Honest question: How would we know if there are moderate Gazans? Hamas is their govt and if they publicly speak out against them, I can’t see them living for long.
It’s totally possible that there are Gazans trying to change things but we don’t hear about it. Everything on that end is filtered through Hamas.
Honest question: How would we know if there are moderate Gazans? Hamas is their govt and if they publicly speak out against them, I can’t see them living for long.
Agreed. I've seen a few videos where Palestinians are lamenting about Hamas, the people around them shut them up pretty quickly. Probably saving their lives.
For everyone one of those there's hundreds jubilantly cheering for Hamas.
During the 2014 Operation Protective Edge, Hamas embarked on what it called "Operation Strangling Necks" in an attempt to catch and summarily execute alleged collaborators. By August 2, around four weeks into the conflict, Al Sharq Al Awsat reported that 26 alleged collaborators had been executed by Hamas, their bodies dumped in public places in order to deter others. The highest death toll from executions was on August 22, 2014, when Hamas carried out at least 18 summary executions. Seven of the men were executed with bags over their heads in front of Al-Omari mosque after prayers, with hundreds of spectators. The rest of those executed on that day were put to death by firing squad, their bodies dumped near al-Azhar University.
Syria has geography to protect the dissidents. Gaza has everyone crammed into a few square miles. There is no place to hide if you say anything to oppose the leadership
Syria has geography to protect the dissidents. Gaza has everyone crammed into a few square miles. There is no place to hide if you say anything to oppose the leadership
Hamas has been a listed terrorist entity in Canada since November 2002. That puts in place a lot of legal restrictions regarding carrying out activities in support of or providing funding to Hamas writ large.
They are likely able to keep most people busy with the narrative "Israel/the Jews are bad." I image that they would face stronger opposition if they didn't have a common enemy to keep the population focused on.
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