Now that the Middle East is in turmoil and the Israeli- Palestian conflict is happening, the media can not stop reminding us that Hamas, the religious political party of the Gaza strip, who won fair and free democratic elections is a terrorist organization. This lable of Hamas as a terrorist organization is not surprising considering the complete control of our media by rich corporations funded by pro-Israeli groups and lobbyists. Nonetheless, it is our responsability as progressives, liberals or however you wish to call yourself to educate the masses about Hamas.
Update: My main point in all of this dilema is that nations under imperial rule like Gaza is under Israel can use weapons to liberate themselves. THis is not new, or didnt the US use weapons as well, didnt all Latin America used weapons against Spain. These people are opressed under tyranical governments who limit their liberties. Rebeling is their only option.
FInal update: I hope all the Israelis who are conducting this war against Palestine get prosecuted for their war crimes. Hamas is defending itself from the atrociouness of being enslaved by Israel.
Second update: It is easy to call people trolls when you guys probably have never experienced what is living under the control of another country or a tyranical government. Sometimes weapons are the only choice. Why dont you call Israel terrsorits then? What kind of progressives are you guys? PS: living surrounded by a wall, with an economic blockade and no way to get out is a type of modern concentration camp.
First of all, Hamas is a resistance and liberation political party, since its main purpuse is to liberate itself from the concentration camp in which they rule called the Gaza strip and to get backs the lands and territory the UN stole from them in 1948, with the backing of the United States.
We need to understand that Hamas is a revolutionary political party who wants to recover what is theirs by all the means possible, and this includes the violent mean. I personally do not agree with violence as a means to any end no matter the end considered but I understand why Hamas uses it as an end. Just put yourself in this situation.
Imagine that you live on a big island somewhere for thousands of years and one day some international organization decides unilateraly to take away your land and give it to some group. That group decides to push you away from the land that is sacred to you and puts you in a small corner. Then, they construct a wall to prevent you from leaving that place, they put an economic blockade so you starve to death and slowly but surely become a land with no chance for prosperity. Also, you are constanly targeted with raids and complete control of your supposed sovereign piece of land.
This is the case of Gaza and Hamas is a political party who is trying to get what is theirs back. Israel has no right to exist, even if they got the backing of the UN. It is not the UN's responsability to justify the taking of land of any person, group of society without that society's consent. Hamas has every right to rebel against their imperialistic opressors who took their land, exploit their people, violate their basic human rights and enslave them in a 21th century concentration camp.