So, I realized something while listening to the Kan news report from Israel last night:
Western pro-Palestinian protesters don't think that Hamas exists as a unified fighting force.
Many probably don't even believe that Hamas is an elected government that represents the people and fulfills governmental duties.
I think they probably think of Hamas as "a few dozen" extremists, rather than having a membership (prior to the war) of around 40,000, with a trained and well-armed military fighting force in the thousands.
And, polling in Palestine shows Hamas with over a 70% approval rating among the civilian population! During the war!
My brain just didn't realize that protesters would ignore or reject the truth, or I guess that they would unquestioningly repeat their assumptions as truth.
@em
calling opinion polls elections is a bit of a stretch anyway, isn't it? there is that saying: in wars, truth gets killed first > let's not be killers @noharmpun
Also, thank goodness Israel stayed out of the conflict. Can you imagine if Israel meddled more than it already did?
There could easily be an argument made that if Israel had not fully withdrawn from Gaza then the lives of Gazans would have been much better off for the entire last 17-18 years of Hamas control.
do want to imply that israel had not interfered in order deliberately making people's lives in gaza more miserable? if so: thinking of it is already despicable in itself
with each post, you are stretching it even more, so let me be clear on this:
hamas is a terror organization
in 2007, hamas took over in gaza in a coup d'état, with israel staying passive
do yourself a favor: stick to facts instead of alternative history @em
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