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Hamas now executing Palestinians who tried to help peace.

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In a stark assertion of the group’s return, fighters executed several men they accused of collaborating with Israeli forces. In one video circulated late on Monday, Hamas fighters dragged seven men into a circle of people in Gaza City, forced them to their knees and shot them from behind. A Hamas source confirmed the authenticity of the video.

Gaza residents said fighters were increasingly visible on Tuesday, deploying along routes needed for aid deliveries. Palestinian security sources say dozens of people have been killed in clashes between Hamas gunmen and rivals in recent days.

I cannot link the article because of the video showing the execution.
 

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“Later on Monday, a video circulating on social media appeared to show several masked gunmen, some of them wearing green headbands resembling ones worn by Hamas, shooting with machine guns at least seven men after forcing them to kneel in the street. Posts identified the video as filmed in Gaza on Monday. Civilian spectators cheered "Allah Akbar," or God is Great, and called those killed "collaborators."

 
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Civilian spectators cheered "Allah Akbar," or God is Great, and called those killed "collaborators."
Not doing so would have probably resulted in them being executed as well.
 
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Considering the carnage Israel committed, no one with a shred of ethics should have collaborated with them against their neighbors.
But TBT the "peace?" lasted about two days---about as sturdy as the overpriced branded watches and sneakers Trump supplements his income with.
 
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Considering the carnage Israel committed, no one with a shred of ethics should have collaborated with them against their neighbors.
But TBT the "peace?" lasted about two days---about as sturdy as the overpriced branded watches and sneakers Trump supplements his income with.
This is Hamas shooting their own people. Did you not read the article or are you just focused on hating Israel and Trump?
 
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This is Hamas shooting their own people. Did you not read the article or are you just focused on hating Israel and Trump?
QFT and a very accurate observation.
 
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Considering the carnage Israel committed, no one with a shred of ethics should have collaborated with them against their neighbors.
So this is "just desserts"?
 
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This is Hamas shooting their own people. Did you not read the article or are you just focused on hating Israel and Trump?
If their own people collaborated with an enemy that murdered 75,000 of them and starved and displaced 3 million,l those people were treasonous.
Ideally there would be a trial, but:
Jails were razed.
Courthouses were razed.
The landscape would make a good set for apocalyptic movies.
How could the victims have done that?
 
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If their own people collaborated with an enemy that murdered 75,000 of them and starved and displaced 3 million,l those people were treasonous.
Ideally there would be a trial, but:
Jails were razed.
Courthouses were razed.
The landscape would make a good set for apocalyptic movies.
How could the victims have done that?
Then Hamas shouid not have started the fight then, don’t you think?
 
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In a stark assertion of the group’s return, fighters executed several men they accused of collaborating with Israeli forces. In one video circulated late on Monday, Hamas fighters dragged seven men into a circle of people in Gaza City, forced them to their knees and shot them from behind. A Hamas source confirmed the authenticity of the video.

Gaza residents said fighters were increasingly visible on Tuesday, deploying along routes needed for aid deliveries. Palestinian security sources say dozens of people have been killed in clashes between Hamas gunmen and rivals in recent days.

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Hamas won't disarm peacefully as they are fully radicalized.

I'm wondering how much help we will be getting from our new middle eastern allies to disarm Hamas forcefully and install a non-radical government.

The biggest question really is, can you deradicalize this many people - and how.

I have heard it said that it was done in Germany after Hitler so it's possible.

We just need to keep praying.
 
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If their own people collaborated with an enemy that murdered 75,000 of them and starved and displaced 3 million,l those people were treasonous.
Ideally there would be a trial, but:
Jails were razed.
Courthouses were razed.
The landscape would make a good set for apocalyptic movies.
How could the victims have done that?

It is not okay to execute the citizenry. That's called tyranny.

And no human being should support the public execution of the citizenry of any state. That's called being on the wrong side of the right.
 
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I'm wondering how much help we will be getting from our new middle eastern allies to disarm Hamas forcefully and install a non-radical government.
Yeah because the U.S. has had such great success in nation building in the Middle East.

We’re sure to get it right this time.
 
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This is Hamas shooting their own people. Did you not read the article or are you just focused on hating Israel and Trump?
Yes, there is no defending this-from any angle.
 
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Yeah because the U.S. has had such great success in nation building in the Middle East.

We’re sure to get it right this time.

There's little choice.
 
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It was the British who started it.
Nah. It was Hamas. I don’t see the native Americans attacking the US government.
 
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