I feel that many leftists are extremely idealist and get swayed by Western opinion a lot. They dont support Hamas because they are not the perfect MLs freedom fighters. I think this is childish and just gives ammunition to the liberals to discredit Hamas stance. Their criticism of Hamas goes against the global decolonization cause.
what has hamas done that israel hasn’t done but in larger quantities? by most definitions, most western governments including israel can be counted as terrorist organizations. israel, the us, etc. have frequently committed unlawful (numerous violations of international law) acts of violence towards civilians for political/economic motivations. but this label is only applied to a national liberation movement. do you ever wonder why this is?
Terrorist organizations are those without standing on the global stage, without independent financial or structural elements, without “normal” elections (corrupt or not), essentially the non-governmental organizations.
Yes, Israel is acting very terroristically, but they have the labels and standing to be called a “state”
If Hamas wins their every hope and dream, guess what they’ll become?
Going off of their charter, seems there wouldn’t be much to worry about.
At least compared to Isn’treal