You make a lot of sense. I'm still left a little bewildered by it all. I think you are right that those of us in the West really don't understand the Middle East at all.
Wow, it really sounds like a messed up corner of the world over there. So lucky I was born here! Have their been any polls since the rocket attacks and riots? I wonder if Hamas is now the more popular of the two.
I get what you are saying. But would my only two choices really be Hamas or Fatah? And you left out the most important part - Fatah may be corrupt, but Hamas would get me killed. No rockets were fired to or from the West Bank.
Thanks, very interesting and helps to clear up a lot of the confusion. But I still find it so odd since you are correct - I have western eyes and the Middle East quagmire makes no sense to me.
Don't the Gazan people realize that Hamas makes their lives harder? I don't even mean the islamic laws they have to live under, but don't they realize that when Hamas fires rockets, it barely hurts Israel at all (it certainly won't wipe the country out), and yet ensures hundreds of Gazans will die in retribution?
So are there going to be elections again? And if so, you think Hamas will win again?
So I'm a bit confused about something and maybe you can clear it up... So Hamas is a terrorist group... but also a political party? And they control Gaza. The Palestinian Authority under Abbas is another, more moderate party. in the last election, ages ago, the terrorists won the election and took over.... but only in Gaza? Are Gaza and the West Bank separate countries with separate elections? Or do they have one election to determine who governs both areas? And if the latter, how did Abbas end up in control of the West Bank even though he lost?
So then I read there were going to be Palestinian elections again for the first time in like 15 years (why so long?). Then I heard they were cancelled. But why? Now I hear that Hamas is a shoe-in to win the next election since they are now more popular than ever on the streets of both Gaza and the West Bank. The reason for their sky rocketing popularity? Because they were able to kill a few Israeli Jewish (and Arab) women and children in Israel, at the expense of a couple hundred of their own people.
None of this makes sense to me. What else am I missing?
So I'm a bit confused about something and maybe you can clear it up... So Hamas is a terrorist group... but also a political party? And they control Gaza. The Palestinian Authority under Abbas is another, more moderate party. in the last election, ages ago, the terrorists won the election and took over.... but only in Gaza? Are Gaza and the West Bank separate countries with separate elections? Or do they have one election to determine who governs both areas? And if the latter, how did Abbas end up in control of the West Bank even though he lost?
So then I read there were going to be Palestinian elections again for the first time in like 15 years (why so long?). Then I heard they were cancelled. But why? Now I hear that Hamas is a shoe-in to win the next election since they are now more popular than ever on the streets of both Gaza and the West Bank. The reason for their sky rocketing popularity? Because they were able to kill a few Israeli Jewish (and Arab) women and children in Israel, at the expense of a couple hundred of their own people.
None of this makes sense to me. What else am I missing?
So I'm a bit confused about something and maybe you can clear it up... So Hamas is a terrorist group... but also a political party? And they control Gaza. The Palestinian Authority under Abbas is another, more moderate party. in the last election, ages ago, the terrorists won the election and took over.... but only in Gaza? Are Gaza and the West Bank separate countries with separate elections? Or do they have one election to determine who governs both areas? And if the latter, how did Abbas end up in control of the West Bank even though he lost?
So then I read there were going to be Palestinian elections again for the first time in like 15 years (why so long?). Then I heard they were cancelled. But why? Now I hear that Hamas is a shoe-in to win the next election since they are now more popular than ever on the streets of both Gaza and the West Bank. The reason for their sky rocketing popularity? Because they were able to kill a few Israeli Jewish (and Arab) women and children in Israel, at the expense of a couple hundred of their own people.
None of this makes sense to me. What else am I missing?
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You make a lot of sense. I'm still left a little bewildered by it all. I think you are right that those of us in the West really don't understand the Middle East at all.
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Wow, it really sounds like a messed up corner of the world over there. So lucky I was born here! Have their been any polls since the rocket attacks and riots? I wonder if Hamas is now the more popular of the two.
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I get what you are saying. But would my only two choices really be Hamas or Fatah? And you left out the most important part - Fatah may be corrupt, but Hamas would get me killed. No rockets were fired to or from the West Bank.
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Thanks, very interesting and helps to clear up a lot of the confusion. But I still find it so odd since you are correct - I have western eyes and the Middle East quagmire makes no sense to me.
Don't the Gazan people realize that Hamas makes their lives harder? I don't even mean the islamic laws they have to live under, but don't they realize that when Hamas fires rockets, it barely hurts Israel at all (it certainly won't wipe the country out), and yet ensures hundreds of Gazans will die in retribution?
So are there going to be elections again? And if so, you think Hamas will win again?
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So I'm a bit confused about something and maybe you can clear it up... So Hamas is a terrorist group... but also a political party? And they control Gaza. The Palestinian Authority under Abbas is another, more moderate party. in the last election, ages ago, the terrorists won the election and took over.... but only in Gaza? Are Gaza and the West Bank separate countries with separate elections? Or do they have one election to determine who governs both areas? And if the latter, how did Abbas end up in control of the West Bank even though he lost?
So then I read there were going to be Palestinian elections again for the first time in like 15 years (why so long?). Then I heard they were cancelled. But why? Now I hear that Hamas is a shoe-in to win the next election since they are now more popular than ever on the streets of both Gaza and the West Bank. The reason for their sky rocketing popularity? Because they were able to kill a few Israeli Jewish (and Arab) women and children in Israel, at the expense of a couple hundred of their own people.
None of this makes sense to me. What else am I missing?
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So I'm a bit confused about something and maybe you can clear it up... So Hamas is a terrorist group... but also a political party? And they control Gaza. The Palestinian Authority under Abbas is another, more moderate party. in the last election, ages ago, the terrorists won the election and took over.... but only in Gaza? Are Gaza and the West Bank separate countries with separate elections? Or do they have one election to determine who governs both areas? And if the latter, how did Abbas end up in control of the West Bank even though he lost?
So then I read there were going to be Palestinian elections again for the first time in like 15 years (why so long?). Then I heard they were cancelled. But why? Now I hear that Hamas is a shoe-in to win the next election since they are now more popular than ever on the streets of both Gaza and the West Bank. The reason for their sky rocketing popularity? Because they were able to kill a few Israeli Jewish (and Arab) women and children in Israel, at the expense of a couple hundred of their own people.
None of this makes sense to me. What else am I missing?
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So I'm a bit confused about something and maybe you can clear it up... So Hamas is a terrorist group... but also a political party? And they control Gaza. The Palestinian Authority under Abbas is another, more moderate party. in the last election, ages ago, the terrorists won the election and took over.... but only in Gaza? Are Gaza and the West Bank separate countries with separate elections? Or do they have one election to determine who governs both areas? And if the latter, how did Abbas end up in control of the West Bank even though he lost?
So then I read there were going to be Palestinian elections again for the first time in like 15 years (why so long?). Then I heard they were cancelled. But why? Now I hear that Hamas is a shoe-in to win the next election since they are now more popular than ever on the streets of both Gaza and the West Bank. The reason for their sky rocketing popularity? Because they were able to kill a few Israeli Jewish (and Arab) women and children in Israel, at the expense of a couple hundred of their own people.
None of this makes sense to me. What else am I missing?
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