I recognize that this probably qualifies as “picking holes” as he said, but his questioning of Hamas seems to be more of a rhetorical device than a sincere request for information. It’s not like things had been good in Palestine before the October 7 attack, so questioning why they did it sort of implies that it was out of the blue and not in response to decades of failed attempts to peacefully end settlement expansion and violence against Palestinians. And while acknowledging the horrors that Israel is raining down on them, is it not obvious why Hamas would still have hostages? The hostages are their only bargaining chip, and without the hostages, Palestine would’ve already been wiped off the map.
I’ve been a Radiohead fan for a long time, and I’ll continue to be, but this was an unexpectedly neoliberal take to criticize both sides and yearn for going back to how things used to be, completely ignoring that how things used to be is how we got here. That’s how time works.
I think of this quote from JFK pretty often, and it just refuses to stop being relevant, and apparently more people need to hear it. “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” That’s the reason for the attack. The reason for having hostages is “to cling onto hope for survival against an otherwise guaranteed complete genocide.” They’re holding on and hoping that the world that is watching actually does something to help them, and we just aren’t.
it’s not “both sides”.
hamas is evil as fuck, israeli’s regime is evil as fuck, the people of israel and the people of palestine are not all evil as fuck and don’t deserve to be murdered.
it’s not “neoliberal”, every time someone criticizes israel’s genocide of palestine they try to call them a hamas supporter and terrorist supporter.
do you think that getting on a crowded bus with a bomb on your chest and blowing it up when the bus is up to speed for max civilian damage is a good thing?
hamas has a history of ruthless terrorism… but hamas is not the starving 8 year old girl i saw get bombed while collecting water on video….
bibi wants nothing more than for you to conflate hamas with palestine.
he was recorded saying the best way to support israel is to donate money to hamas.
and you’re falling for his trap right now.
This is both-sidesing a genocide. Hamas is a national liberation org fighting against literal genocide and settler colonialism. 82% of Israelis, in recent polling, want ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
I recognize that this probably qualifies as “picking holes” as he said, but his questioning of Hamas seems to be more of a rhetorical device than a sincere request for information. It’s not like things had been good in Palestine before the October 7 attack, so questioning why they did it sort of implies that it was out of the blue and not in response to decades of failed attempts to peacefully end settlement expansion and violence against Palestinians. And while acknowledging the horrors that Israel is raining down on them, is it not obvious why Hamas would still have hostages? The hostages are their only bargaining chip, and without the hostages, Palestine would’ve already been wiped off the map.
I’ve been a Radiohead fan for a long time, and I’ll continue to be, but this was an unexpectedly neoliberal take to criticize both sides and yearn for going back to how things used to be, completely ignoring that how things used to be is how we got here. That’s how time works.
I think of this quote from JFK pretty often, and it just refuses to stop being relevant, and apparently more people need to hear it. “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” That’s the reason for the attack. The reason for having hostages is “to cling onto hope for survival against an otherwise guaranteed complete genocide.” They’re holding on and hoping that the world that is watching actually does something to help them, and we just aren’t.
it’s not “both sides”.
hamas is evil as fuck, israeli’s regime is evil as fuck, the people of israel and the people of palestine are not all evil as fuck and don’t deserve to be murdered.
it’s not “neoliberal”, every time someone criticizes israel’s genocide of palestine they try to call them a hamas supporter and terrorist supporter.
do you think that getting on a crowded bus with a bomb on your chest and blowing it up when the bus is up to speed for max civilian damage is a good thing?
hamas has a history of ruthless terrorism… but hamas is not the starving 8 year old girl i saw get bombed while collecting water on video….
bibi wants nothing more than for you to conflate hamas with palestine.
he was recorded saying the best way to support israel is to donate money to hamas.
and you’re falling for his trap right now.
This is both-sidesing a genocide. Hamas is a national liberation org fighting against literal genocide and settler colonialism. 82% of Israelis, in recent polling, want ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
It’s been difficult for me to find evidence of Hamas atrocities barring Oct 7th. Do you have any resources?