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2023-02-05 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Darkest tragedy, unrealized dreams: ‘Whispered in Gaza,’ Part 3, the final interviews

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-02-05 01:11|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top
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#1 If Hamas was an organic movement, there might be hope for accountability and improvement. Unfortunately all Palestinian leadership groups have always been controlled by outside interests whose primary aim is Palestinian rage. Hamas functions as an Iranian internal weapon against the state of Israel. Palestinian prosperity would dull the rage which is the primary function of the Palestinian movement to Iranian interests. The prosperity of the Hamas leadership group is thereby based on its ability to subjugate and control its own citizens not on facilitating community interests. Some would argue that the people could just vote out Hamas. Those individuals do not understand totalitarianism.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-02-05 08:21|| 2023-02-05 08:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Some would argue that the people could just vote out Hamas. Those individuals do not understand totalitarianism.

Truly, Super Hose.

Hamas is the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, so they’ve been following that playbook. They have lots of community charity outreach efforts, provide schools and summer camps, and got themselves elected in 2007. But the PLO/PA — headed by Mahmoud Abbas — refused to give up power, so here we are, with both groups having taken the train to their station and gotten off.

There is also the jihad thingy, which runs alongside the Will To Power stuff, just like in Egypt, Turkey, and all the rest. Iran happily funds Hamas as the second part of their pincer around Israel despite that little Sunni/Shiite disagreement, with Hezbollah in Lebanon with its 100,00+ rockets and missiles as the other side. Several years ago Israel sprang the trap prematurely, when they blocked Hizbollah’s border crossing tunnels, then Gaza’s, and both spent several weeks vainly shooting rockets and missiles across the border without the possibility of getting their jihadis safely under the border for the planned second pincer of mass attacks wreaking havoc on the populations in Israel’s border communities.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-02-05 11:25|| 2023-02-05 11:25|| Front Page Top

#3 You can see from the interviews that the result in Gaza is the same as Cuba or East Germany. Hamas is permanently in power, the funding is provided from nefarious external sources, the hearts and minds of the people are controlled by propaganda and/or the education system. They may rise up one day, but it won’t be today.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-02-05 17:13|| 2023-02-05 17:13|| Front Page Top

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