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Richard D

(9,648 posts)
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 01:05 PM Thursday

No Difference Between Hamas 'Politicians' And Terrorists

lest we forget:

Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, an organization that needs to be designated by the US as a terrorist group. Hamas is Muslim Brotherhood, and Muslim Brotherhood is Hamas.

[Hamas's] politicians devise the strategy and set the goals, while its armed wing is entrusted with following them. The political leadership of Hamas ruled that Israel must be eliminated, and the group's military wing has carried out countless terrorist attacks to achieve that goal.

The political leaders need the military wing to control the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip, as they have been doing since their violent coup there in 2007.

Hamas, which has brought death and destruction upon both Israelis and Palestinians, has no right to exist, either as a political or a military entity. Did it ever occur to anyone to allow the political leaders of ISIS or Al-Qaeda to play any role in Syria and Iraq?

(Disclaimer: this article does quote republican sources. Sorry about that. They are still right)

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21506/hamas-politicians-terrorists

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No Difference Between Hamas 'Politicians' And Terrorists (Original Post) Richard D Thursday OP
The western media bought into this erroneous distinction Mosby Thursday #1
I think the media has been plenty critical of Palestinian politicians and officials Redleg Thursday #2

Mosby

(18,308 posts)
1. The western media bought into this erroneous distinction
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 01:14 PM
Thursday

Hezbollah, Hamas and the MB have all created this nonsensical distinction between their terrorist activities and their political activities. For some bizzare reason, the western media decided to play pretend.

Redleg

(6,403 posts)
2. I think the media has been plenty critical of Palestinian politicians and officials
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 02:07 PM
Thursday

I haven't seen where they have granted much legitimacy to many of those people.

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