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Doc Sportello

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21. Hamas won 44 % of the vote in the last election

Reply to tritsofme (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 10:29 PM

Oct 2023

A landslide is 55% or more. So do you have any basis in reality for your claim, or are you just making stuff up?

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Fighting Misinformation: There has not been an election in Gaza for 17 years [View all] TomDaisy Oct 2023 OP

So sad for all the innocent people at the mercy mzmolly Oct 2023 #1

Yes, indeed. My heart breaks for them.😢 iluvtennis Oct 2023 #24

...and then Hamas and Hezbollah prey on them if they survive. roamer65 Oct 2023 #2

So the ones that don't survive have been preyed on by Israel? ZonkerHarris Oct 2023 #23

The reason there has been no vote is that Hamas would win in a landslide. tritsofme Oct 2023 #3

Hamas won 44 % of the vote in the last election Doc Sportello Oct 2023 #21

+1, ... and "they'd win anyway" isn't even a mid level dictator excuse for not holding elections. uponit7771 Oct 2023 #25

So what exactly is Israel suppose to do about the Hamas terrorist attacks? ripcord Oct 2023 #4

What do you suggest that the innocent Palestinians should do? Orrex Oct 2023 #6

So your solution is that Israel will just have to live with the terrorists attacks ripcord Oct 2023 #7

That's the sound of you making shit up Orrex Oct 2023 #12

So what are Israels options? ripcord Oct 2023 #13

Perhaps you could answer my question before asking another. Orrex Oct 2023 #32

So you like everyone else has no solution ripcord Oct 2023 #35

Sounds like you don't give a shit about innocent Palestinians. Orrex Oct 2023 #37

I think it is going to be a sickening atrocity ripcord Oct 2023 #39

THIS inthewind21 Oct 2023 #49

Orr3x said nothing of the kind obamanut2012 Oct 2023 #14

He doesn't want Israel to attack Hamas or put any pressure on Gaza ripcord Oct 2023 #15

those who have committed crimes against Palestinians submit themselves to the ICC TomDaisy Oct 2023 #26

I didn't say anything like that, either. Orrex Oct 2023 #36

going out on a limb here, but killing civilians is not going to be the solution TomDaisy Oct 2023 #27

Since Hamas is embedded in the population this means Israel can't do anything ripcord Oct 2023 #30

there will continue to be a cycle of violence until those Israelis who committed TomDaisy Oct 2023 #41

Gaza needs a new mayor and Israel is an amazing country with a very large blindspot lostnfound Oct 2023 #44

Whatever Palestinians do when they see something that is forbidden in the eyes of God. RunnoDeMille Oct 2023 #17

You are exactly correct Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #20

Jimmy Carter nailed it - he spoke for me malaise Oct 2023 #5

What did Jimmy say? ShazzieB Oct 2023 #16

"We are fighting human animals." That right there is the root of all evil. Mister Ed Oct 2023 #8

They're not human animals, MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2023 #9

The Hamas terrorists, yes. The general population, no. Mister Ed Oct 2023 #10

Yes, that's exactly what I meant. MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2023 #11

Half of Gazan residents are children. Only a fourth are adult men. pnwmom Oct 2023 #28

My comment was aimed at the Hamas terrorists who perpretrated this atrocity, MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2023 #29

Yes, I understand that now. The part that kills me pnwmom Oct 2023 #31

Yeah, MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2023 #38

Makes sense. pnwmom Oct 2023 #40

NO ItS ON Fcuking HAMAS.. HAMAS Did Cha Oct 2023 #18

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2023 #45

Don't have to go to the hellsite for that, you can find it right here. onecaliberal Oct 2023 #19

+1 uponit7771 Oct 2023 #22

Nifty! herding cats Oct 2023 #33

The pox on both sides Sessuch Oct 2023 #34

Have the people protested against Hamas ? JI7 Oct 2023 #42

will Hamas kill people who protest? TomDaisy Oct 2023 #43

And people wonder why I'm ultra paranoid about far right consolidation of power here. Initech Oct 2023 #46

im sure there were innocents in germany in 1945 moonshinegnomie Oct 2023 #47

It's tragic how few seem to understand the situation in Palestine. redqueen Oct 2023 #48

It's astonishing leftstreet Oct 2023 #50

Indeed inthewind21 Oct 2023 #51

Making Gaza suffer is not cool LiberaBlueDem Oct 2023 #52

Literally no way to "get them" without harming/killing innocent Palestinians. maxsolomon Oct 2023 #53