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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ironically enough, the group that seems to be doing the most to free Palestine from the rule of Hamas is the Israeli government.

And quite frankly, I'm sceptical of the claim Palestine is suffering under a dictatorship going against the will of the people, from what I've seen they have a lot of support from the population.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Ironically enough, the group that seems to be doing the most to free Palestine from the rule of Hamas is the Israeli government.

Man, Israel has spent years propping up Hamas.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because hamas was originally a charity

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

... when do you think Hamas was a charity?

Hamas has performed charity. But that's not the same as being a charity - their express purpose from their founding has been the destruction of the state of Israel.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's in reference to Islamist predecessors of Hamas, not the org itself. I'm speaking of Hamas after its founding, which Israel has spent decades funding

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because Hamas is the only avenue for aid to be received in Gaza.

You can argue UNRWA, but Hamas has ties to them as well.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Back in '98, which that article discusses, Hamas was not in control of Gaza. This started long before Hamas was a serious contender to Fatah's dominion over Palestinian politics.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not just propping up, getting them into power in the first place. Israel manipulated the elections in Gaza to ensure that Hamas came to power so that they'd be able to frame their fight as being against extremists instead of the more reasonable who had been opposing Hamas (the name escapes me at the moment).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Fatah. Fatah agreed to a two-state solution and peaceful negotiation, and the Israeli prime minister got assassinated by far-right Zionist loons for his trouble. Ever since, every attempt by Fatah at good-faith negotiation has ended up as demands from Israel for a demonstration of fealty, followed by Israel not following through on its obligations anyway. For obvious reasons, this severely damaged Fatah's credibility.

Also, Fatah is either hilariously or sickeningly corrupt, depending on whether you feel like laughing or crying on the given day. Hamas used that to worm their way in too, though now they're no less corrupt.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Not sure that setting up an enemy for the explicit purpose of using them to harm civilians, and then harming civilians in the process of taking them down, is really freeing anybody. As far as Israel's actions more than a week or two past October 7 go, I'm disinclined to give them any sort of 'credit' for anything except the slaughter they're overseeing.