Hamas Leaders Exploit the West's Concerns Amid Gaza Conflict

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The leadership of Hamas is exploiting Western efforts aimed at alleviating the suffering of Palestinians, using the situation for their own self-preservation. The West, particularly the Biden administration, has been driven by the desire to end the suffering endured by ordinary Palestinians since Hamas launched a devastating attack against Israel on October 7. Western initiatives have focused not only on securing the release of approximately 120 Israeli hostages held by Hamas but also on preventing further bloodshed among Palestinian civilians.

 

The Biden administration has been particularly invested in reaching a ceasefire, securing support from the United Nations Security Council before Secretary of State Antony Blinken embarked on yet another diplomatic mission to the Middle East—his eighth since the Gaza conflict erupted. Despite these efforts, previous U.S. initiatives have often ended in failure, frequently attributed to the intransigence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu's insistence on continuing Israel's military campaign against Hamas, even if Hamas were to release all remaining Israeli hostages, is often cited as a key obstacle to achieving a truce.

 

However, as recent developments reveal, it is not Netanyahu's uncompromising stance that is primarily thwarting peace efforts. Instead, the fanaticism of Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas mastermind behind the October 7 atrocities, is the main impediment. Sinwar, who once boasted of strangling a suspected Palestinian collaborator with his bare hands, spent 22 years in an Israeli prison for killing two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians in the 1980s. Known as “The Butcher of Khan Yunis” after the Gazan enclave where he was born, Sinwar appears to have calculated that the inevitable Israeli military response to the October 7 attacks would ultimately benefit Hamas.

 

Leaked messages from Sinwar to other Hamas commanders suggest that his strategy has been effective. By weaponizing the Gaza conflict, Sinwar has managed to shift much of the global criticism towards Israel, while the deceptive tactics employed by Hamas for their self-preservation often go unnoticed. Hamas's use of Palestinian civilians as human shields and its utilization of schools and hospitals as command centers highlight the group's cynical duplicity. 

 

A striking example of this duplicity emerged recently when it was revealed that a Palestinian journalist who regularly wrote articles condemning Israeli "genocide" in Gaza was himself using his home to hold Israeli hostages abducted during the October 7 attacks. This incident underscores the willingness of Hamas commanders to exploit Gaza's civilian population for their own ends.

 

Sinwar's messages reveal his belief that the Palestinian death toll, exacerbated by Hamas's operations in densely populated areas, is a "necessary sacrifice." From his perspective, the global criticism directed at Israel means that "we have the Israelis right where we want them." This callous disregard for the Palestinian people is a critical factor that Western negotiators must consider in their efforts to broker a ceasefire.

 

Since the conflict began, Sinwar's primary goal has been to ensure Hamas's survival in some form in Gaza, even if it means that only a fraction of its initial 24 battalions of fighters remains. This is why, whenever figures like Blinken arrive with new ceasefire proposals, Hamas immediately demands a complete Israeli military withdrawal from Gaza—an offer that even the most peace-seeking Israelis are unlikely to accept, as it would enable Hamas to continue its attacks on Israel’s southern border.

 

Moreover, any ceasefire that allows Hamas to maintain control in Gaza would be seen as rewarding its leaders for their acts of terrorism. Now that Sinwar's contemptuous attitude towards the welfare of Palestinians has been exposed, it should be clear to Western policymakers that Hamas, not Israel, is the true obstacle to achieving lasting peace in Gaza.

 

Credit: Daily Telegraph 2024-06-14

 

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[Neeranam]

5 hours ago, Social Media said:

The West, particularly the Biden administration, has been driven by the desire to end the suffering endured by ordinary Palestinians since Hamas launched a devastating attack against Israel on October 7.

I disagree, they gave bombs to Israel that killed many Palestinian civilians, including children. 

 

A Sky News investigation has uncovered evidence that an American-made bomb was used in yesterday’s Israeli strike on a school in Nuseirat refugee camp, a town in the central Gaza Strip. The attack, which occurred overnight, claimed the lives of 40 people, including 14 children. 

 

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240607-us-made-bomb-used-in-israels-deadly-gaza-school-strike/

[Bkk Brian]

43 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I disagree, they gave bombs to Israel that killed many Palestinian civilians, including children. 

 

A Sky News investigation has uncovered evidence that an American-made bomb was used in yesterday’s Israeli strike on a school in Nuseirat refugee camp, a town in the central Gaza Strip. The attack, which occurred overnight, claimed the lives of 40 people, including 14 children. 

 

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240607-us-made-bomb-used-in-israels-deadly-gaza-school-strike/

Yep, Neeranam caught, hook, line sinker 

6 hours ago, Social Media said:

Sinwar's messages reveal his belief that the Palestinian death toll, exacerbated by Hamas's operations in densely populated areas, is a "necessary sacrifice." From his perspective, the global criticism directed at Israel means that "we have the Israelis right where we want them." This callous disregard for the Palestinian people is a critical factor that Western negotiators must consider in their efforts to broker a ceasefire.

 

6 hours ago, Social Media said:

Hamas's use of Palestinian civilians as human shields and its utilization of schools and hospitals as command centers highlight the group's cynical duplicity.