Apparently #Palestine is in the #Olympics despite being a region and not a country, but personally I think that's fine, they're a people with their own identity so it does make sense to give them their own team rather than putting them on team #Israel or something.
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@realcaseyrollins What, Palestine is recognized as a country by over 75% of the UN, **not** a territory... Why are you asserting something as absolute fact when it is in fact entirely arbitrary and decided by each country AND the exact opposite of your assertion is the overwhelming majority of the opinion?
@freemo Well I guess if the #Un recognizes #Palestine as a country that would explain why they're in the #Olympics.
What is the #OlympicTruce?
@realcaseyrollins The olympic Truce is a principle of the olympics that all participants must agree to a war truce on all offenses during the period of the olympics and atleast 1 week following. This Truce isnt just a principle, it was passed as a resolution of the UN itself specifically for the purpose of the Olympics.
Any country committing war offenses during the period shall be banned from the Olympics.
Russia is banned from the Olympics this year because they are attacking Ukraine and therefore have been banned.
@realcaseyrollins Because they are purely defensive and willing to engage in a truce.
@freemo Ah, yes I had presumed that defending yourself in a war initiated by another country would be fine under the #OlympicTruce
@realcaseyrollins Its not about who initiated the offensive at all. Its about who is willing to honor the Truce. Ukraine is willing to honor the truce. In fact since they refuse to attack into russia itself they are in compliance by default. Russia is unwilling to honor the truce, so they are in violation. Russia being the aggressor prior to the truce is irrelevant.
Likewise, the attack from palestine into israel was before the truce period. During the truce period palestine hasnt been attacking israel, only attacking within their own borders. So Israelis the only one in violation, this again is underlated to who was the initial agressor.
> During the truce period palestine hasnt been attacking israel, only attacking within their own borders.
I'll take your word on this for the time being, I haven't been following the #IsraelHamasWar as closely over the past month and a half or so
@realcaseyrollins I mean they have bee n damn nnear whiped out. They couldnt attack even if they wanted to... The war really did turn into a genocide. The death toll has been astronomical.
@realcaseyrollins How can a decentralized cell-based terrorist organization ever surrender? Cells are formed and operated independent from eachother. No one commands them.
@freemo Why would a decentralized group be able to declare war, but not be able to declare a surrender?
@realcaseyrollins They as a group cant, a cell or collection of cells can.
For example during the attack initially, one cell came up with the idea and then spread it to the other cells. The cells that wanted to contribute joined in, the cells that objected didnt. Then they attack. But did the organization dictate it, or was it just an organic process of agreement of some people?
So how would that look for a surrender, if asked to surrender and 10 out of 100 cells agree to surrender, does that count as a surrender inthe same way that 10 out of 100 cells attacking count as an attack?
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Moreover, because theIsrali violated the "olympic truce" but palestine has not, technically Israel should be banned entirely and Palestine should be allowed (their offensive was not during the truce period).