4mo ago

Hamas reacts to the death of Pope Francis

www.newsweek.com

Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas has mourned the passing of Pope Francis, voicing thanks for his condemnation of the suffering in the Gaza Strip, which has been devastated by the war since Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023.

"On numerous occasions, he expressed his opposition to aggression and wars around the world, and he was among the prominent religious voices that condemned the war crimes and acts of genocide being committed against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip," Hamas said in a statement.

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which has been devastated by the war since Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023.
Yep and not a single day before
Edit: due to some recent information on how my comment might be taken by people who think genocide is justifiable, it's sarcasm pointing out how this conflict didn't begin on 7 October 2023 and how Palestine has been devastated by war since, at the very least, I was a kid.
- Exactly. Thank you.
- Yeah, let's completely ignore the ridiculously illegal and perpetual reign of terror as Israel claws away the civilians of Gaza by any means they please, such as the ever-so-friendly White Phosphorus rain they gifted the Palestinians in 2009 as but a single example out of the countless others.
  If this is sarcastic, you are deeply on the wrong side of Poe's law here. I really hope this is sarcasm.
  
  If this is sarcastic, you are deeply on the wrong side of Poe's law here.
  Considering I'm not down voted to hell I think you're the one on the wrong side of Poe's law. I was very obviously pointing out that this conflict did not begin on Oct 7th.
- Hamas got a lot of power because Palestinians wanted to be protected from Israel.
  I'm not saying terrorist attacks are good, but almost every terrorist attack in history has been a reaction to oppression.
What's oniony about this?
- Leaders of Islamic terrorist organizations aren't exactly known for giving praise and/or respect to leaders of different religions...
  
  I would not compare Hamas to ISIS or al-Qaeda at all. For starters, they don't want a caliphate and don't do jihad. (Or at least did jihad very very long ago. Fun fact: the biggest part of Israel's current ruling party used to kill IDF soldiers.)
- I thought the headline sounded incredibly oniony.
  
  Hmm, what do you see in it?
What is so oniony about this?
Israel: "HAMAS has infiltrated the Vatican and is holding hostages in the Papal apartments."
dO yOu CoNsUmE hAm AsS?
- ITT: poe’s law and misunderstood intent. I was making fun of that supposed script-flipping line that genocide apologists were using last year, to be clear, not that it matters too much.
At the end of the day there aren't really winners in a war. Just lots of dead people.
That seems to have gone over the heads of Hamas

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