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sut01 | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 oh the good vs evil naive narrative
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c42c347a | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Would you describe the events of October 7th as Evil?
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sut01 | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 so if I say yes it was evil then Israel is on the good side and has the right to do whatever, and if I say it was not evil then I'm a terrorist? I try not to judge but more to understand, I don't want anyone killed

to give an honest answer I will say I don't know, give me a list of the "events" and we can discuss. from Hamas side they say the target was the Gaza Division of the IDF they say it was success and they got it out of service, collateral damage had to happen. from Israel side they say it was an attack on civilians to rape women and murder children, nobody accepts that but are you sure it was Hamas? because when they opened a hole in the wall, other armed groups and looters also went in so I don't know. 

I feel like I have to make it clear I feel no hate for anyone and I don't want to see anyone from any side even having a bad day. I'm Egyptian Arab Muslim and I don't hate the Jews and don't want them killed so you should reconsider the assumptions you made, I believe there are good and bad people on both sides, Jews lived in many Arab countries for a thousand years until 

Have a good day
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c42c347a | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 How many Synagogues are there in Egypt?  How are the Coptic Christians doing in Egypt?  Did you know 20% of the people living in Israel (not Gaza or West Bank) are Arab?  Let's not fool ourselves on how tolerant the Muslim world is towards non-muslims.  

You can readily search for the atrocities that were committed that day, if you really desire to seek the truth.  

If you cannot recognize murder of babies in their cribs as Evil, there's literally no common ground from which to work from.  Human beings need to first acknowledge the others as Human before anything else can be discussed...
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sut01 | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Murder of babies is Evil!! Murder of Babies is Evil!! MURDER OF BABIES IS EVIL!!

where did I say murder of babies is not Evil?? I only said it was chaos that day and I'm not sure if it was Hamas soldiers who intentionally did it. show me the video where the Hamas soldier killing the baby or raping the woman, just to prove it is Hamas who did it not to discuss if it's evil or not. of course it is evil and I'm sorry if it looked like I'm not sad about it.

there are some Synagogues i don't know how many, my best friend is christian we live around each other no problem and not saying we're perfect but what do you think are their problems? Arabs in Israel, cool. not fooling anyone the fact they exist for a thousand years while Islam ruled is not tolerant? they only became enemies in the past century, I was here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogrom