• BunkerBusterKeaton@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    what makes you say the palestine struggle is any different than that of natives or colonized people anywhere in the world (be it Haiti, North Africa, South Africa).

    they are all a colonized people experiencing the same struggle of oppression, with no ability to move freely or exercise any sovereignty.

    • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I was specifically talking about North American natives who haven’t had any battles against their occupiers in more than a century. I would argue that continued fighting would have led to their extermination and by ceasing killing they were able to claw back some of their sovereignty and rights.

      I understand that in an asymmetric war, the underdogs may need to act immorally to ensure their own survival. At the same time, I find it hard to stomach the intentional targeting of noncombatants.