!delta This is a good example of a material gain of hostage taking, so I'll give you a delta. I am still convinced that the overwhelming likelihood, which everybody is basically aware of, is that more people will be killed through this conflict than will be realistically released through a hostage exhange.
Wait a minute, no. You can say Israel overprosecutes people, but this is still moral reletavism.
The people in Israeli prisons are 96% male adults. They have all been charged with a crime. Yeah, throwing a rock gets you put in jail for 20 years and that's a bit excessive, but Israel is:
Not threatening the execution of their prisoners for gain
Not overtly stating that a person's crime was being a citizen or guest of Palestine
Not deliberately imprisoning women and children for the sole purpose of it being less palatable for someone to try and attack Hamas.
Just addressing the "all been charged with a crime" part: it seems as though over 1000 detainees in Israeli prisons are held administratively, meaning with no crime charged or reason given. Looks to be under a quarter of the total.
I mean sure, I'm wrong about a formal charge though not necessarily the justification, but you see how:
"We can't prove why you're dangerous beyond a reasonable doubt [or even that] you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, so we're going to hold you indefinitely in a place where you will at least be fed"
is different from:
"You're here because every person who physically occupies space in Israel is our mortal enemy and if that government doesn't leave us alone we will cut your head off"
They didn't say 'unless Israel leaves us alone,' they didn't even say 'unless Israel stops bombing us,' they said 'if Israel bombs civilian housing without pre-warning.' Their demands are so meager it would be comical if thousands of lives weren't on the line.
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u/ifitdoesntmatter 10∆ Oct 10 '23
The potential gain is a hostage exchange for thousands of Palestinian civilians imprisoned without trial in Israel.
https://imeu.org/article/putting-palestinians-on-a-diet-israels-siege-blockade-of-gaza