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[–] [email protected] 50 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I've only recently started educating myself them, so this group may have some ugly things in their history I haven't learned about yet, but -

There was/is a nationalist social democratic Palestinian organization that Hamas essentially chased out of town with support from Israeli religious conservatives, and I feel like people who want a free Palestine need to talk more about them, because social democratic sounds a hell of a lot better than whatever the hell Hamas' policies are

[–] [email protected] 39 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The IDF wants Hamas to exist longer than the civilian population so they can "excuse" total genocide of Gaza

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago

Receipts: https://m.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/netanyahu-money-to-hamas-part-of-strategy-to-keep-palestinians-divided-583082

Netanyahu literally gave Hamas seed money because they don't want a viable two state solution.