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Bettie

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18. With Netanyahu's thumb on the scale

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:31 AM

Apr 27

to ensure that Hamas won that election because it suited his goal to keep Palestinians from ever having a state.

Also, most of the people in Gaza today were not even old enough to vote in the last election.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/why-netanyahu-bolstered-hamas/

According to the Times, Israeli intelligence agents traveled into Gaza with a Qatari official carrying suitcases filled with cash to disperse money. Retired Israeli general Shlomo Brom described the logic of Netanyahu’s position: “One effective way to prevent a two-state solution is to divide between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.” If the extremist Hamas ruled Gaza, then the Palestinian Authority—a compromised comprador government with a tenuous hold on the West Bank—would be further weakened. This, according to Brom, would allow Netanyahu to say, “I have no partner.”

In 2015, Bezalel Smotrich, currently the finance minister in Netanyahu’s government, summed up the strategy by stating, “The Palestinian Authority is a burden. Hamas is an asset.”

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Dem Voters Overwhelmingly Say U.S. Should Cut Aid to Israel Until It Stops Attacking Civilians [View all] red dog 1 Apr 26 OP

I dispute the assertion that eliminating support for Israel is somehow progressive struggle4progress Apr 26 #1

Strongly concur misanthrope Apr 26 #8

None of that justifies lobbying 2000 lb bombs on people to blow up one person uponit7771 Apr 27 #10

I agree but when the Israelis gave the Gaza Strip self-government, Gazans chose Hamas struggle4progress Apr 27 #11

"Gazans chose Hamas" ... They didn't choose their terrorism... We all know this on DU uponit7771 Apr 27 #12

They didn't choose anything to do with Hamas iemanja Apr 27 #15

This too, thx for the reminder... Hamas has been Gaza's MAGA uponit7771 Apr 27 #21

There hasn't been an election in a generation iemanja Apr 27 #14

With Netanyahu's thumb on the scale Bettie Apr 27 #18

However.... it remains true that Israel is now responsible for Jack Valentino Apr 28 #24

Don't they mean until they stop "killing" civilians? nt Jit423 Apr 26 #2

Right. It's not complicatd. Stop the warmongeting. Israel has gone from... brush Apr 26 #6

A lot of people think they would be better off if their neighbors were gone, from the river to the sea. Lancero Apr 26 #3

And sadly, there are also Israelis who use the same slogan Crunchy Frog Apr 26 #9

Not just some Israelis. That goal is in Likud's Charter. AloeVera Apr 28 #39

Netanyahu barely won back in 2022. Hopefully, on October 27 of next year, Likud will be voted out. red dog 1 Apr 29 #45

I agree with the heading of this post. No more $$$ Trueblue1968 Apr 26 #4

Netanyahu is a war criminal and is facing indictments for fraud and bribery. red dog 1 Apr 26 #5

Hamas has to JustAnotherGen Apr 26 #7

Thanks for that link red dog 1 Apr 27 #20

Then it continues JustAnotherGen Apr 27 #22

Yep, it continues....until Netanyahu is out of office. red dog 1 Apr 28 #23

And Hamas is vanquished JustAnotherGen Apr 28 #30

I'm not "on my own," the Palestinian people are. red dog 1 Apr 28 #31

Where are the Blavk Women? JustAnotherGen Apr 28 #41

Off topic JustAnotherGen Apr 28 #42

And about that time when Israel struck a US warship... Jack Valentino Apr 28 #25

I was starting to think that I was the only one who was still pissed off about that attack. Throw in the........ FadedMullet Apr 28 #27

Agree JustAnotherGen Apr 28 #28

The pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses started in early 2023, long before Kamala Harris was running for POTUS red dog 1 Apr 28 #33

When They See Us JustAnotherGen Apr 28 #40

She probably means protests like this. lapucelle Apr 28 #43

That ship has unfortunately sailed iemanja Apr 27 #13

There is definitely a major divide here fujiyamasan Apr 27 #16

Welcome to DU! red dog 1 Apr 28 #34

Yes, welcome to DU! lapucelle Apr 28 #37

My advice to both sides of this B.See Apr 27 #17

"Kick the war mongers & despots out of your governments." red dog 1 Apr 28 #36

"Military aid" is an understatement. The US bears responsibility for the thousands of children killed by Israeli forces. David__77 Apr 27 #19

... Celerity Apr 28 #38

👍 claudette Apr 28 #26

They are correct malaise Apr 28 #29

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. Howard Zinn Ping Tung Apr 28 #32

7 in 10 Dems choosing the solution that has no chance of occurring. maxsolomon Apr 28 #35

YES!!! Sky Jewels Apr 28 #44