Four coffins said to contain the remains of Israeli hostages have been received by Israel, as Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released in Gaza and the occupied West Bank in an overnight exchange as part of the fragile ceasefire deal.
  • deegeese@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Why are Israelis “hostages” while Palestinians are “prisoners”?

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      71·
      2 months ago

      The Palestinians were arrested and are held in a prison.

      They’re still political prisoners, which are a kind of hostage, and if any court was involved it wasn’t a fair trial by any measure, but there is a difference.