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Isn't the PA mostly funded by Israel? Hamas and PA loathe each other.
by etc-hosts 1y ago
Isn't the PA mostly funded by Israel?
Hamas and PA loathe each other.
- dotancohen 1y agoYou have to understand the culture. Looking at Hamas and the PA and assuming that their actions and decisions would be the same as those a Western culture would decide, is incorrect. The phrase "my brother and I against my cousin, my cousin and I against my neighbor, my neighbor and I against the neighboring state, the neighboring state and I against the world" is a paraphrase of an Arabic phrase the nicely summarises the relevant culture. I'll show you a clearer example of why the PA and Hamas are united in the front against Israel. You are aware that Shii Hezbollah and Iran are currently aligned with Suni Hamas against Israel, yes? Do you know what Hezbollah will do to Hamas if they ever overcome Israel? The current war in Gaza will look like a picnic. Go look at what is happening right now in Syria if you are unfamiliar, or ISIS, or Google for any other Shii-Sunni conflict. In English you have the expression "united we stand, divided we fall". The Arabic expression that I mentioned pretty much encompasses that "united we stand" part, without the self-interest of "divided we fall".