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[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 66 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Literally. Hamas has done basically nothing to help the people. The people of Gaza are the heroes Hamas and Israel are just a couple of monsters victimizing them.

No you are supposed to PICK A SIDE. Don't you dare think for yourself /s

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hamas is the perfect partner for Israeli genocidaires. That's why Israel funded them in the first place.

[–] Merva@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

They definitely have a symbiotic relationship.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

If Fatah was still in power, Israel would’ve had a much more difficult time in demonizing Gaza in their propaganda outlets.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They also wouldn't need to, because the West wouldn't give a shit about Gaza without Hamas activities to put Palestine in the news. There's a reason Hamas won that election in 2006.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They also wouldn’t need to, because the West wouldn’t give a shit about Gaza without Hamas activities to put Palestine in the news.

... Gaza was a big fucking deal back when Fatah was in power, and it was when Fatah was at the head of things that the peace process came closest to becoming reality, with significant Western interest and support.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

... Gaza was a big fucking deal back when Fatah was in power

As a humanitarian disaster?

and it was when Fatah was at the head of things that the peace process came closest to becoming reality, with significant Western interest and support.

Before I respond, are you talking about the 2005-2007 period?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As a humanitarian disaster?

Yes. Since the fucking 90s.

Before I respond, are you talking about the 2005-2007 period?

No, the 1990s, when it was one of the issues in US foreign policy.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, the 1990s, when it was one of the issues in US foreign policy.

Oh, you're talking about that. In that case you should know that the period of the conflict where such a thing was possible ended when Rabin was assassinated and Netanyahu took his place. See: Literally his whole career, but most relevantly:

They asked me before the election if I'd honor [the Oslo Accords] […] I said I would, but ... I'm going to interpret the accords in such a way that would allow me to put an end to this galloping forward to the '67 borders. How did we do it? Nobody said what defined military zones were. Defined military zones are security zones; as far as I'm concerned, the entire Jordan Valley is a defined military zone. Go argue.

And, well, there's a reason they call him the king of Israeli politics and it's definitely not because his policies are unpopular. Both Fatah's Oslo-era strategy and the West's strategy at the time were just never going to work with people like that.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In that case you should know that the period of the conflict where such a thing was possible ended when Rabin was assassinated and Netanyahu took his place.

... okay? How does that affect the fact that, demonstrably, Western and US interest was very acute and intense long before Hamas was a major force in the matter?

This is, after all, what you said and I objected to:

They also wouldn’t need to, because the West wouldn’t give a shit about Gaza without Hamas activities to put Palestine in the news.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah fair enough I went on a weird tangent there. What I was trying to say was that the Western interest and support you were talking about was the kind that needed a good faith Israeli effort to amount to anything. There was no interest in forcing peace on Israel, is the point I was trying to make. That's why when Israel put its foot down and said "nope" pretty much everyone played along, as best exemplified by the absolute shitshow that was Western reaction to the 2006 Palestinian elections. The kind of abject horror that's now making four different heads of state say "we are not exporting weapons to Israel" (with varying degrees of truthfulness) to placate their populations simply wasn't there. So to respond to your point: Western governments and people did want to being peace to Palestine, but it was viewed as just another regional conflict, not as settler colonists ethnically cleansing an indigenous population with Western support, so they were just another participant in the farce.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That’s why when Israel put its foot down and said “nope” pretty much everyone played along, as best exemplified by the absolute shitshow that was Western reaction to the 2006 Palestinian elections.

What reaction was it that you regard as a shitshow to the 2006 Palestinian elections?

The kind of abject horror that’s now making four different heads of state say “we are not exporting weapons to Israel” (with varying degrees of truthfulness) to placate their populations simply wasn’t there.

Yes, that's taken an additional 20 years of Israeli massacres.

So to respond to your point: Western governments and people did want to being peace to Palestine, but it was viewed as just another regional conflict, not as settler colonists ethnically cleansing an indigenous population with Western support, so they were just another participant in the farce.

None of that has anything to do with the point regarding Hamas and whether its behavior has been in some way central to Western awareness of Gaza.

They also wouldn’t need to, because the West wouldn’t give a shit about Gaza without Hamas activities to put Palestine in the news.

Is your argument that Hamas running a disproportionately conservative mafia state in Gaza, funded by Israel and American 'allies' like Qatar, and the resulting tensions between Hamas and Fatah, wherein elections have been impossible for nearly 20 years now, has been in some way pivotal towards Western awareness of Israeli crimes?

Or has it been that the past 25 years of total domination of the Israeli right over the Israeli government has resulted in a government policy by the Israeli right that is, necessarily, more naked and brutal than ever to appeal to their core constituencies and hold onto power, alienating foreign allies to shore up domestic support, and Hamas's contribution has been limited to boosting the polling numbers of Bibi et co?

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What reaction was it that you regard as a shitshow to the 2006 Palestinian elections?

Enjoy. The short of it is what you probably already expect: The Quartet (most relevantly the EU and US) imposed sanctions on the PA, Israel arrested a ton of Palestinian MPs, ministers and Hamas members, the US and Israel conspired with Fatah to overthrow the democratically elected Hamas government (either by calling new elections or by force) and the Quartet (again, most relevantly the EU and US) managed to somehow ignore all this and call on Hamas to moderate, accept Israel's right to exist and denounce violence, nonsense that stopped working in 1996. Basically Western countries spat in the face of the democratic process they promoted when it didn't produce the puppets they wanted it to produce. And to rub salt in the wound who did they want to lead after Hamas was deposed? Fucking Mahmoud Abbas, the guy who has been running Fatah (and therefore the West Bank) for 20 years.

Yes, that's taken an additional 20 years of Israeli massacres.

No effective resistance was going to make it without Israeli massacres. I could list examples all the way from the 1930s, but most relevantly we have the anti-occupation resistance in Lebanon, the First Intifada (2000 dead) and the Second Intifada (3500 dead). If Palestinians intended to avoid Israeli massacres their only course of action would be to give up. Now the current genocide is clearly a whole different beast, but something like the 2008 Gaza war is very much in line with what one would expect when resisting Israeli occupation.

None of that has anything to do with the point regarding Hamas and whether its behavior has been in some way central to Western awareness of Gaza.

It does. Western "interest and support" after 1996 was a farce, and not at all something that could lead to peace, therefore for all intents and purposes yes the West didn't give a shit about the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza or elsewhere, in the same way your average white moderate didn't give a shit about the suffering of black people during the Civil Rights Movement.

Is your argument that Hamas running a disproportionately conservative mafia state in Gaza, funded by Israel and American 'allies' like Qatar, and the resulting tensions between Hamas and Fatah, wherein elections have been impossible for nearly 20 years now, has been in some way pivotal towards Western awareness of Israeli crimes?

Okay if you believe what you're saying and are trying to have an honest conversation then ignoring everything that's relevant from the other side's argument and treating that as a gotcha is really not a good look. Hamas's conservative mafia state hasn't been pivotal towards Western awareness of Israeli crimes, but them picking fights with Israel politically and militarily in ways that despite Israel's best efforts end up in global news in very unflattering ways. At least, that's the argument you're supposed to be arguing against, not that Hamas banning dog walking and cracking down on dissent is the peak of Palestinian resistance.

Or has it been that the past 25 years of total domination of the Israeli right over the Israeli government has resulted in a government policy by the Israeli right that is, necessarily, more naked and brutal than ever to appeal to their core constituencies and hold onto power, alienating foreign allies to shore up domestic support, and Hamas's contribution has been limited to boosting the polling numbers of Bibi et co?

Here's the thing: You need something to highlight the nakedness and brutality (which I'd argue is the same as ever, just with a brief stint with sanity in the early 1990s, but that's not relevant here), because Israeli settlements just don't make global news. I mean how many non-Hamas related events in Palestine have gotten global outrage since 2007? The West Bank is almost completely under the rule of the deeply compromised Fatah, and that's why it's always playing second fiddle to Gaza in global discourse.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Enjoy. The short of it is what you probably already expect: The Quartet (most relevantly the EU and US) imposed sanctions on the PA, Israel arrested a ton of Palestinian MPs, ministers and Hamas members, the US and Israel conspired with Fatah to overthrow the democratically elected Hamas government (either by calling new elections or by force) and the Quartet (again, most relevantly the EU and US) managed to somehow ignore all this and call on Hamas to moderate, accept Israel’s right to exist and denounce violence, nonsense that stopped working in 1996. Basically Western countries spat in the face of the democratic process they promoted when it didn’t produce the puppets they wanted it to produce. And to rub salt in the wound who did they want to lead after Hamas was deposed? Fucking Mahmoud Abbas, the guy who has been running Fatah (and therefore the West Bank) for 20 years.

I have a lot I could say on this, but for now, I'll keep it at "This is what I understood the reaction to be and I disagree with your characterization", since this conversation is already covering a whole lot of shit.

No effective resistance was going to make it without Israeli massacres.

That's not my point. My point is that Hamas is not what has raised awareness, but the increasing intensity of the Israeli state in massacring the Palestinian people for the aforementioned domestic political reasons.

It does. Western “interest and support” after 1996 was a farce, and not at all something that could lead to peace, therefore for all intents and purposes yes the West didn’t give a shit about the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza or elsewhere, in the same way your average white moderate didn’t give a shit about the suffering of black people during the Civil Rights Movement.

Ah, no TRUE interest and support. Got it. Just had to narrow and redefine the criteria once the initial claim was disproven.

By the way, how is the Western "interest and support" now, with Hamas's heroic efforts, going to lead to peace?

Are we counting the total genocide of the Palestinian people as peace?

Or is it fingerwagging as effective action?

Okay if you believe what you’re saying and are trying to have an honest conversation then ignoring everything that’s relevant from the other side’s argument and treating that as a gotcha is really not a good look. Hamas’s conservative mafia state hasn’t been pivotal towards Western awareness of Israeli crimes, but them picking fights with Israel politically and militarily in ways that despite Israel’s best efforts end up in global news in very unflattering ways.

... do you think Israel would be refraining from these crimes were it not for Hamas?

Here’s the thing: You need something to highlight the nakedness and brutality (which I’d argue is the same as ever, just with a brief stint with sanity in the early 1990s, but that’s not relevant here), because Israeli settlements just don’t make global news.

That's not at all fucking true. Jesus Christ. It was a major issue in the US, poster child for "I only know geography because of war", during Bush Jr's term, even despite the other much more major foreign policy issues taking up air in American electoral politics at the time.

I mean how many non-Hamas related events in Palestine have gotten global outrage since 2007? The West Bank is almost completely under the rule of the deeply compromised Fatah, and that’s why it’s always playing second fiddle to Gaza in global discourse.

"Israel is focused on genociding Gaza, therefore, whoever is in charge there is the TRUE hero of The Resistance(tm) and Making A Difference(tm), unlike whoever is in the West Bank!"

Love that Fatah is 'deeply compromised' while the literal Mossad plant is lionized.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io -1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Ah, no TRUE interest and support. Got it. Just had to narrow and redefine the criteria once the initial claim was disproven.

No, I had to state my criteria, which I didn't initially because I wasn't writing a thesis. You seem to disagree disagree, but as stated above I consider Western conduct during 1996-2007 nothing short of farcical, so morally upstanding global citizens such as Bill Clinton and Tony Blair can take their so-called interest and support, shove it up their asses and die in a ditch so the next generation can at least try and get something done.

By the way, how is the Western "interest and support" now, with Hamas's heroic efforts, going to lead to peace?

By cutting Israel's access to trade and weaponry from its closest allies? This isn't a hypothetical; this is actually happening (I know, not the most impartial source). To repeat, Palestinians have to survive Israel's genocide first, but if they clear that (admittedly pretty big) hurdle their chances of liberation within a generation or two are actually looking pretty good.

... do you think Israel would be refraining from these crimes were it not for Hamas?

Yes, in their place they'd be (and are, in the West Bank) committing other crimes that are no less abhorrent but more ignorable on the global stage.

It was a major issue in the US, poster child for "I only know geography because of war", during Bush Jr's term, even despite the other much more major foreign policy issues taking up air in American electoral politics at the time.

Bush Jr's term, which coincided with checks notes the Second Intifada. This is exactly what I'm talking about; you need something "newsworthy" to highlight all the horrible shit Israel does to Palestinians daily. Issues like settlements, Palestinian detainees and the Gaza blockade (until October 7th) only take prominence against the backdrop of a major upheaval by Palestinians or a major atrocity against them. It didn't need to be Hamas doing (or being the excuse for) these things, but it is.

"Israel is focused on genociding Gaza, therefore, whoever is in charge there is the TRUE hero of The Resistance(tm) and Making A Difference(tm), unlike whoever is in the West Bank!"

I have no love for Hamas, but the idea that they've irrelevant to the Palestinian cause simply makes no sense. Would Good Friday have happened without the IRA? What about the overthrow of Apartheid without the ANC?

Love that Fatah is 'deeply compromised' while the literal Mossad plant is lionized.

I mean why is fascists being short-sighted assholes who only care about their own self-interest at the expense of the national interest (in this case oppressing Palestinians for as long as possible) that hard to believe? These guys supported the formation of a Hamas because they were "harmless apolitical Islamists;" that's already enough evidence to declare them terminally stupid.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

By cutting Israel’s access to trade and weaponry from its closest allies? This isn’t a hypothetical; this is actually happening (I know, not the most impartial source). To repeat, Palestinians have to survive Israel’s genocide first, but if they clear that (admittedly pretty big) hurdle their chances of liberation within a generation or two are actually looking pretty good.

Holy fucking shit.

This is pure delusion.

Yes, in their place they’d be (and are, in the West Bank) committing other crimes that are no less abhorrent but more ignorable on the global stage.

No less abhorrent? Fucking what. Do you understand what the difference between the treatment of the West Bank and Gaza?

What the fuck.

Bush Jr’s term, which coincided with checks notes the Second Intifada.

Yes, launched by the PLO.

Other than the dubious argument that there has been always been upheaval in Palestine - which would render the question of why Hamas is so bootlick-worthy - when exactly do you think there has been 'calm' with which to contrast your argument of supposed Western disinterest? Go on. Cite me a time when you think that Western disinterest was high.

This is exactly what I’m talking about; you need something “newsworthy” to highlight all the horrible shit Israel does to Palestinians daily. Issues like settlements, Palestinian detainees and the Gaza blockade (until October 7th) only take prominence against the backdrop of a major upheaval by Palestinians or a major atrocity against them. It didn’t need to be Hamas doing (or being the excuse for) these things, but it is.

And how did that go, 'highlighting' the treatment before Oct 7th? Surely there were dividends - increased Western support before Oct 7th, right? Awareness?

Oh, wait, of course, it won't be 'true' awareness, because 'true' awareness is only when it's in support of Hamas.

I have no love for Hamas, but the idea that they’ve irrelevant to the Palestinian cause simply makes no sense. Would Good Friday have happened without the IRA? What about the overthrow of Apartheid without the ANC?

This is more like 'brilliantly' maneuvering themselves into being slaughtered and their entire nation dismantled. You operate by citing groups which were at the head of a mostly-united struggle against their foe, and who eventually won - Hamas is not the united face of the Palestinian struggle, and it sure as shit is looking like anything but winning. "Would resistance have succeeded without resistance groups???" is completely ignoring that not all resistance groups are successful. Far fucking from it - they can be outright counterproductive. But I guess that's only something that can be understood if the lionized Islamists du jour aren't involved.

Counterculture as a lens of viewing politics is fucking cancer.

I mean why is fascists being short-sighted assholes who only care about their own self-interest at the expense of the national interest (in this case oppressing Palestinians for as long as possible) that hard to believe? These guys supported the formation of a Hamas because they were “harmless apolitical Islamists;” that’s already enough evidence to declare them terminally stupid.

I love that Fatah are fascists now. Deeply unfucking serious. Doubly absurd considering the lengths you're going to play apologist for Hamas.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io -1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Holy fucking shit.

This is pure delusion.

Thanks ;).

No less abhorrent? Fucking what. Do you understand what the difference between the treatment of the West Bank and Gaza?

Okay I misspoke there. The wars that Israel periodically launches in Gaza are worse than anything that happens in the West Bank. Outside of those, however, the scale is pretty comparable; you have airstrikes and the blockade on one hand and pogroms and arrests (glorified kidnappings) on the other.

Yes, launched by the PLO.

Yasser Arafat's PLO and Mahmoud Abbas's PLO are completely different entities and should be viewed as such. Yasser Arafat certainly wasn't organizing crackdowns against Palestinian resistance organizations to appease Israel; he came from the era when the PLO conducted and organized resistance.

when exactly do you think there has been 'calm' with which to contrast your argument of supposed Western disinterest?

Any time before 1987, and the period between 1993 and the Second Intifada. Also the gaps between uprisings, wars and the like post-2007, so for example 2017.

Cite me a time when you think that Western disinterest was high.

Again, whether the West was interested doesn't matter; the problem is whether they cared. How much grassroots action was there in Western countries to stop Israel from ethnically cleansing Palestinians before 2007?

And how did that go, 'highlighting' the treatment before Oct 7th? Surely there were dividends - increased Western support before Oct 7th, right? Awareness?

Uh... Yes? BDS's size and reach is a good shorthand for how much Western sympathy that matters is with Palestine, and, well, you can see for yourself. I mean seriously there's a reason Zionists hate these guys so much and it's not because they were irrelevant until a year and a half ago.

Oh, wait, of course, it won't be 'true' awareness, because 'true' awareness is only when it's in support of Hamas.

What? Absolutely not. If it's gonna lead to action their opinion regarding Hamas doesn't matter. I mean I definitely want Hamas gone and replaced with a less tyrannical government.

Hamas is not the united face of the Palestinian struggle

They pretty much are. I mean they only really represent Gaza, but since the West Bank hasn't really been doing much since the Second Intifada, the Palestinian struggle is only really happening in Gaza with a few flare ups in the West Bank every now and then, no thanks to the PA.

Far fucking from it - they can be outright counterproductive.

As opposed to... doing nothing? Because again that's what Fatah has been doing since 2006—nothing. They've cracked down on Palestinian opposition to Israel more than they've done to oppose Israel.

I love that Fatah are fascists now.

Huh? I was referring to the Israeli right, which should've been obvious from context.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Any time before 1987, and the period between 1993 and the Second Intifada. Also the gaps between uprisings, wars and the like post-2007, so for example 2017.

The period between 1993 and 2000? You mean when it was one of the core foreign policy issues in US politics!?

2017? The first year of the fucking Trump administration, when the issue of Israel was front and center?

This is deeply unserious.

Again, whether the West was interested doesn’t matter; the problem is whether they cared. How much grassroots action was there in Western countries to stop Israel from ethnically cleansing Palestinians before 2007?

Palestinian activism was one of the issues of Western left-leaning parties outside the US in the 90s and 2000s, and of the left wing of the Dems in the US.

Uh… Yes? BDS’s size and reach is a good shorthand for how much Western sympathy that matters is with Palestine, and, well, you can see for yourself. I mean seriously there’s a reason Zionists hate these guys so much and it’s not because they were irrelevant until a year and a half ago.

BDS is overwhelmingly the result of a change in tactics, notably pre-dating Hamas's ascendency, and popular support in the US for Palestine was largely static until Oct 7th.

They pretty much are. I mean they only really represent Gaza, but since the West Bank hasn’t really been doing much since the Second Intifada, the Palestinian struggle is only really happening in Gaza with a few flare ups in the West Bank every now and then, no thanks to the PA.

Oh, cool, so how's the struggle in Gaza going?

Oh, they're about to have the entire strip ethnically cleansed?

Good thing that Hamas was the one which managed to get international recognition towards a Palestinian state, it would have been really awful if those do-nothings in the PLO were the ones busy recieving international support while Hamas did Mossad's bidding. I mean, wouldn't it be horrific if it turned out that Hamas's only achievements were helping Israel murder Palestinians, and people were defending them for it?

As opposed to… doing nothing? Because again that’s what Fatah has been doing since 2006—nothing. They’ve cracked down on Palestinian opposition to Israel more than they’ve done to oppose Israel.

Not that I think Fatah's current route is productive, but yes, doing nothing is, by definition, better than doing something counterproductive. That's literally what counterproductive means.

Huh? I was referring to the Israeli right, which should’ve been obvious from context.

Then I misread it. Apologies. That leaves the comment it was originally responding to uncontested, though, as Fatah being 'deeply compromised' while Hamas is lionized is absurd considering Hamas has been explicitly supported by Israel as their ideal partner in Palestinian genocide.

[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io -4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure that was after 2006. Leading up to the 2006 elections Hamas highlighted the success of violent resistance in ejecting Israel from Gaza compared to the abject failure of peaceful resistance by Fatah. My point here is that despite their many flaws, they actually get things done, and their getting things done is a large part of why the Palestinian cause has gotten as far as it has.

[–] Syntha@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My point here is that despite their many flaws, they actually get things done, and their getting things done is a large part of why the Palestinian cause has gotten as far as it has.

Holy delusion. There has been no worse time for the Palestinian cause than now. They've been losing for 80 years again and again, and you call it success.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Uh... enjoy. The Palestinian cause is doing pretty well... other than the genocide, anyway.

[–] Syntha@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

First of all, it's incredibly telling that you care so much more about the Palestinian cause than the Palestinian people who are dying.

Secondly, if you seriously think that BDS is going to bring down a nuclear armed nation state, you're in for a rough awakening.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

First of all, it's incredibly telling that you care so much more about the Palestinian cause than the Palestinian people who are dying.

Who said that? I obviously don't want Palestinian people to die, but that's one thing and the geopolitical long-term view that Palestinians have a pretty good shot at achieving national liberation if they can survive this genocide is another.

Secondly, if you seriously think that BDS is going to bring down a nuclear armed nation state, you're in for a rough awakening.

Well as it turns out, nukes don't mean much if you don't have the weapons to arm your soldiers, the money to pay them or the diplomatic cover to prevent Syrians and Lebanese from invading after you bomb them for the umpteenth time.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I’m pretty sure that was after 2006.

Hamas has been receiving Israeli support since the late 80s when it was founded.

My point here is that despite their many flaws, they actually get things done,

What? Speeding up the genocide by being the Israeli right's perfect foil in this grotesque kayfabe?

and their getting things done is a large part of why the Palestinian cause has gotten as far as it has.

... Gaza is on the verge of total genocide, and the West Bank is looking to be next. Is that progress for the Palestinian cause?

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hamas has been receiving Israeli support since the late 80s when it was founded.

I just checked and yeah that's true fair enough.

What? Speeding up the genocide by being the Israeli right's perfect foil in this grotesque kayfabe?

Any effective (or not so effective) act of resistance was going to be met with massive Israeli reprisal, so the only way to not be a foil for the Israeli right is to literally do nothing. See: Fatah.

Is that progress for the Palestinian cause?

If somehow Gaza survives this it'll be very much a hotly debated "at what cost" kind of deal, because October 7th did start the countdown for the end of Israel's current existence, but at present no, because of course there need to be Palestinians before there's a Palestinian cause. That said that's not my point; I was responding to the idea that Hamas has been just a parasite passively profiting off Palestinians' suffering when in real life they've been an active contributer to the Palestinian cause while also profiting off Palestinians' suffering. Whether you like their contribution or not (prior to October 7th anyway) is one thing, but they are and were an active resistance organization without which prospects for peace in Palestine would be completely different. I mean there probably wouldn't be a genocide either, but again that's beside the point.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Ultimately and unfortunately Hamas has enabled the Israeli goal of splitting the West Bank and Gaza in the concept of Palestine.

The West Bank may soon be the only place of Palestine left, neither because of nor in spite of Hamas.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Literally. Hamas has done basically nothing to help the people.

Not directly, but it's no coincidence that the Palestine solidarity movement only expands after Israel uses Hamas as an excuse to slaughter Gazans. Since at least 2006 Hamas has been a very important catalyst for the advancement of the Palestinian cause (which isn't mutually exclusive with them being massive pricks, that's also true).

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's like a Make-a-Wish kid thanking cancer for making them famous Etc. I think most Make-a-Wish kids would just wish that they didn't have cancer. Hamas has literally done nothing for the Palestinians since they managed to gain power. Just make things worse while working in cahoots with Israel.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I think most Make-a-Wish kids would just wish that they didn't have cancer.

True, but the cancer in this analogy is Israel, which exists in both scenarios.

Hamas has literally done nothing for the Palestinians since they managed to gain power. Just make things worse while working in cahoots with Israel.

In what way did you expect things to get better for Palestinians? I mean I'm not defending Hamas's tyranny in Gaza, but there's a very clear limit to how possible it is to improve things even with the best of intentions (which Hamas doesn't have, to be clear). After the Second Intifada Israel blockaded Gaza, the Quarter (aka almost literally everyone) imposed sanctions on Palestine, Fatah launched a coup with US backing and Israel and Egypt used that as an excuse to impose the much harsher blockade that was in place until 2023. The only way for anything to get better under these conditions is to change the situation that created them, aka the Israeli occupation, and this is one thing Hamas has been successful at. To borrow your Make-a-Wish analogy, the hope is that becoming famous might lead to the kids getting treatment rather than whips.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I never implied wasn't a cancer. But this situation is like cheering for a brain tumor to kill a patient first before the colon cancer does. When the Palestinian people who are the patient in this analogy are just being ravaged from both ends.

As long as the genocidal Zionist who founded Israel are still in charge of Israel, and as long as they largely have Western support. There is zero militarily, Hama's can do to make the lives of Palestinians better. Does that mean they shouldn't fight back? No. But let me ask you this. Can you point to any public works, aid or assistance to the Palestinian people by Hamas? Has hamas as a government behaved as a government. Or have they only ever largely waged war? Genuine question.

I get it, the PLO accomplished very little for the Palestinians as well. That's how Hamas gained power. Hamas existing, doesn't justify Hamas existing. What have they done for the palestinians? And why shouldn't they be cast aside as other groups were. The main reason they haven't been. Is because they would kill the very Palestinians that would do it. The very Palestinians they claim to be fighting for.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

As long as the genocidal Zionist who founded Israel are still in charge of Israel, and as long as they largely have Western support. There is zero militarily, Hama's can do to make the lives of Palestinians better.

In the short term no, but in the long term? There very much is. The staggering growth of the Palestinian solidarity movement over the last 20 years has been and remains to be a massive threat to Israel's long-term continued existence via initiatives such as BDS, and the countdown on their demise really started with October 7th. It's easy to lose sight of this given that Gazans are currently victims of genocide (which, well, yeah our focus should be on the genocide) but this is big. If Gaza somehow survives this genocide, Hamas will have both mass death and destruction and a massive, conflict-shaping accomplishment under their belt. Not saying the genocide is a good thing; of course it's horrible, but when history books are trying to explain how Palestinians got their freedom (or died trying), half the text is going to be "Hamas did this so Israel did that and their popularity with their most ardent supporters plunged again."

Can you point to any public works, aid or assistance to the Palestinian people by Hamas? Has hamas as a government behaved as a government. Or have they only ever largely waged war? Genuine question.

I'm not sure it's possible or preferable for Hamas to build public works since they would almost immediately be bombed to oblivion, but they do a lot of the other stuff. They're definitely pretty corrupt, though.

That's how Hamas gained power. Hamas existing, doesn't justify Hamas existing. What have they done for the palestinians? And why shouldn't they be cast aside as other groups were.

Don't get me wrong I'm not defending Hamas's role as the leading Palestinian resistance organization; I would shed exactly zero tears if they were overthrown tomorrow. Nothing they're doing justifies the way they run Gaza, but that's one thing and the idea that they've done nothing to make Palestinians' lives better is another.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io -1 points 2 days ago

Done replying.

[–] goodeye8@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do you think the average westerner is aware of what is happening in the West Bank?

Do you think the average westerner would be aware of what is happening in Gaza if Hamas wasn't retaliating against Isreal?

I don't condone what Hamas is doing, but I'm not going to be so naive to believe the western world would give a shit about Palestine if not for Hamas putting a spotlight on Gaza. We probably wouldn't even be having this discussion without Hamas, we (in the collective sense) would be letting Isreal annex Palestinian lands with minimal criticism.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Most don't know even with what Hamas is doing. Which is mostly hurting the people they're supposed to represent. Most Palestinians dislike Hamas as much as anyone else. They just can't do anything about it.

[–] goodeye8@fedia.io -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You said Hamas has done nothing to help the people. Is getting more privileges in the eyes of the UN not help? Palestine got more rights due to the Gaza war, which Hamas started. Like I said, I don't condone their actions, but their actions do end up putting Israeli atrocities in the forefront which ultimately leads to more people turning against Israel. I wouldn't be surprised if some Palestinians are against Hamas. They're a necessary evil that should be purged as soon as Israel stops trying to eradicate Palestine, but as long as Israel is oppressing Palestine Hamas is necessary if for no other purpose than to draw global attention on Palestine.

If you want Gaza to be like the West Bank then they might as well just roll over and die.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Is it? Honest question. In general I support the idea of the UN and the spirit of it. What good is it?

[–] germandixdetector@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They can't? Why?

Oh could it be because they're the only armed force that stands between them and mass deportation?

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

The genocide and deportation is happening, and will happen. Hamas is having no effect. They are only getting more innocent Palestinians killed.

Since coming into power how many elections has Hamas held? Zero? Fuck hamas. What, elections can't be held during an ongoing conflict? Well isn't that just convenient. Let's just keep the conflict going forever and they can stay in power forever. Fuck Hamas.

Who's been getting suitcases of cash from Israel and not used it to actually help the Palestinian people? Fuck Israel, fuck Hama's.

Why is it when a named high level Hamas member is killed it's basically never in Gaza or any of the places they're supposed to be fighting for. Always hundreds to thousands of miles away in some Conflict Free Zone pissing the time away while accomplishing little to nothing. Don't get me wrong I absolutely understand the Strategic value in having a safe point from which to plan. But at some point they need to be in the trenches themselves. And not sending children to be slaughtered.

Honestly the lot of US politicians that have actively funded Israel's conflicts along with the whole of Israeli government should be tried and imprisoned. But just because they are evil. That doesn't make Hamas good.