Jazny
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Can you give a yes or no to my question. It's not really a gotcha, you can still agree with me that it doesn't explain the atrocity Hamas committed, but at least then we can agree to disagree on what we are referring to as context or how we apply it.The existence of a Palestinian terrorist organisation called Hamas has context. Their feelings towards Israel has context. Their actions towards Israeli’s on October 7th (and before, and after) has context.
See now it sounds like you are doing a whataboutism. Nobody was contextualizing Israel's actions so there's no reason to bring that up in the context of our discussion about Hamas's actions on October 7th. I also disgaree and would find it incredibly uncomfortable and weird to contextualise any sexual abuse committed by Israel. What context would you give? Imagine trying to contextualize it by saying "Well, for context, Hamas did fire thousands or rockets into Israel prior to that IDF soldier committing sexual abuse".We can contextualise the crimes of Israel too. The murder. The sexual abuse. The mass displacement. The starvation. The torture.