Ir definitely hurt Israel on the international stage. Whether you think it's worth it aside, unless something really big changes the only way Palestinians will get their freedom is by forcing Israel to display their genocide as obviously as possible until they get the South Africa treatment. Peaceful resistance of settler colonialism simply doesn't and has never worked.
I appreciate the sentiment, but somebody should’ve pointed out to them how many genocides we’ve stopped vs how many we’ve allowed to happen over the past half century.
I don’t think Oct 7th was about Palestinian freedom, at any rate. I don’t think hamas leaders living in the UAE give a rats ass about the survival of Gazan citizens. They’re just another tool to be taken advantage of. If hamas was really interested in Palestinian freedom, they would have granted elections in the region they controlled.
I appreciate the sentiment, but somebody should've pointed out to them how many genocides we've stopped vs how many we've allowed to happen over the past half century.
I'm not sure I get the point. Who's "we" and what did they do?
If hamas was really interested in Palestinian freedom, they would have granted elections in the region they controlled.
Hamas definitely wants power, that's for sure. I'm not saying they're a good government. But Palestinian freedom from Palestinians and Palestinian freedom from Israel are two completely different things. Hamas is definitely authoritarian, but they also genuinely want freedom for Palestine. Their actions over the past 20 years can only point to that conclusion.
I think there are other possible conclusions that are less about anything good and more about destroying perceived enemies.
When I say we, I’m speaking as an American, and more generally talking about the broader world. We stepped in in Kosovo, we stepped in with the Yazidis. Far more often, though, the world does not police genocide attempts. It protests them, tries to apply the international justice system to the perpetrators, but does not take strong measures to halt the killing.
Generally speaking, we do not police the world, and instead leave local affairs in the hands of whatever country they are happening in, for the vast, vast majority of countries. This makes any strategy to try to halt a genocide by appealing to the world unlikely to succeed. Netanyahu knows this, and is probably counting on it. While I support a Two State Solution, I don’t think this is good strategy for accomplishing it, and is far more likely to accelerate the destruction of the Palestinian people.
I don’t see hamas as freedom fighters at all. I see them as misguided jihadists with an effective propaganda wing and a savvy sense for politics.
I think there are other possible conclusions that are less about anything good and more about destroying perceived enemies.
I'm not talking about those actions. Hamas has participated in too many good faith negotiations, both with Israel and the PNA, for an organization that only cares about its own existence. See for example: 2013-2014 unity government, 2008 ceasefire, 2012-2013 ceasefire.
While I support a Two State Solution, I don't think this is good strategy for accomplishing it, and is far more likely to accelerate the destruction of the Palestinian people.
Then what do you suggest instead?
I don't see hamas as freedom fighters at all. I see them as misguided jihadists with an effective propaganda wing and a savvy sense for politics.
I mean they produce results. You can think there are better ways (I don't see them, but maybe they exist), but you can't argue with results.
The Netanyahu government has spent decades legitimizing Hamas, preferring a Palestinian leadership that helps them justify their ethnic cleansing efforts instead of one that’s peaceful and wants to negotiate, e.g. the Palestinian Authority.
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