Hamas wouldn't exist without Israel's direct help. They directly funded and helped create the group in its infancy because they thought it would be easier to control than the other more democratically elected parties.
Fast forward to modern day and they still propped up and funded Hamas because of the hunger for power.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-qatar-money-prop-up-hamas.html
Well that’s fucking depressing :(
Reminds me of the Pied Piper strategy.
So hamas is bad and israelies paid them to kill bunch of jews . So they can genocide palestinians ?
Yes. They don't care for their own population if it furthers their goal.
"Suitcases full of cash" is only the latest development. Netanyahu has been legitimizing Hamas for many years in opposition to the moderate Palestinian Authority, which he has de-legitimized, because he doesn't want to talk to any Palestinian who wants peace
PLO also lost all their rep since israeli colonists are terrorizing and taking over the entire moderate west bank of people who don't fight back.
Soon there's going to be two Hamas and zero PLO.
The PLO also lost a lot of credibility due to massive corruption in Fatah's ranks.
Is there a power balance between the two? No. But are they both working, hand in hand, to server themselves at the expense of their respective people? Absolutely. People who would call this "both siding" are missing who the actual "teams" are - ruling class vs working class. Everywhere across the globe they divide us, does that mean the struggles of the marginalised aren't real or need addressing? Of course not, but it does mean that to end the marginalisation and oppression we must fight those orchestrating and benefiting from it, not each other.
