Hamas has exactly the same conflict of interest as Likud: Keeping the war going and creating suffering for “their” side helps drive support from their fellow countrymen who by and large don’t like them otherwise, and kind of want to get rid of them.
I won’t say that there’s a direct similarity but they both have reasons to reject peace proposals and keep the slaughter going, to the detriment of “their side.”
Hamas’ reason for their attack on October was very likely to blow up the negotiations between Israel and other Arab countries to normalize diplomatic relations. Even if they also wanted the conflict to legitimize themselves in front of Gazans, I doubt Gazans need any more bombs to fall upon their heads to get the message.
I don’t think it’s impossible for them to tense the cord and try and get more out of the negotiations, but they don’t really have anything to gain from extending the hostilities.
The fact that I’m mostly using Western media to support my claim that: “Hamas isn’t at the endless levels of monstruosity to gleefully wish for more deaths of their own people” isn’t the negative you think it is. But when you were born you had already lost the plot, so no surprises here.
Hamas has exactly the same conflict of interest as Likud: Keeping the war going and creating suffering for “their” side helps drive support from their fellow countrymen who by and large don’t like them otherwise, and kind of want to get rid of them.
I won’t say that there’s a direct similarity but they both have reasons to reject peace proposals and keep the slaughter going, to the detriment of “their side.”
Hamas’ reason for their attack on October was very likely to blow up the negotiations between Israel and other Arab countries to normalize diplomatic relations. Even if they also wanted the conflict to legitimize themselves in front of Gazans, I doubt Gazans need any more bombs to fall upon their heads to get the message.
I don’t think it’s impossible for them to tense the cord and try and get more out of the negotiations, but they don’t really have anything to gain from extending the hostilities.
Citation needed.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-attack-aimed-disrupt-saudi-israel-normalization-biden-2023-10-20/
https://www.dw.com/en/has-hamas-reset-the-israeli-arab-agenda/a-67042746
https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/saudi-israeli-normalization-and-the-hamas-attack/
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-arab-normalization-agreements-0c4707ff246c0c25d1ca001f8b1e734a
So nothing buy western media?
TIL Reuters (United Kingdom), the Associated Press (United States), and Deutsche Welle (Germany) aren’t western media.
They all parrot western media for the benefit of western countries
Who are your trusted sources? And why?
There’s always a bit of “what are they not saying” when following news outlets. So I’m just curious what your perspective is.
The fact that I’m mostly using Western media to support my claim that: “Hamas isn’t at the endless levels of monstruosity to gleefully wish for more deaths of their own people” isn’t the negative you think it is. But when you were born you had already lost the plot, so no surprises here.