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So, in what appears to be an intensifying phenomenon, Palestinians in Gaza are now demonstrating angrily against…Hamas (reports here and here).
“Pro-Palestinians” on US campuses are not marching in sympathy with the protesting Gazans. If anything, they’re suffering a bout of cognitive dissonance. What’s happening in Gaza now does not fit their narrative of demonic Israelis and innocent Palestinian victims.
In the real Gaza this week, thousands of Gazans are showing up to vent frustration at the ones more and more of them see as the culprit—Hamas. They’re demanding that it stop waging—futile—war on Israel and give up its power.
In Shejaiya, a neighborhood in Gaza City considered a Hamas stronghold, protesters are shouting, “For God’s sake—Hamas out!”
In Beit Lahiya, a town in northern Gaza, there are cries of “The people want the fall of Hamas!” and “Hamas out, out, Hamas is a terrorist!”
On Tuesday last week Israel launched a new offensive in Gaza, aimed at stopping Hamas’s rearmament and pressuring it to stop stonewalling on the issue of the Israeli hostages. Again Gazans hear the bombs exploding and the Israeli warnings to evacuate neighborhoods.
In a video in Hebrew and Arabic released on Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz urged Gazans to step up the protests. Saying the IDF would soon launch a new round of attacks, he told Gazans they would have to
leave the combat zones for your protection.