Posted on 11/04/2023 6:24:39 PM PDT by Conservat1
Do the residents of the Gaza Strip support Hamas or suffer from it?
Haaretz newspaper promotes a claim that the residents of Gaza are victims of Hamas and not those who give it its power. The data (again) show that the reality is different.
Hanan Amior, 31.10.23
Last Friday, an article was published in the 'Haaretz' supplement about the hardships of left-wing activists among the residents of the Otef [Envelope], in view of the new horrific reality.
The repeated refrain in their words was the apparent gap between Hamas and the residents of the Gaza Strip.
The activist Neta Heiman, for example, is quoted as stating that: "The Palestinian people themselves are suffering a lot from Hamas rule."
Activist Yael Noy states that: "The Gazans are held captive by Hamas and fear Hamas more than we do."
And more.
Their words raise a real, important and interesting question:
Do not the residents of Gaza support the actions of Hamas, do not sympathize with the murderous movement and are even its victims? Or is it the opposite - their support for Hamas is strong and it is what gives the criminal terrorist organization its strength?
All the data points to a clear answer. The interviewees for the article in Haaretz newspaper are wrong and misleading. The residents of Gaza are not victims of Hamas but quite the opposite. They themselves are Hamas, they are the ones who give it its power and its legitimacy and they will also choose him again and again if he is nominated for elections.
A relatively recent survey shows that support for Hamas is already high and is even increasing following Guardian of the Walls [link]. According to this survey, 94% of Palestinians stated that they "feel proud of the performance of the Gaza Strip in the campaign".
The data is not a standard deviation as a result of the 'Guardian of the Walls' clashes. Regularly and for years [link] , the residents of the Gaza Strip are more extreme than the residents of Yosh in their support for the path of Hamas, even though the Arabs of Yosh as mentioned also support Hamas.
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.
The assumption that the Gazan public is a "victim" of Hamas is, therefore, an arrogant assumption. It includes contempt for Palestinian society, which stems from the deep difficulty of looking at the present reality and drawing the necessary difficult conclusions from it.
You are demented.
I’d respond but I see that the Mods want to play their little Nurse Ratched games.
They’ll probably delete this too
You are sick. You need help.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.