Why Hamas will not surrender - Other News - Voices against the tide

Why Hamas will not surrender - Other News - Voices against the tide

By David Hearst* – Middle East Eye The scale of the suffering that Israel has inflicted on all Palestinians within its reach has meant that Hamas’ fate is Palestine’s too Call Gaza what you will: killing fields, an endless loop of blood, pain and death, the world’s largest concentration camp. Or, as the population of Israel appears to be intent on doing, you can ignore it altogether. The Ashkenazi Jews of Tel Aviv live in a western bubble, sippi…

Call Gaza as you like: extermination camps, an endless loop of blood, pain and death, the world’s largest concentration camp. Or, as the people of Israel seem to want to do, ignore it completely. The Ashkenazi Jews in Tel Aviv live in a Western bubble, sip their morning cappuccinos and worry about their yoga teachers just an hour’s drive away from the most atrocious scenes the world has witnessed since Srebrenica, or Rwanda. But there is one thi…