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Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its tech in mass surveillance of Palestinians

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873 points helsinkiandrew | 3 comments | 25 Sep 25 15:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.66s | source
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sharpshadow ◴[25 Sep 25 16:02 UTC] No.45374509[source]▶
It would be only just if the Palestinians would get their own state after this.
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skinkestek[dead post] ◴[25 Sep 25 16:15 UTC] No.45374724[source]▶
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tdeck ◴[25 Sep 25 16:25 UTC] No.45374877[source]▶
You seem to be unaware of all the Palestinian hostages Israel has been taking for decades. Thousands of people locked up without trial or charges, many of them children. Please educate yourself.
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skinkestek ◴[25 Sep 25 16:33 UTC] No.45374996[source]▶
You don't see the difference between imprisoning people that attack you and taking care of them (mostly, exceptions sadly exist)

and storming a music festival and houses to abduct completely innocent teenagers and even toddlers to use them for leverage?

Honestly?

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1. komali2 ◴[25 Sep 25 16:37 UTC] No.45375079[source]▶
There is no justification for Israel's occupation and apartheid of Palestine. The attacks on civilians are unjustifiable as well but the trigger for them wasn't random - Hamas never would have come to power if Israel didn't occupy Palestine, let alone fund Hamas with the explicit stayed goal by Benjamin Netanyahu to divide Palestinian politics.

Look to Israel, the source of decades of suffering for everyone in the region, including its own citizens whom it exposes to retaliatory violence in response to the violence it delivers to its neighbors.

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2. skinkestek ◴[25 Sep 25 17:25 UTC] No.45375932[source]▶
That would be a valid point if they were guilty of "occupation and apartheid of Palestine" and the situation wasn't just a military administration of land that has been unclaimed since 1917 and the collapse of the Ottoman empire.
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3. komali2 ◴[26 Sep 25 04:37 UTC] No.45382692[source]▶
Yes, I know you're deeply steeped in Israeli propaganda, that doesn't mean you have to function as a mouthpiece for it.

Hopefully you have decades left in your life. One from now, I would be immensely grateful if you emailed me and let me know your perspective on your past-self's defense of genocide.