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Unfortunately any war has a human cost with innocent children and adults maimed and killed. In this case its no different. I would be happy to join the gala street gathering if it was a call to recognise the terrible attack by Hamas on innocent residents of Israel. People going about their daily life and attending a music festival mowed down and killed..what for. This is what started the war up until that point there was a ceasefire. Hamas leaders are sitting in faraway countries living a luxurious life style while Palestinians and Israelis' die, why dont they head to the frontline

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Both Invercargill City and Gaza are 390 km2 in area.

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Hamas broke a ceasefire and declared war on lsrael in a murderous raping rampage of innocent civilians on Oct 7th. There are no if, buts or maybes to this debate, they are terrorists that need to be wiped out. They choose to hide behind their own civilian population and in hospitals and in schools. They still hold hostages and continue to call for genocide in lsrael. If you care for human life as much as you profess with this virtue signalling tripe then you'd be calling out the ongoing murdering of maori children in NZ by their families. Your attention seeking grandstanding on this platform is the very worst kind of hypocrisy possible. Shame on you.

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Or…. Hamas reacted to a 16 yr blockade and 16yrs of Israel turning on and off water , limiting incoming commodities and denying Palestinians movement. You selectively present onky one side only of a coin : Terrorist to you but like it or not they are equally nationalist freedom fighters ( as Israelis themselves once were terrorists and national freedom fighters themselves , in their history …). If you were a resident of Gaza and parents to children with no future but continued Israeli imprisonment, what would be your political views after 16 years of patience? Before this event, can you tell me how many Palestinians Israeli soldiers shot dead this year alone? Since covid , it’s equal to the number of Israelis whose lives were claimed on Oct7. . I’m not condoning Hamas’ actions : but I am reacting and refuting your one dimensional myopic assessment , at one point in time . Can you allow Hamas’s actions are part of a complex 7 decade issue with violence and aggression on both sides. Imagery sees Israel as a mighty Eagle . Talons out to destroy the Palestian mice …. That’s a great summation sadly of the imbalance. And you complai. And see only that the mice bit back

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I'm one eyed you say. Well at least its open unlike yours. You just dont get it do you. As l said here are no ifs, buts or maybes about what Hamas did on Oct 7th. There is no trying to justify it like you have because of past perceived wrongs. There is no excuse period! If Hamas learned to love their own children more then they hate jews then the fighting would end. I suggest you do a little more history study and you might then discover the story behind this goes back a little further then the 75 years you say? By about 3 thousand years in fact!

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What were you doing on December 26 2008 Dave ?

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