Yahya Sinwar started a war he had no hope of winning and got thousands of innocent people, mostly from his own side, killed in the process while also completely obliterating his country.
Tho I guess he did kill Israelis and anger Israel into committing war crimes that damaged their international reputation, so perhaps he got what he wanted? Doesn’t change the fact he used the lives of his own people as pawns in his agenda.
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Ever since they came to power, Hamas has done nothing but cause the slaughter of their own people.
One thing I think the Zionists learned was the ways in which the world works. The world is controlled by people with power and you need power to accomplish anything. For hundreds of years Jews were repeatedly persecuted by the Christian nations. Ultimately the Zionists realized that in order to create a future for themselves, they needed the help of the very people who persecuted them. Which is basically how Israel was created. By Zionists getting the help of antisemitic western countries to create a Jewish colony in Palestine.
I don’t think Hamas and hezbollah really get this. Instead, I think they’re idealists. They resist because in their mind their cause is just and hence their actions are divinely sanctioned resistance.
Irl it doesn’t matter how much you think God is on your side, you’re not going to defeat a western backed army with fucking Iran on your side.
The west and the world as a whole is invested in the Palestinians getting their own state via a two state solution. That’s better than what a lot of stateless people, like the Kurds, the khalistanis, or even jews pre-Zionism got.
Hamas just seems to miss the forest for the trees.