There are three sides. The IDF, Hamas, and the innocent people suffering from the murderous ways of the IDF and Hamas. |
Where would they be now if we had not been funding both sides for decades? |
Can’t forget Iran. They’ve funded Hamas more than anyone else. |
A nation literally birthed by the first modern day terrorists has since created a cottage industry out of accusing everyone else of being a terrorist and extorting $300B+ from the U.S. to finance their own continued terrorism, now “state sponsored”. Lol |
Israel was more of a pariah state 25 years ago than today. There was more public pressure on them during the “Second Intifada” than today. The difference is that Gaza was then run by Fatah who seemed more reasonable. Now they are controlled by Hamas. As disturbed as people are by the destruction of Gaza, they quietly know the misery will never end until Hamas is destroyed. |
You do realize you sound like a supremacist. You are a supremacist.
Some people can live freely but not others. Those others need to endure decades of occupation, and not starvation. |
“Now” |
Hamas does need to be destroyed but this is no green light to kill and starve the innocent people living under the rule of Hamas. The IDF is no more justified in blowing up hospitals than were Hamas for shooting innocent kids in the back while they were fleeing a music festival. It's all disgusting. There is no moral high ground anywhere to be found. |
Even more than Netanyahu?? |
Just think of them as being unvaccinated. |
Iran gives Hamas around $100 million every year, and they’ve been funding Hamas since the 90s. They are by far the biggest supporters of Hamas. For some reason people don’t talk about it enough. |
Source? Even if true, that's at least 1/38th of the financing and weapon support given by the US to Israel each and every year. |
I've heard Netanyahu funding Hamas to the tune of close to 2 billion using Qatar as an intermediary. |
You're never going to get official numbers, but there has been all kinds of reporting on it. Back in 2007 to Palestinian Foreign Minister said Iran gave Hamas $120 million. https://www.reuters.com/article/world/iran-gave-120-mln-to-hamas-govt-palestinian-fm-idUSBLA653195/ Back in 2022, Ismail Haniyeh acknowledged in an interview that Hamas received $70 million that year in military assistance from Iran. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/09/iran-support-hamas-training-weapons-israel/ Here's a wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_support_for_Hamas You can keep googling. Take your pick. The numbers fluctuate, but all signs point to Iran being the biggest financial backer of Hamas. More than Israel ever has. People here keep talking about Hamas like it's an Israeli puppet. No, if anything they are an Iranian puppet. Hezbollah and Hamas are known Iranian proxies. They purposely want to fuel this violence and are an obstacle to peace. Yes, the US has supported Israel through military aid. That's a separate topic. |
If only there were a few Muslim countries in the Middle East that had a little spare money…. |