Hamas and manufacturing crises
Kateland at The Last Amazon has a couple of good articles up about the ways in which Hamas, in Gaza, is manufacturing humanitarian and refugee crises in a bid to turn world public opinion against Israel. By and large, their efforts in this regard have already succeeded — Israel is widely demonized. But isn’t it interesting how the group that is supposedly the legitimately elected government of Gaza uses various tactics (threat of force, looting) against providers of food and fuel in order to create preconditions for a starving, desperate populace…and isn’t it interesting how it is Israel that the world blames for their genocidal oppression of the Palestinians? Isn’t it interesting how the group that is supposedly the legitimately elected government of Gaza blows holes in a wall between Egypt and Palestine, and then encourages thousands of refugees to cross the Sinai…and isn’t it interesting how it is Israel that the world blames for their persecution of the Palestinians?
Hatred of Jews is an old, old passtime that has been adopted, at various times, by different groups for different reasons. But I don’t think there’s ever been an era where it has become so mainstream to direct ill will toward the people of Israel.
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