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@paulbiggar @[email protected]
For 400 years before #WWI, #Palestinians were under despotic #Ottoman #occupation subject to onerous #TurkishYoke. For 4 centuries, occupation was NOT an issue ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111493882749029059
#RussianRevolution of 1871 triggered the #FirstAliyah. Hatred for #Jews predates Zionism ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111494007586354401
Prior to #WWI, #Palestinian #grievance against Jews was one of #economic #competition, not #occupation or #oppression ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111494053066953051
>> imagine that Hamas fully surrendered today…
Imagine THAT!
>> Would Palestinians in the West Bank (where there's no Hamas…
#Hamas is everywhere. Close to 90% of Palestinians support Hamas and want #WestBank president Mahmoud #Abbas to resign ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111581267383494534
Regardless of Hamas surrender, #Palestinians ought to take destiny in their OWN hands instead of letting Hamas and #AxisOfResistance exploit them and fight #inTheirName only