Sometimes questions offer more clarity than answers. So here, (not through social media, where most of them are bots) I’ll pose questions to the supporters of the militias.
When it comes to the worst and ugliest form of starvation, which we are seeing in Gaza, the question is: What exactly is the goal of Hamas or the Muslim Brotherhood? Is it not to alleviate the suffering of the people in Gaza and lift the blockade? That would be the natural and logical answer, and surely the reader would assume it is evident.
So why do those affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood who have Israeli citizenship hold a protest outside the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv and not the Israeli government building or where Netanyahu works or lives?
It is Israel, under the leadership of Prime Minister Netanyahu, that is bombing Gaza and imposing the blockade. Israel is behind the suffering of Gazans. So why did they protest outside the Egypt’s embassy? What is behind this madness? Even madness in our region, always in the name of the Palestinian cause, it is difficult to wrap one’s head around their logic!
The cause brings us to the next question: Isn’t the goal of everything we have seen, regardless of whether we agree with the means or not, to achieve a Palestinian state? The definite, or at least assumed, answer is of course yes.
So then, where are the “positive” responses from Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood to Saudi Arabia’s (other Arab states’) historic efforts to impel France, Britain, Portugal, Canada, and other countries that have recently committed to this path, to recognize the Palestinian state?
All we see are insinuations and campaigns downplaying the significance of this major diplomatic move, despite that the destruction and killing that has taken place was supposedly in pursuit of a Palestinian state. So why the “confusion”?
Why doesn’t Hamas, for example, say that since these countries have agreed to recognize the Palestinian state, and because it wants to spare people’s lives and alleviate the suffering of Gazas, it has decided to authorize the Palestinian Authority to negotiate over the Israeli hostages and administer Gaza?
Doing so would deny Netanyahu opportunities. We are seeing Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa behave this way, sensible removing pretexts, embarrassing Netanyahu both domestically and globally, weakening his case with US President Donald Trump, and strengthening the camp opposed to Israel.
Here, the reader is surely wondering: Do you really expect Hamas to give up control of Gaza so easily? That’s a logical question, and the answer to it will be another question- as I had said earlier, this article is meant to raise questions that could lead us to conclusions.
So my question now is: Are we here to defend Hamas or the Muslim Brotherhood? Or is the aim to build the long-awaited Palestinian state, protect the people of Gaza, and to spare the West Bank a fate similar to (or worse than) that of the Gaza Strip?
Has all this bloodshed and destruction been endured just to protect Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, even the “Brotherhood-ism” of Tel Aviv? Was the operation of October 7, 2023, meant to empower Hamas, which had already ruled Gaza by force, or was it genuinely meant to bring us closer to a Palestinian state?
These are questions, but they conjure up obvious answers. Had I stated them directly, it would be said that the tone is too sharp. So, with this less confrontational approach, has the picture become clear?
