Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "No Regional Powers Will Provide Aid to Hamas || Peter Zeihan" video.

  1. It’s been my understanding that Hamas is sponsored by Iran (or one of the ruling factions in Iran, such as the Revolutionary Guards). And as far as Iran is concerned, it’s already Mission Accomplished. There’s no need to stick their necks out as their goals have been mostly met: to stir up conflict between Israel and Palestine when there had been some movement towards peace and to make Israel look bad. The Iranians intent was to provoke a reaction. So it seems that the Iranians are hanging Hamas out to dry. Maybe they were hoping for a stronger reaction from Israel, i.e., indiscriminate bombing of civilians, but they’re settling for some civilian deaths because that’s what happens when war is waged in densely populated areas. Here’s the thing about conditions in Gaza and the West Bank: 1) the West Bank is governed by the Palestinian Authority, the moderate faction of the PLO when the PLO broke apart. And the PA and Israel have been cooperating, which has lead to improvement in the lives of those Palestinians. 2) Israel began some time ago to thaw relations with its former enemies (most notably Saudi Arabia) and changed their policy on Israeli settlement of the occupied West Bank. They’ve begun to dismantle the settlements and arresting those hardcore settlers who refuse to leave. They’ve done this as gestures of good faith as they seek to normalize diplomatic relations with their former enemies, and those former enemies have stopped supporting anti-Israel militants. That’s the larger context to remember here. Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, etc., recognize that Iran is the real threat. They’re moving towards formal diplomatic relations and perhaps a formal alliance. (And yes, the centuries old Sunni/Shiite split is in play here.) Iran is trying to break this up.
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