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The civilian settlers who are taking Palestinian homes by force are an occupying force.
The attack by Hamas was not legitimate because it was against random civilians.
This is their name for the attack by Hamas on a music festival, is that right?
Daily reminder that tankies aren't leftists.
stolen your homes and land
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private property should be abolished
Pick only one
That's not what they mean by "private property." Leftists are just so goddamn stubborn that they refuse to acknowledge the immediate confusion and use any other label.
Is there anything resembling a consensus on that? They're not interested in our toothbrushes as they say, but how about arable land? A machine shop? A work truck?
When they say "private property" they are not referring to the people's toothbrush, but the private ownership of production. Houses and such are "personal property".
I'm ready for the new tankie book called "my struggle."
Holy strawman, Batman!
Please explain to me how defining the murder of civilians as a legitimate and legal attack for the crime of existing in a country while a particular ethnicity is anything but a call for ethnic cleansing.