The membership of Hamas is made up of Palestinian men. No one disputes that. And these Palestinian fathers, brothers, and sons have demonstrated, over and over, their willingness to sacrifice their own families to score a political point (i.e. gain the wider world's sympathy). The citizens of Gaza do not denounce Hamas; not for the slaughter they carried out on October 7, and not for using their own kin as human shields. If you look beyond the massive scale of it, doesn't the relationship between Hamas and the Palestinian population of Gaza look a lot like a murder-suicide pact? With the specific mode of self harm being suicide by cop? And Israel as the all-too-willing-to-oblige cop? Think about it. This whole Greek tragedy could fit on a tiny stage.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Hate is its own reward IMO.
annewimsey500
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May 2, 2024
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I'd like to hear you elaborate on that 
@Flyingsaucesir you are raised in hate...your family suffers deeply because your father or mother was blown to bits doing something hateful, (or just standing on a streetcorner, as happens sometimes) and you raise your children to hate on account of the previous generations choice to hate. Then you get imprisoned, or dead, because of hateful actions you encourage or actually carry out, as per your childhood training, and your family suffers even more, so your Trained-to-Hate kids do things that get them jailed or killed because hate is what they think they think they need to properly respond.
Anyone can see that there are other options and other places to be, both physically and mentally.....but you cannot see them because you KNOW Full Of Hate is the only way to be, and it makes you feel full of purpose.
It is a Cycle of giving, but not in a good way.
Haters feel totally righteous and justified, hate rewards them.
@annewimsey500 Awesome explanation! Thank you! 
Everyone over there is fighting over which god is better. They are not doing what god wants them to do, of course giving the land to Israel is the whole problem. This is part of the reason I'm an atheist.
HippieChick58
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May 2, 2024
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Not which god; they all believe in the same god. What they disagree over is which prophet...
@Flyingsaucesir I stand corrected.
@Druvius true dat!
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