During the years I lived in an Arab country there were a number of times when my Arab coworkers would tell me that I really didn’t want to hear what the Imams were preaching in the mosque. A lot of the locals ate that hate stuff up.
“The massive support for Hamas in Palestinian society in general and Gazan society in particular, does not come in a vacuum. It relies on explanations and reasons that make a lot of sense.” Not complex at all: Your average muzzie has been taught (by Koran, Hadith, school and popular entertainment) to hate Jews and that their duty is to kill jews. Hamas’ program objective is driven by anti-semitism and is to destroy Israel and murder the jews. Therefore, the people love Hamas and support them.
No accident that lots of them have stayed in north Gaza to shield the active terrorists. They know there’s a risk but figure it is up to Allah to decide if they get killed by the IDF or not.
“The massive support for Hamas in Palestinian society in general and Gazan society in particular, does not come in a vacuum. It relies on explanations and reasons that make a lot of sense.” Not complex at all: Your average muzzie has been taught (by Koran, Hadith, school and popular entertainment) to hate Jews and that their duty is to kill jews. Hamas’ program objective is driven by anti-semitism and is to destroy Israel and murder the jews. Therefore, the people love Hamas and support them.
No accident that lots of them have stayed in north Gaza to shield the active terrorists. They know there’s a risk but figure it is up to Allah to decide if they get killed by the IDF or not.
This is just propaganda trying to foment split between US and Israel. But, we DO have those old WW2 internment camps where we could hold some of them for a while.
“Homosexuality is widely condemned in the Palestinian territories & is even criminalized in Gaza.”
While this certainly true and not just of “Palestinian” countries (it was true in Saudi when we lived there, for example) it could be that it is because they are simply unaware of LGBTQ+ support for their cause and methods. I think several LGBTQ+ groups should get over there to Gaza and present the LGBTQ+ program in Gaza (emphasizing that they see no problem with anti-semitism, killing women, children, old people and that they are fully behind jewish genocide). I’m sure trans story telling in their islamic schools would really be an attention getter and that parents and HAMAS could be counted on to respond with enthusiasm!
I’m thinking this means Hamas getting the crap beat out of them. They can stop the killing with a ceasefire and immediate surrender. They should identify their members who murdered, raped, etc. so they can be punished under the law. They should turn over their stockpiled supplies for use by Gazans and get personnel out of their tunnels so they can be destroyed.
Palestinians dumb enough to help Hamas, including violent demonstrations, rock throwing, etc.) should be teated as belligerents.