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You may consider this reversed for the rarer-on-Lemmy IDF apologist (media.kbin.social)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hamas doesn't have widespread support. They pretended to be a reformed, moderate, responsible party who no longer wanted to be seen as the extremists that they used to be. Because of this, they won a very slim plurality in the 2006 election and then indefinitely postponed the following election. I don't think I'm alone in assuming that quite a bit of what support they do have from the Palestinian people is from either implicit or explicit coercion. Otherwise, support is likely from Hamas daring to retaliate against Israel for mistreatment up to murder of innocent Palestinian civilians over the decades.

Hamas fucking sucks. They just happen to be the only leadership left for the Palestinian people because Hamas has tricked the people into giving them power and they've had a death grip on it ever since, preferring to let Palestine get wiped off the map rather than lose that power.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Otherwise, support is likely from Hamas daring to retaliate against Israel for mistreatment up to murder of innocent Palestinian civilians over the decades.

    In a nutshell, that's how lots of Palestinian leftists and progressives view it. They don't like any Hamas beliefs or tactics, except for the one where they stand up to colonization.

    All in all, Hamas is the ugly bastard child of Israel and a Palestinian faction that sought division instead of coming together with the other freedom fighters. They wanted separation, the Israelis liked the idea and supported them in doing so. How will this tale end? I think with a new faction born from the orphans of Gaza, and hopefully an armed resistance group with less questionable tactics and less anti-semetism.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    How will this tale end? I think with a new faction born from the orphans of Gaza, and hopefully an armed resistance group with less questionable tactics and less anti-semetism.

    It might just repeat the Fatah-Hamas split - an armed resistance group with more questionable tactics and more antisemitism.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    We'll have to wait and see 🤷‍♀️. Apartheid breeds violence which breeds violence, but for me the best solution is for Israel to take responsibility for what they are doing. Less apartheid will mean less violence and antisemitism, and less extremism.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago

    Hamas doesn’t have widespread support. They pretended to be a reformed, moderate, responsible party who no longer wanted to be seen as the extremists that they used to be. Because of this, they won a very slim plurality in the 2006 election and then indefinitely postponed the following election.

    Hamas does have widespread support. Maybe not majority, but widespread. They were definitely not pretending to be a reformed, moderate party in 2006. Elections have been repeatedly cancelled not just because Hamas are anti-democratic shitheads (though they are) but also because the PA realizes that there is a good chance that the moderate parties (and I use the term loosely) won't win the election.

    Otherwise, support is likely from Hamas daring to retaliate against Israel for mistreatment up to murder of innocent Palestinian civilians over the decades.

    Like I said, at least some of the support is because they're the only game in town in Gaza, short of embracing genocide. I agree here.

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