to help fight the Afghan Muslims against the Russians who wanted to colonize Afghanistan. Then when they defeated the Russians he turned against America because they were colonizing Palestine permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wahots@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think Egypt and Israel blockaded the Gaza strip after Hamas won the election ~2006. I think the WB is not blockaded since they have the PA though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago You're slightly off. The blockade started 3 months before Hamas won the elections. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago You're slightly off. The blockade started 3 months before Hamas won the elections. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Bin Laden was actually a rich Saudi guy that gave up his life of riches to help fight the Afghan Muslims against the Russians who wanted to colonize Afghanistan. Then when they defeated the Russians he turned against America because they were colonizing Palestine permalink fedilink source parent