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[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

or people would also spend more time protesting Hamas.

So there are three problems with this:

1-Hamas is a response to Israeli occupation, not an independent phenomenon. You can't stop them without taking out the root cause.

2-What, exactly, would protesting Hamas even accomplish? Protesting Israel is basically telling your government to put pressure on Israel to stop its genocide of Gaza. You can't put pressure on Hamas since they're already cut off from almost the whole world.

3-The assumption that the existence or non-existence of Hamas has any effect on Israeli treatment of Palestinians is very naive.

[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The assumption that the existence or non-existence of Hamas has any effect on Israeli treatment of Palestinians is very naive.

The blockade didn't happen until Hamas was elected, the treatment of Gaza was obviously different before Hamas launched this attack. It is plainly obvious that Hamas had an effect on Israeli treatment of Palestinians, especially ones under their government.

[-] TheDankHold@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

It was an occupation before it became a blockade just in case you weren’t aware.

[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Right. Israel unilaterally left and disbanded all settlements in Gaza, then Gaza elected Hamas, then blockade.

[-] TheDankHold@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

No you’re mixing it up. It transitioned immediately from occupation to siege and that’s part of what let Hamas get a plurality (not a majority) of the vote.

Not to mention they set up settlements in the West Bank to this day.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago

Uh... No. After the disengagement they immediately (three months before the voting) blockaded Gaza.

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