Re: where is the government?
Posted by Arota on 2025-October-16 10:19:51, ThursdayIn reply to Re: where is the government? posted by diogenes on 2025-October-16 09:35:18, Thursday
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There haven't been any election in the West Bank, governed by Fatah/Palestinian Authority since 2006. Hamas isn't there. What's stopping Abbas from having elections? This idea of "Netanyahu created Hamas in order to divide the Palestinians" is acting as if the Palestinians were strong (they weren't), Fatah was popular (it wasn't), and that Hamas is a single entity able to be controlled by Israel (it isn't). If elections were held today, Hamas would win hands down. And the Palestinian Authority is massively unpopular, because it's a collaborationist regime which represses Palestinians on the behalf of Israel and the US. Meanwhile, Hamas and the other resistance organizations are popular organizations with a base of support among the people. As for secular vs. Islamist, most Palestinians are Muslim so why shouldn't Islam influence their political beliefs? As for "armed militants in their own country", Hamas has been the government of Gaza and most Palestinians are extremely supportive of the resistance. It is not a terror group, it is the state. The people who were executed were collaborators with Israel. It would be a traitorous government that did not execute collaborators with an invading state. Ideally, there would be a better process, but they're not in ideal conditions and acting as if unless they behave in exactly the right way to respect Western sensibilities is hopelessly idealistic. I would guess that 99% of Palestinians are supportive of killing collaborators and would do it themselves if given the chance. That's the mindset you have when you've been subject to genocide and good on them for it. Anyone who worked with Israel should be subject to execution. |
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