‘Wisdom comes with age,’ is an assumption. And one man in Gaza proved that theory during a recent interview on Al Jazeera.
This from redstate.com.
The Qatar-based Arab network has long supported Hamas and that did not change following the October 7th attacks in Israel.
In an attempt to generate more propaganda, Al Jazeera entered a hospital in Gaza to interview the wounded. No doubt expecting to get anti-Israeli soundbites, one man gave them something totally honest and totally different.
Al-Jazeera interviews a wounded elderly man at a Gaza hospital about how he got hurt
His answer?
“Why is Hamas hiding among us civilians? Why don’t they go to hell & hide there instead?"
The reporters ends the interview.
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The Gazan man who was interviewed:
And as for the resistance, they come and hide among the people. Why are they hiding among the people? They can go to hell and hide there.
The moment the man disparaged Hamas the “reporter” turned to walk away, abruptly ending the interview. Whether that was because Al Jazeera is hopelessly a biased network or because there is legitimate fear in reporting anything negative about Hamas while on the ground in Gaza does not really matter. The point is that the man is right.
The younger generations in Gaza have been brainwashed since they were toddlers, taught to have a blood lust for Jews. As a demographic, they broadly support Hamas and find purpose in the idea of the intifada. The older generations, though, tend to be more mixed, and this isn’t the first clip to come out of the war in which an elderly Gazan has said the quiet part out loud. These are people who were there before Hamas, and they’ve seen nothing but decline over that time. That gives them a perspective the average 20-year-old Gazan does not have.
At the heart of suffering in the Gaza Strip is Hamas’ governance. Israel has not always performed above average while handling a very complex situation and admitting that is perfectly acceptable. However, despite that, Hamas is the culprit who steals aid from those it oversees. Hamas trains children to become terrorists and sends them to die with no regard for their lives. Hamas breaks ceasefire after ceasefire, leading to death and destruction inside Gaza. Hamas oppresses its own people. And Hamas makes a two-state solution untenable.
Israel will never be given credit for what they are seeking to do, but if they successfully destroy Hamas during this war, those who benefit the most will be the people of Gaza. And there are many more people there who realize that than we may believe, and most will never say it out loud for obvious reasons.