Hamas and the allied Islamic Jihad have rejected an Egyptian proposal that they relinquish power in the Gaza Strip in return for a permanent ceasefire, two Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Monday.

  • FitikOP
    2•1 year ago

    People downvote anything that doesn’t fit their narrative sadly, especially on Lemmy where downvotes are anonymous. (Compared to kbin/mbin where they’re public)

    And yes, there were no elections in Gaza since Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip, Hamas actually pushed out opposition it had in there (ex. FATAH) and either killed them or forced them to leave.

    • @assassin_aragornEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      I think there may be a lot of people who think Hamas is the Palestinian resistance, and don’t realize that they’re a third party here. You hear a lot of apologetics along the lines of “what other option do they have” and “it makes sense for someone who grew up around this”. I’m not sure how you correct this sort of thing en masse though.