I am just going to say it. It's time someone cleared this up, so at the risk of paging all the terror-supporting voices who disguise their hatred of Jews by trying to cover it up with "social justice", therefore I decided to speak out.

By Ken van Ierlant
In Nazi Germany in 1932, the Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party, received 33% of the general vote. In other words, one-third of Germans supported Nazism.

And yet, no one denies that the Allies, in attacking and defeating Germany, were 100% justified. 33% was enough to justify millions of deaths.  Germany lost nine million inhabitants, and all cities were turned into rubble.

In Gaza, legislative elections were held on January 25, 2006, to elect the second Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the legislature of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).

Hamas received 44.45% of the vote and won 74 of the 132 seats.

More recently, 57% of respondents to a poll in Gaza and 82% in the West Bank believe Hamas was correct in launching the October 7th attack.

Only 10% said they believed Hamas has committed war crimes. 10%!

A poll conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) between May 26 and June 1 found that overall support for Hamas in the Palestinian territories stood at 40%, a six-point increase from the previous survey three months prior.

Support for armed struggle is also on the rise, registering an overall eight-point increase compared to March. Armed struggle is considered by a little over half of Palestinians (54%) to be the preferred option. Only 16% opted for "nonviolent resistance."

And it wasn't just in polls. Thousands of Gazans actively participated in the October 7th massacre.  They were dancing in the streets and giving out sweets to celebrate the mass killings. 

Enough with the narrative that Israel is fighting Hamas and the "Palestinian people" are innocent collateral damage.

That is simply a lie, totally disconnected from reality. 

Gaza is to Hamas what Germany was to the Nazis. The only difference is that Hamas has more support in Gaza and "The West Bank" than the Nazis ever had in Germany.

Are there innocent people in Gaza? Of course! Were there innocent people in Germany? Millions.

Gaza = Hamas. End of story.

Israel can, CAN, do whatever it can to protect those innocent lives, but let's not pretend that any other country would do the same.

America killed millions of innocent people in Germany and Japan, and no one debated the legitimacy of the war or the destruction of all cities. Remember Dresden and Hiroshima?

So if you continue to support the narrative that Gaza is not Hamas and Hamas is not Gaza, there are only two options.

1- You're simply misguided and lack the knowledge and understanding necessary to have a legitimate opinion on the matter.

2- You know exactly what you're saying, but you have a different standard for the Jews than you have for anyone else, which makes you a hypocrite and an antisemite.

Gaza is Hamas, and once you internalise that fact, perhaps you'll have a better understanding of why Israel is fighting this war and why you, in the comfort of your Western home, should be supporting and thanking Israel for protecting you and your values.

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