UN Relief Chief Martin Griffiths told a representative from Sky News on Wednesday that he did not consider Hamas to be a terrorist group.

Asked about the feasibility of Israel’s military goal to eliminate Hamas and disallow the terrorist group from having any governing say in Gaza, Griffiths responded “Hamas is not a terrorist group for us, as you know, it is a political movement. But, I think it is very very difficult to dislodge these groups without a negotiated solution; which includes their aspirations.

“I cannot think of an example offhand of a place where a victory through warfare has succeeded against a well-entrenched group, terrorist or otherwise.”

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    Very common to refer to young adults as kids. To me, anyone under 25 is a kid. Pretending that you don’t understand that just makes it obvious that you’re not arguing in good faith.

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      The IDF is sending teenagers into Gaza. At least one 19 year old IDF terrorist has been killed in Gaza.

      Your logic would imply israel is using child soldiers.

      If you’re old enough to commit genocide you’re an adult.

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        You also know damn well that “child soldier” is a term with specific implications so now it’s confirmed that you’re twisting words instead of addressing the actual content.

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          I’m using your own words to show you the hypocrisy of how you selectively apply standards.

          If you say that’s twisting words then you are the one who’s doing the twisting.

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                Once again the term “child soldier” carries implications much different than just “kids”. So no, I didn’t say that. I wouldn’t disagree that most IDF soldiers are kids. But you already knew it was different and so you’re being dishonest.