The world really has turned this week.
Instead of most countries not having a bad word to say about hamas, other than the boiler-plate condemnations of its October 7, 2023 attack – immediately followed by the but ISRAEL attacks….
….now, because of the deal orchestrated by President Trump and agreed to by most Arab countries in the Middle East, it is hamas that is on the spot; that has to answer serious questions regarding its activities.
And the “leaders” of hamas – you know, the ones who live luxuriously in Qatar on the aid that is supposed to be helping their people – don’t like it.
Want an example? Okay. Read this account of an interview with one such leader – conducted on an anti-Israel venue, let’s remember – and what happens when just one such question was asked.
From an article in yesterday’s Jerusalem Post:
Hamas official and co-founder Mousa Abu Marzouk lost his temper during an interview on the Pan-Arabic Ghad TV channel on Friday night after being asked questions he claimed were disrespectful.
Abu Marzouk, who lives in Qatar, tried to justify the terror organization’s crimes by saying that Hamas “fulfilled its national duty.” At that point, the journalist asked: “Was what you did on October 7 to lead the Palestinians to liberation?”
Visibly annoyed and embarrassed, Abu Marzouk remained silent and then responded that “no sane person would claim that on October 7, with just a thousand or so fighters, it was possible to liberate Palestine.”
He then demanded from the interviewer: “Please, at least make your questions respectful.”
The journalist calmly continued, “I am asking you the questions that are being asked on the streets of Palestine, by the residents of Gaza.”
At that point, Marzouk lost his temper and began to shout: “These are your questions! Show some respect for yourself. I don’t want to talk to you. I don’t want to see you. Cut it out. Cut it out. Go to hell!”
Ooooooohhhhh. An interviewer – an Arab interviewer on Arab media, let’s remember – dared to ask marzouk a basic question about hamas’ action – which, from the Arab side of things, resulted in most of Gaza being leveled and much, maybe most, of hamas’ infrastructure being taken out. And he has a mega-fit over it.
But what do you suppose the general population of Gaza are thinking about this?
Do yourself a favor, and disregard “polls” showing that almost all Gazans support hamas. It is almost impossible to get an honest answer that way. Why? Because a Gazan who says out loud “how I wish October 7 had never happened; I blame hamas for the result of what it did” risks being killed before the day is out.
And ditto for any Gazan who says out loud “If marzouk is so angry about this, how about him coming to live in Gaza like the rest of us and have to deal with the result of October 7, instead of living like a king in Qatar while we suffer?”
I have no way of proving it, but I have a strong suspicion that, as much as the people who live in Gaza might hate Israel and Israelis, if they could rid themselves of hamas – whose actions directly caused what Israel did in retaliation – they would do so in two seconds flat.
And if marzouk were one of the ones they got rid of; presumably in a particularly violent way? It would be him, not an Arab interviewer, who would most deservedly wind up in hell.
