If you do not resist to oppression (which is ok, everyone can't), I don't think it would be pertinent to blame those who are.
Hamas, as the government of Gaza, is responsible first and foremost for the well-being of Gazans.
I fail to see how Hamas’s “resistance” actually serves that cause.
it seems to me as if they just start wars they cannot win and get their own people killed in the process. It literally benefits nobody but Iran.
Their resistance seems more ideologically motivated than based in practical reality. The rational approach, of course, would be to push for peace with US and Israel and then try to get international recognition as a sovereign state.
But It’s likely that bitterness over the nakba and their numerous losses, and let’s be honest antisemitism as well, all prevent them from doing this. There’s also the issue of Israel’s crimes in the West Bank, but again Hamas’s “resistance” not only helps the West Bank Palestinians, it literally makes their condition worst.
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The left will always support anything that antagonizes western values. They want Israel gone. They don't care about Hamas, Hezzbolah, Islam or whatever. They will support anything that is anti-west.
I think the thing with the Middle East is that a lot of the ardent supporters of the Palestinian cause tend to act as if Israel is the only bad actor in the region.
And Israel definitely is to blame for a lot of the bloodshed. But I think Iran and it’s proxies also play a significant role too.
like the current war in Gaza and Lebanon are a direct response to Iran backed terrorist orgs.