Gaza Gets Who It Voted For
Posted By: DVC, 10/20/2023 3:30:04 PM
Over the last two weeks, the Palestinian people of the Gaza Strip have been at the mercy not of Israel but of Hamas. One feels for the Gazans. They’re suffering serious deprivation, lacking basic supplies and food and water, watching their homes and hospitals and neighborhoods get leveled, trying to flee the country while Hamas thugs block them, and being held by Hamas as human shields. All this ugliness unraveled with Hamas’ attack on Israel on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. What has erupted since was detonated by Hamas. [snip] These Palestinians have gotten who they voted for.
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I have not one tiny shred of sympathy for the hateful, vicious barbarians of Gaza. They ARE Hamas, they love Hamas, they fund Hamas, they support Hamas and they voted for Hamas. Let them all be treated like Hamas.