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I was reading the latest news on Haaretz, which is an Israeli-based newspaper site that has been one of the most truthful sources on the conflict of the Middle East and has not been afraid to go after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or talk about the casualties of the war in Gaza on both sides.
There, I read an article by a resident in the strip identified as Abdullah, about the nightmare he has faced living in Gaza. He stated that he’s in his 30s and takes care of his elderly parents. Two of his nieces were killed in a bombing and his mother barely survived. He lives without electricity or basic necessities.
However, there is something he writes in this piece that is shocking. He blames Hamas as much as he blames Israel. And for good reason. Hamas was the group that dragged the average Gazan into this war.
This is what he stated about Hamas:
“Hamas is an oppressive ideological religious organization that steals our freedom, enslaves us, abducts us at gunpoint, and suppresses any voices that oppose it. Hamas rejects the idea of the civilian state, which it sees as a desecration of everything holy and a violation of sharia law. It’s a religious, totalitarian, tyrannical government that restricts freedom of expression.”
He goes on to state that “Hamas does not care if half a million people die” and that Gazans “are dying for the sake of its slogans and political interests.”