This response is not unreasonable, but the description of “WW2-style solution” seems ignorant of the fact that Israel did occupy Gaza for decades, and had something very similar to a “puppet government” there, in the form of the Fatah party in control of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Israel unilaterally withdrew in 2005, and Hamas violently took over in 2007.
The rest of it operates under the hypothesis that Hamas is opposed to the objective interests of the Palestinians of Gaza. This ends up being tautological if objective self-interest is defined as ‘not being killed during Israeli retaliation.’ But this is a very narrow definition. There is a common saying that ‘it is better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.’ One need not drag in religious extremism or poor education as explanatory factors for an average Gazan viewing their own death under Israeli bombardment as an acceptable alternative to living with the indignity of the perpetual Israeli blockade of Gaza, to say nothing of the evisceration of dreams of Palestinian sovereignty.
Note that the preceding was not an endorsement of last week’s attack, I’m just calling out the weaknesses in the depiction of Gazans as nothing but uneducated bomb fodder to the Hamas regime.
Israel (...) had something very similar to a “puppet government” there, in the form of the Fatah party
I don’t know much about history of Israel, but Wikipedia says that Fatah fought against IDF, and was considered a terrorist organization by Israel. If that is true, it is not the kind of “puppet government” I suggested to install.
This response is not unreasonable, but the description of “WW2-style solution” seems ignorant of the fact that Israel did occupy Gaza for decades, and had something very similar to a “puppet government” there, in the form of the Fatah party in control of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Israel unilaterally withdrew in 2005, and Hamas violently took over in 2007.
The rest of it operates under the hypothesis that Hamas is opposed to the objective interests of the Palestinians of Gaza. This ends up being tautological if objective self-interest is defined as ‘not being killed during Israeli retaliation.’ But this is a very narrow definition. There is a common saying that ‘it is better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.’ One need not drag in religious extremism or poor education as explanatory factors for an average Gazan viewing their own death under Israeli bombardment as an acceptable alternative to living with the indignity of the perpetual Israeli blockade of Gaza, to say nothing of the evisceration of dreams of Palestinian sovereignty.
Note that the preceding was not an endorsement of last week’s attack, I’m just calling out the weaknesses in the depiction of Gazans as nothing but uneducated bomb fodder to the Hamas regime.
I don’t know much about history of Israel, but Wikipedia says that Fatah fought against IDF, and was considered a terrorist organization by Israel. If that is true, it is not the kind of “puppet government” I suggested to install.