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by throw310822 300 days ago
> Gazans voted Hamas into power

I thought Israel was "the only democracy in the Middle East"? I see this is quickly forgotten when convenient.

Besides, Israel us a democracy and at this point people sees and understands that whatever crime Hamas is responsible for, Israel has perpetrated it first and tens or hundreds of times more.

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It is indeed the only democracy. But Gaza had a democratic process at one point. They voted Hamas into power. And then Hamas got rid of elections. So their crimes are the fault of Gazans, not Israel. That’s leaving aside the fact that there are no people named “Palestinians”.
> It is indeed the only democracy.

But only after the CIA and Mossad overthrew Iranian democracy and installed SAVAK as a torture cell to massacre any dissenters.

If you live in the US, I hope whatever god you pray to keeps you from becoming responsible for the crimes of the folks who rule you.