• prole@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    I know what the word means. If you want to get all semantic about it, Hamas isn’t a “military force,” they’re an insurgency. I’m not sure an insurgency “garrisons”.

    • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      As the elected representative of Palestine they are indeed a military force, operating in a state to state conflict. Like the taliban in Afghanistan - they are the controllers of the country, no longer an insurgency. How “good” they are, morally or militarily, is irrelevant.

      Its like saying the US of A is actually an insurgency because they toppled the British government and established their own. Nope - government.

      How fair the elections were is up for debate, and how they stopped elections but they are thr government of Palestine.