Khalil al-Hayya, a deputy to Hamas Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar says the group's aim is not to run Gaza but to shake the Middle East and put Palestinian issue back in focus; Tells New York Times expected Arab world to join fight
Hamas is the name of the government of Palestine in the Gaza Strip. There is no higher authority in the country than Hamas. Just as the Putin administration runs the Russian government, Hamas runs the Palestine government in Gaza.
I would specifically ask people not to do that, including with Israel. More than any other country I feel that Israel is treated as monolithic… perhaps China too, at least in American media.
Right…but most governments commit acts not endorsed by their civilian population.
If it’s your opinion that the murder of civilians is a legitimate response to government actions, then that implies you believe that 9/11 was not only a legitimate response, but a deserved one.
The vast majority of people who support Palestine are not huge fans of Hamas. People just recognize that the Israeli state response has been a giant crime against humanity. They also recognize the political status quo that fueled the attack to begin with.
When there are two belligerent parties engaged in an asymmetrical feud, the onus to progress past the violent status quo belongs to the only party that has the ability to enact that progress.
Israel has steadily refused to negotiate any diplomatic change to the status quo. When all other forms of discourse are exhausted, violence will inevitably rear its ugly head.
Hamas is the name of the government of Palestine in the Gaza Strip. There is no higher authority in the country than Hamas. Just as the Putin administration runs the Russian government, Hamas runs the Palestine government in Gaza.
So would you ask people to condemn the civilians of a country based solely on the decisions of their leadership?
Regimes change all the time, what does vilification of non-combatants get you?
I would specifically ask people not to do that, including with Israel. More than any other country I feel that Israel is treated as monolithic… perhaps China too, at least in American media.
Right…but most governments commit acts not endorsed by their civilian population.
If it’s your opinion that the murder of civilians is a legitimate response to government actions, then that implies you believe that 9/11 was not only a legitimate response, but a deserved one.
The vast majority of people who support Palestine are not huge fans of Hamas. People just recognize that the Israeli state response has been a giant crime against humanity. They also recognize the political status quo that fueled the attack to begin with.
When there are two belligerent parties engaged in an asymmetrical feud, the onus to progress past the violent status quo belongs to the only party that has the ability to enact that progress.
Israel has steadily refused to negotiate any diplomatic change to the status quo. When all other forms of discourse are exhausted, violence will inevitably rear its ugly head.
so you’d say that as an American I’d agree with and embody everything this idiot government does?