Obligatory reminder that the most recent election in Gaza happened before half the current population were even born. One of the reasons this debacle is so unpopular internationally is that half the civillians being massacred are children. (It was during the GW Bush era in the US so this is a bit like blaming Millenials for the person the Boomers elected decades ago). One of the reasons this debacle is so unpopular internationally is that half the civillians being massacred are children
As the above polls show, Palestinian support for Hamas has only increased since then, (74% at present,) with that level of popularity they would easily be reelected today.
Unfortunately said children are also indoctrinated into intifada, continuing the cycle of violence. I’m not sure what the answer is, but one is not immune from reprisals for violence simply because they have a high fertility rate.
American Millennials will indeed have to deal with the repercussions of what Bush, and every other president did. Causality doesn’t reset with every generation, this is a 70+ year old multi-generational conflict at this point.
Every nation in the world has to live with some of the consequences of actions from previous generations.
However, the idea that civillians should be punished for the actions of governments is inhumane and antithetical to justice for most people, which is why we have international laws against this.
Civillians in nations which can hold regular free and fair elections are able to have a say in the direction of their country. Gaza under Hamas (which was supported by a faction of Israelis including Netanyahu) have not even been granted that.
Moreover, they have not been allowed the kinds of conditions in which a free and fair democracy could flourish.
History has shown again and again that oppressed people will tend to side with whoever resists their oppressors - whether this is the Mau Mau, the ANC, the IRA, Robespiere, the Houhou, the Ghost Dance, various coups.
If there is only one viable channel of resistance to an occupying power, then of course people will support it because the only alternative is passive hopelessness. This does not mean it’s what they would choose if they had choices.
By tacitly supporting Hamas for years, Israel itself played a large part in the curtailing of other options in Gaza. It’s disingenous of them to now blame the occupied civillians for this particular political landscape.
As the above polls show, Palestinian support for Hamas has only increased since then, (74% at present,) with that level of popularity they would easily be reelected today.
Unfortunately said children are also indoctrinated into intifada, continuing the cycle of violence. I’m not sure what the answer is, but one is not immune from reprisals for violence simply because they have a high fertility rate.
American Millennials will indeed have to deal with the repercussions of what Bush, and every other president did. Causality doesn’t reset with every generation, this is a 70+ year old multi-generational conflict at this point.
Every nation in the world has to live with some of the consequences of actions from previous generations.
However, the idea that civillians should be punished for the actions of governments is inhumane and antithetical to justice for most people, which is why we have international laws against this.
Civillians in nations which can hold regular free and fair elections are able to have a say in the direction of their country. Gaza under Hamas (which was supported by a faction of Israelis including Netanyahu) have not even been granted that.
Moreover, they have not been allowed the kinds of conditions in which a free and fair democracy could flourish.
History has shown again and again that oppressed people will tend to side with whoever resists their oppressors - whether this is the Mau Mau, the ANC, the IRA, Robespiere, the Houhou, the Ghost Dance, various coups.
If there is only one viable channel of resistance to an occupying power, then of course people will support it because the only alternative is passive hopelessness. This does not mean it’s what they would choose if they had choices.
By tacitly supporting Hamas for years, Israel itself played a large part in the curtailing of other options in Gaza. It’s disingenous of them to now blame the occupied civillians for this particular political landscape.