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View submission: Abu Obeida: Palestine Has Achieved the Greatest Victory in Its History
The only point where I think it might have some validity is the potential recognition of Palestine as a state internationally. But given Gaza’s devastation and Israel’s strength, Hamas has only given the U.S. and Israel more justification to use full military force.
I'm not an expert, but I don’t understand when the democratic path was abandoned. Without diplomacy, Hamas will never achieve statehood recognized at an international level.
Comment by Hazzman at 01/02/2025 at 22:09 UTC
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Netenyahu has been fairly open about his opposition to a two state solution and used all of his power to relegate the PLO and support Hamas. His support of Hamas was one of the biggest points of contention after Oct 7th and he was run through the ringer in Israel for a while because of it. Because people warned that exact kind of violence would be the result of Hamas gaining a preeminent position in Gaza and as a representative of Palestinians. And lo the violence occurred - which is exactly what someone who wants to scupper a two state solution would seek when their goal is to destroy Gaza and justify a once and for all fight.
Unfortunately that once and for all fight didn't go as smoothly as they'd hoped and turned into just another lawn mow - a particularly nasty one this time.
Comment by Seeking-Something-3 at 01/02/2025 at 22:26 UTC
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The democratic path was abandoned when Hamas won a fair election and Israel put Gaza under siege. It was abandoned again when the Gazans tried peaceful protest in 2018? And Israel decided to use snipers against unarmed women, children and the elderly. Dead or crippled.