The Truth About Gaza You Refuse to Acknowledge

You’ve seen the images—bombed‑out buildings, bloodied children, funeral processions, and starving families.
And you’ve made up your mind.
To you, Gaza is the victim.
End of story.

But here’s what you refuse to acknowledge:

Gaza has never been hijacked. It chose Hamas.

• In the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections, Hamas ran under the Change and Reform list and captured 44.45% of the vote, winning 74 out of 132 seats. That’s how it formed a government—not by force, but by ballot AP NewsReddit+15FDD+15New York Post+15TIME+11Wikipedia+11The Washington Post+11.
• That was nearly two decades ago—and still, no new votes have been held to give Gazans a chance to change that course—despite repeated promises and postponements WikipediaWikipedia.
• And support hasn't disappeared: recent polls show 37% of Gazans currently back Hamas, while 49% say they’d vote for it today—versus 33% for Fatah, with limited alternatives still standing The Media Line+7PCPSR+7TIME+7. Another survey found that two‑thirds want Hamas to lead any future Gaza government, even post-war JNS.org.
• On October 7, 71% of Palestinians said Hamas's attacks were justified, and nearly 60% believed Hamas should govern Gaza—up from earlier levels, showing that alignment didn’t vanish with the war FDD.

So let’s get real:

This wasn't resistance in a vacuum. It was embraced.
They elected Hamas. They've sustained it. They defend it—even now.
And most importantly, it's not a black swan—it’s a clear pattern.

What you're defending—and what you’re excusing

You can grieve for civilians.
You can demand better leadership.
You can mourn suffering.

But you can't clean up Hamas with a hashtag, erase the electoral choice, and pretend Gaza is innocent by default.

The moral test isn’t: Are you against oppression?
The real test is: Can you condemn radical ideology when it’s not behind enemy lines—but behind your chosen cause?

“They Didn’t Know” Doesn’t Hold Up

We’re told the people of Gaza are victims of circumstance. That Hamas controls them by fear. That they didn’t know what was happening.

But the tunnels didn’t appear overnight.
The rocket stockpiles weren’t hidden in the clouds.
And the arsenals weren’t stored miles from homes—they were in homes, under schools, beside mosques, beneathplaygrounds.

You don’t build hundreds of miles of reinforced underground tunnels through densely packed cities without people knowing.
You don’t stash weapons in hospitals and UN facilities without someone helping cover it up.
You don’t turn neighborhoods into launch sites without the community being complicit—or at the very least, willfully silent.

The world wants to pretend Gaza is North Korea—where no dissent is possible, no truth gets in or out. But it’s not.

Gaza has a population of over 2 million.
Plenty of them have phones. Internet access. Social media.
They know exactly what’s going on—and much of the time, they cheer it on.

They’re Not Just Raised in War. They’re Raised to Kill.

From the time they can walk, children in Gaza are taught that killing Jews isn’t murder—it’s martyrdom.

They’re shown cartoons where Jews are monsters to be destroyed.
They memorize songs about stabbing, shooting Jews, and blowing themselves up.
They reenact terror attacks in school plays—with fake blood, plastic rifles, and cheering adults.
They’re taught that paradise awaits those who die killing “Zionists.”
And they’re told this not by fringe clerics in dark corners—but by teachers, officials, state-run media, and religious leaders broadcast into every home.

This isn’t grief turned into rage.
It’s rage planted before grief ever arrived.

The indoctrination is systemic, generational, and deliberate.
You can’t raise a child on martyr posters, blood‑soaked fairy tales, and antisemitic conspiracy theories—then pretend they’re blank slates when the rockets fly.

This is not just a war of land. It’s a war of worldview.
And Gaza's worldview has been shaped to celebrate death—as long as it takes Jews with it.

The Word Games of Justifying Murder

When confronted with the slaughter of innocents, Hamas supporters—here and abroad—default to the same line:
“We don’t support killing civilians.”

But watch what happens next.
They say every Israeli is a soldier.
They say every citizen is a settler.
They say the entire country is “militarized”—as if defending your nation somehow voids your humanity.

Here’s the trick: they redefine “civilian” until no one qualifies.
Men, women, teenagers, toddlers—if they live in Israel, they’re fair game.
If they serve in the army at any point, they’re “legitimate targets.”
And if they don’t serve, they’re “complicit by existing.”

This is the kind of logic that lets people cheer when music festival attendees are gunned down, or when children are burned alive in their homes—then shrug and say, “They were settlers.”

It's not resistance. It’s rationalized genocide.

The Latest Excuse: “But They’re Starving”

Now that the chants have faded and the excuses for October 7th have run dry, there’s a new rallying cry:
“Israel is starving Gaza.”

It’s meant to shut down the conversation.
To flip the roles—again—and paint Israel as the villain for trying to dismantle the very infrastructure that attacked it.

But here’s the part they leave out:

Hamas steals the aid.
Food, fuel, medicine—intercepted, hoarded, and handed to fighters, not civilians.
They’ve siphoned billions meant for rebuilding and used it to build rockets, bunkers, and terror tunnels.

They’ve built a subterranean empire—hundreds of miles of reinforced concrete for themselves, while civilians are left with dust, ruins, and despair.

They block deliveries.
They store weapons in warehouses meant for flour.
They turn starvation into a spectacle—not to hurt Israel, but to manipulate you.

Then they point the cameras and cry genocide—knowing Western audiences will swallow the story whole.
Some of that imagery is real. Much of it is staged, recycled, or strategically framed.
Bodies repositioned. Children posed. Funerals repeated.
It’s not about truth. It’s about impact.

Starvation isn’t a side effect. It’s a strategy.

And still, Israel allows aid trucks in—under fire.
Still, it warns civilians to evacuate—while Hamas forces them to stay.
Still, it’s called a genocidal state—by the same people who celebrated when Jews were burned alive in their homes.

Let’s be clear:
Hunger is not Israel’s goal. It’s the price of dismantling a regime that thrives on human shields and martyrdom.

If you care about the people of Gaza, direct your rage where it belongs:
At the terrorists who starved them long before the war ever began.

Martyrdom for the Poor. Mansions for the Powerful.

While Gaza’s children are raised to die for the cause, Hamas’s leadership lives in luxury—far from the chaos they create.

• Ismail Haniyeh, the political chief of Hamas, lives in Qatar—in a multi-million-dollar villa, not a tunnel.
• His sons drive luxury cars. His family vacations in Turkey.
• Other leaders of the group own real estate portfolios across the Gulf—far from the bombs, the blood, and the consequences.

These men give press conferences about resistance while sipping espresso in air-conditioned palaces.
They send children to die while theirs grow up in safety.

This is the great con: Gaza suffers. Hamas thrives.
The poor martyr themselves. The powerful get richer.

And yet, the world still calls it a liberation movement.
Still reposts their slogans.
Still insists Gaza is powerless—while ignoring who holds the power.

You say you're not defending Hamas. That you're just calling out injustice.
But when you protest Israel while staying silent on everything you've just read—
you are defending Hamas.
You just don’t realize it.
Or maybe you do.

You’re defending the system they built.
The hate they preach.
The indoctrination they spread.
The terror they unleash.

You think you’re standing with the oppressed.
But if you're only standing against Israel—
you’re not neutral.
You’re useful.
Useful to Hamas.
Useful to the men who send children to die while theirs live in luxury.
Useful to those who celebrate October 7th as a holy day.
Useful to an ideology that doesn’t want peace—only blood.

Sympathy Isn’t the Problem. Selectivity Is.

Sympathy for suffering is human. It’s natural to feel pain when you see children in rubble or families in grief.
But if your sympathy only shows up when it aligns with your politics—
If you can grieve for starving Gazans but feel nothing for butchered Israelis—
If you cry over displacement but said nothing when Hamas dragged bodies through the streets—
Then what you’re offering isn’t compassion.
It’s allegiance. It’s performance. It’s moral rot disguised as virtue.

Outrage That Never Came

You’ve seen the truth.
You know who Gaza voted for.
You know what they teach their children.
You know where the tunnels were built, and what the aid was used for.
You know who lives in luxury while civilians starve.

And still—you defend them.

You rage at Israel for trying to survive,
But stay silent when its citizens are burned alive.
You repost slogans for Gaza,
But don’t say a word when Jews are hunted like animals in their own homes.
You speak of genocide now,
But had nothing to say when babies were butchered on October 7th.
Or when children, the elderly, and entire families were taken hostage—
and are still being held in Gaza to this day.

So let me ask:

After knowing all of this—
How can you still defend the people of Gaza
and not direct your outrage at those who brought this on them?

Why is your compassion so selective?
Why does your conscience only activate when it fits the narrative?

You say you care about justice.
But justice without truth is just allegiance.

And what you’ve shown—loudly, proudly, and repeatedly—is that
your allegiance was never to the innocent.
It was to the story you needed to believe.

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