Far-right Israeli settlers step up attacks on aid trucks bound for Gaza

DandomRude , 29 days ago

There is no justification whatsoever for denying basic humanitarian aid to starving people in a war zone. That is just straight up evil.

worldwidewave , 28 days ago

It’s also a war crime, for those counting at home:

Intentionally directing attacks against personnel, installations, material, units or vehicles involved in a humanitarian assistance

UN, these are clearly materials involved in humanitarian assistance.

brbposting , 29 days ago

Right, Hamas alone eats 100% of aid…

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/4a92e099-b360-4089-abbf-2cdb9e0326f2.jpeg

Question I’ve had (obviously Israeli government sucks but trying to understand Hamas):

Is there any sanity in Hamas’s calculus? Could any of them say “well, it’s been hard losing 35,000 of our people, BUT thanks to taking the hostages we … got a couple prisoners exchanged … and …”? Did Oct 7 do anything for Palestine besides getting world eyeballs on the region? The visibility seems a little useless given the death toll.

And will they have any domestic support after a certain number of casualties?

btw I could see myself being utterly irrational when backed into a corner for decades, just trying to make some sense of whether they even have a game plan

smnwcj , 28 days ago

The best recruitment tool for Hamas is Israeli violence. Israel kills many civilians but a manageable number of Hamas. There are many Palestinians in prison camps with no trials, Hamas negotiates for their own.

Their calculus is one of triage, they want an effective fighting force to liberate Palestine and not become another West Bank (effectively dissolved with Palestinians treated like cattle). So the need for their organization takes priority over the general population.

They're right wing, imagine how MAGA types would respond to the US being occupied and genocided by China.

Viking_Hippie , 28 days ago

Is there any sanity in Hamas’s calculus

I don’t know about sanity, but it’s very logical when you remember that Hamas is a terrorist group that sometimes governs rather than the other way around.

The genocide is pretty much the best thing that could happen to them. They may pretend to care about Palestinian lives, but in reality they only care about their own power and influence.

And how does a terrorist group gain power and influence? By radicalizing people to join.

What’s more radicalizing than the myriad daily atrocities of a brutal apartheid regime supported by the most powerful countries in the world? Very little if anything.

athos77 , 28 days ago

The New York Times did an article on it last fall. Here's a non-paywalled copy of the article or, if you prefer audio, here's the episode of The Daily where they discuss it.

Linkerbaan , 28 days ago

Did Oct 7 do anything for Palestine besides getting world eyeballs on the region? The visibility seems a little useless given the death toll.

Yes three nations already recognized Palestine and the illusion of israel being a reasonable state has been completely shattered. Israel committing Genocide does not damage Hamas it only damages israel.

As israel has rejected all peaceful attempts at resolving the conflict this is the only way Palestinians have left. And so far they are winning.

DolphinMath , 29 days ago

Non-gift link article if anyone prefer that for whatever reason:

washingtonpost.com/…/west-bank-aid-trucks-gaza-se…

jeffw OP , 29 days ago

Some dude out there who really loves paywalls is gonna be so happy!

brbposting , 29 days ago

Ahaha

I can see it if someone is tracker averse and has noscript or an Archive (.ph …) tool integrated into their workflow

not_that_guy05 , 29 days ago

They should be allowed to open fire on these terrorists.

DancingBear , 28 days ago

Pretty sure according to international law Palestinians have every right to arm themselves. Unfortunately they are starving