Opinion of Hamas

[IceSpear]

This seems relevant.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Obviously terrible, but there's a reason they ascended to power in the first place.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I accidentally voted FF, so subtract my vote and count it as HP.

[Horus]

Obviously terrible, but there's a reason they ascended to power in the first place.

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Obviously terrible, but there's a reason they ascended to power in the first place.

[Middle-aged Europe]

This seems relevant.

A question which won't cause much debate or controversy here.

The more relevant question is whether one supports the actions Israel currently takes to fight Hamas.

[Indy Texas]

Horrible Party.

Of course, my family voted JCP/PPP when they still lived in Palestine, so I've always heard nothing but bad things about Hamas growing up.

[Knives]

Lean HP.

[Silent Hunter]

An organisation that is not only evil, but counter-productive to the people they claim they're trying to help.

[Velasco]

A horrible and simultaneously necessary organisation for the Israeli government, since the goal of the latter is to avoid the creation of a Palestinian state at all costs and Hamas terrorists are the perfect excuse to say that negotiation with Palestinians is impossible and, at the same time, Hamas divides the Palestinian side and contributes to the discredit and marginalisation of the hapless Palestinian Authority. Therefore, the Israeli government is not interested in the complete destruction of Hamas, just in launching periodic offensives to keep terrorists on the defensive. Civilian casualties are collateral damages, obviously.

[Franzl]

Certainly HPs.

[Hifly]

The worst political party in the world.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Everyone who votes FF is automatically a HP.

And I'm saying this as someone who's very discontent with Operation "Protective Edge".

[Sol]

Obviously terrible, but there's a reason they ascended to power in the first place.

[Antonio the Sixth]

They're horrible no matter how you slice it, and they actions are indirectly responsible for most of Israel's questionable deeds.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Terorrists

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Obviously terrible, but there's a reason they ascended to power in the first place.

[ag]

Actually, irrelevant. They are a horrid batch of idiots, but they are not the cause of anything.

[windjammer]

Obviously terrible, but there's a reason they ascended to power in the first place.

[TNF]

They're horrible no matter how you slice it, and they actions are indirectly responsible for most of Israel's questionable deeds.

Yeah, none of Israel's "questionable deeds" have anything to do with the fact that Israel is a settler-state hellbent on throwing the Palestinians into the Mediterranean and making the whole region their own, right?

I'm not a fan of religious parties (especially not theocratic ones), but I'm not about to condemn an organization actually putting up a fight for Palestinians, rather than bending over for Israel, like the PLO has done time and time again since the 1980s. There's a reason Hamas was voted into power in 2006 and there's a reason that it retains popular support. I don't like what it stands for on domestic political questions (and I doubt very many of us do, given that we're all products of a secular society), but that matters less than the fact that they are fighting back against the Zionist settler state, which is more than you can say about the cowards clinging to a 'two-state solution' that is never going to happen.

[TDAS04]

Terorrists

[Bull Moose Base]

I'm not a fan of religious parties (especially not theocratic ones), but I'm not about to condemn an organization actually putting up a fight for Palestinians, rather than bending over for Israel, like the PLO has done time and time again since the 1980s. There's a reason Hamas was voted into power in 2006 and there's a reason that it retains popular support. I don't like what it stands for on domestic political questions (and I doubt very many of us do, given that we're all products of a secular society), but that matters less than the fact that they are fighting back against the Zionist settler state, which is more than you can say about the cowards clinging to a 'two-state solution' that is never going to happen.

What is Hamas "fighting back against"? The two-state solution and the "Zionist settler state" i.e. Israel. You can say Hamas are not cowards but you can also say they're war criminals who continuously bring their people nothing but misery. Not that they seem to care. Why did they win elections in 2006? Corruption in Fatah. Why are they still in power? By force.

[BaconBacon96]

They're horrible no matter how you slice it, and they actions are indirectly responsible for most of Israel's questionable deeds.

Yeah, none of Israel's "questionable deeds" have anything to do with the fact that Israel is a settler-state hellbent on throwing the Palestinians into the Mediterranean and making the whole region their own, right?

I'm not a fan of religious parties (especially not theocratic ones), but I'm not about to condemn an organization actually putting up a fight for Palestinians, rather than bending over for Israel, like the PLO has done time and time again since the 1980s. There's a reason Hamas was voted into power in 2006 and there's a reason that it retains popular support. I don't like what it stands for on domestic political questions (and I doubt very many of us do, given that we're all products of a secular society), but that matters less than the fact that they are fighting back against the Zionist settler state, which is more than you can say about the cowards clinging to a 'two-state solution' that is never going to happen.

You're ignorance is showing.

Anyway, evil terrorist organisation. Clearly HP.

[H. Ross Peron]

They're horrible no matter how you slice it, and they actions are indirectly responsible for most of Israel's questionable deeds.

[Lief 🗽]

They have in the past employed some obviously horrible means to fight a terrorist state hellbent on their people's destruction. But in the past few years they have been much more willing to move toward peace than the genocidal maniacs in Israel. They do a lot of good charity and welfare work for the people of Gaza as well.

The idea that their actions are responsible for Israel's continued violations of international and humanitarian law, illegal colonization of the West Bank, and wanton slaughter of Palestinians is of course ridiculous.