In 2005, Israel totally withdrew from Gaza. The Palestinian Authority was elected by the people in Gaza to govern. In 2006, Hamas took over the government. There was an election involved, but the circumstances are a bit sketchy. That was the last election. One of the first things that people in Gaza did in 2005 was dismantle the greenhouses the Israelis had built that fed Gaza and Israel and provided employment and income for the residents of Gaza. The people of Gaza used the plumbing tubes from the greenhouses as rocket tubes. The rocket attacks against Israel that had been going on since 2001 continued. Gaza has been a brutal terrorist state from the beginning.<\/p>\n
Things haven’t changed. On Tuesday, Hot Air<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n As the Israelis withdrew from the Gaza war zone, Hamas terrorists needed somebody to shoot, so they decided to turn their fire on their fellow Palestinians.<\/strong><\/p>\n The article quotes The U.K. Telegraph<\/a>:<\/p>\n Much of the intra-Palestinian violence in recent days has taken place around the Shuja\u2019iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, where, according to Hamas-affiliated social media, the group carried out a widespread \u201csecurity campaign\u201d against rivals, believed to be the powerful Dormush clan.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hamas is also said to have moved against the Abu Samra family in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza and called for the death of Khan Younis militia leader Housam al-Astal, who was interviewed by the Telegraph<\/a> last week, and Yasser Abu Shabab in Rafah. Both men are believed to have collaborated tactically with Israel and accepted material support.<\/strong><\/p>\n The execution video showed Hamas fighters moving a large crowd out of the way so as not to be hit by bullets before the killings took place. Some of the prisoners were shirtless and some were dragged to the execution site while being beaten.<\/strong><\/p>\n Separate footage, bearing the insignia of Hamas\u2019s al-Qassam Brigades, showed armed militants riding in the back of an SUV with dead bodies at their feet.<\/strong><\/p>\n I am not posting the videos.<\/p>\n The following was posted on X by Ahmed Al-Khalid<\/a>i:<\/p>\n As a Palestinian who openly opposes Hamas and rejects the glorified myths our society keeps repeating, I can\u2019t stay silent about the sheer hypocrisy I see from many Western liberals.<\/strong><\/p>\n How can you defend a movement that executes its own people, by shooting them in the street, without trial, for merely disagreeing or being labeled \u201ccollaborators\u201d? How can you call that \u201cresistance\u201d while those very scenes mirror the barbarism you\u2019d condemn anywhere else in the world?<\/strong><\/p>\n You claim to stand for liberal values, for human rights, for justice. But your empathy collapses when the victims are Palestinians murdered by other Palestinians, when it doesn\u2019t fit the neat narrative of oppressor and oppressed.<\/strong><\/p>\n What does that say about your values, really?<\/strong><\/p>\n If you can overlook public executions and rule by terror just because the perpetrators shout \u201cliberation,\u201d then maybe your solidarity isn\u2019t rooted in morality but in ideology.<\/strong><\/p>\n A X post included in the article asks the question:<\/p>\n Has a single member of the “ceasefire now” brigade in Congress condemned Hamas carrying out public executions over the last few days?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The article concludes:<\/p>\n The whole “peace” movement has always been a farce. It was never about saving lives; it was always about backing anti-Israel terrorists.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 2005, Israel totally withdrew from Gaza. The Palestinian Authority was elected by the people in Gaza to govern. In 2006, Hamas took over the government. There was an election involved, but the circumstances are a bit sketchy. That was … Continue reading \u2018Dragged to the execution site\u2019<\/h2>\n