Should read, "Democrats have helped normalize Hamas."
Not shocking. They've normalized violence, hatred, division, crime....... All in the name of "intersectionality."
https://www.newsweek.com/news-media-has-helped-normalize-hamas-opinion-1889354
And what, on Hamas, is the essence? Well, Hamas is not in power in Gaza due to elections (as is often erroneously suggested) but because of a coup (the 2006 vote in which Hamas won a plurality—not a majority—was for the overall Palestinian Authority legislature); it runs a quasi-theocratic mafia state where opposition will get you killed and a bottle of wine will get you arrested; and it seeks eternal war till total victory. Since the 1990s, whenever there were peace talks, Hamas tried to scuttle them with terrorism meant to bring out the worst in Israelis—and the Israelis took the bait.
Since seizing Gaza violently in 2007, for years Hamas provoked Israel with rocket fire. This has been widely treated—including, somehow, by Israel—as an annoyance, like mosquitos or musicals or paywalls. Hamas also stole hundreds of millions of dollars to build hundreds of miles of fortified tunnels where its operatives hide and from which the population is barred.
On Oct. 7, the group invaded Israel and carried out a barbaric massacre of 1,200 people. There is some debate about the purpose. The Haaretz newspaper reported last weekend that Hamas actually harbored—no-joke—illusions of occupying the whole country—a nuclear power with five times the population of Gaza, a first-world GDP, a top-10 military and world-beating tech. But more likely, they knew their attack would spark massive retribution, and welcomed it.
The war, in which Hamas uses civilians as the ultimate collective human shield, is proceeding in accordance with the Hamas design. It could probably end in a second if Hamas wished it so; Israel would hand Gaza to other forces and allow Hamas' leaders exile in exchange for the remaining hostages. But war is Hamas' preferred mode, since it knows that Israel's global standing, economy and social cohesion will be harmed. In its twisted universe, "martyrdom" for Palestinians is an inexpensive price to pay. Israel's cretinous government has done the rest—for example, by playing games with humanitarian aid until President Joe Biden lowered the boom on Netanyahu last week.
Not shocking. They've normalized violence, hatred, division, crime....... All in the name of "intersectionality."
https://www.newsweek.com/news-media-has-helped-normalize-hamas-opinion-1889354
And what, on Hamas, is the essence? Well, Hamas is not in power in Gaza due to elections (as is often erroneously suggested) but because of a coup (the 2006 vote in which Hamas won a plurality—not a majority—was for the overall Palestinian Authority legislature); it runs a quasi-theocratic mafia state where opposition will get you killed and a bottle of wine will get you arrested; and it seeks eternal war till total victory. Since the 1990s, whenever there were peace talks, Hamas tried to scuttle them with terrorism meant to bring out the worst in Israelis—and the Israelis took the bait.
Since seizing Gaza violently in 2007, for years Hamas provoked Israel with rocket fire. This has been widely treated—including, somehow, by Israel—as an annoyance, like mosquitos or musicals or paywalls. Hamas also stole hundreds of millions of dollars to build hundreds of miles of fortified tunnels where its operatives hide and from which the population is barred.
On Oct. 7, the group invaded Israel and carried out a barbaric massacre of 1,200 people. There is some debate about the purpose. The Haaretz newspaper reported last weekend that Hamas actually harbored—no-joke—illusions of occupying the whole country—a nuclear power with five times the population of Gaza, a first-world GDP, a top-10 military and world-beating tech. But more likely, they knew their attack would spark massive retribution, and welcomed it.
The war, in which Hamas uses civilians as the ultimate collective human shield, is proceeding in accordance with the Hamas design. It could probably end in a second if Hamas wished it so; Israel would hand Gaza to other forces and allow Hamas' leaders exile in exchange for the remaining hostages. But war is Hamas' preferred mode, since it knows that Israel's global standing, economy and social cohesion will be harmed. In its twisted universe, "martyrdom" for Palestinians is an inexpensive price to pay. Israel's cretinous government has done the rest—for example, by playing games with humanitarian aid until President Joe Biden lowered the boom on Netanyahu last week.
