The only times the Palestinian man wasn’t bound or blindfolded, he said, was when he was used by Israeli soldiers as their human shield.

Dressed in army fatigues with a camera fixed to his forehead, Ayman Abu Hamadan was forced into houses in the Gaza Strip to make sure they were clear of bombs and gunmen, he said. When one unit finished with him, he was passed to the next.

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    I’m not here to deny the atrocities committed by the IDF - I’m simply questioning the legitimacy of the term in this specific context, while somewhat provocatively trying to highlight the fact that accusing Israel of using human shields is a bit like accusing Ukraine of killing civilians. While both may be technically true, it still paints a somewhat dishonest picture of the actual reality - which, in this case, is that using human shields is Hamas’ number one tactic, and no intellectually honest person can seriously claim otherwise.

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        15 hours ago

        Well obviously not. We’re long past the times where it mattered what anyone was actually saying. Fighting strawmen and attacking people directly rather than what they’re saying is a lot easier and wins you many more upvotes from the hivemind.

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      I’m not here to deny the atrocities committed by the IDF

      That’s precisely what you are doing. You are a genocide apologist and I am not surprised someone called you a “fascist” in another thread.