Guys, stop saying this. This is not a pro-Palestine position. This is historically not true and inherently anti-Palestinian because it is based on the racist ideology that Palestinians can’t speak or organize for themselves.
Tadhg @TadhgHickey
23 Oct 2023
If Hamas are so reprehensible and akin to ISIS, why did Israel help to create them? “Hamas, to my great regret, is Israel's creation.” - Avner Cohen, former Israeli religious affairs official.

Oct 23, 2023 · 11:34 PM UTC

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I am sure @TadhgHickey means welll
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Also Israel did NOT support Hamas per se. Israel was the military occupation in Gaza when Hamas (before it was known as Hamas) wanted to build charitable and cultural societies and orgs including Gaza’s first university in the late 70s. There was no way to start these orgs without an Israeli occupation permit. That is not support. But rivals like FATEh always falsely cited that as Israel establishing Hamas or supporting Hamas. Around the time Hamas had a secret movement and even a small military arm that came after Israeli collaborators in the early 80s and even bought guns to fight Israel back. This is when their founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was arrested. Liberal using the “Israel founded or funded Hamas” argument is racist and deprives Palestinians of their agency. It’s not the argument you think it is.
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It is historically true that Hamas was supported by Israel to divide and weaken the Palestinian resistance, at least initially. I believe it’s important for western public bc it reveals how Israel operates but should not be used to dismiss Hamas as a tool of Israel today.
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Saying Hamas is a tool of Israel is saying the Vietnam fighters were a tool of America The Warsaw ghetto rebels a tool of the Nazis Black freedom fighters a tool of the slave owners And the indigenous peoples of America a tool of the European colonisers etc etc
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thank you for sharing this information and helping debunk all they myths going around. may allah protect you and your family ❤️‍🩹
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Amen 🙏
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Anyone who repeats this is both ignorant and racist.
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Or mehdi hasan (both)
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Replying to @itranslate123 @Rambler33241256
Noted brother. Wish you were still with us. Rest in Peace.
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I appreciate you giving perspective to this. I knew about the links with Israel. I knew Americans were polled in September and the majority supported talking to Hamas (Chicago Council on Global Affairs). I'm going to do the thing where I listen to you because you know more. TY.
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