• PugJesus@kbin.socialOP
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    10 months ago

    Radical fundamentalists, I believe they’re saying, make more palatable enemies. Same essential reason why Hamas was funded by Israel to split Palestinian support from Fatah - Fatah, as a secular and nominally leftist organization drew some international sympathy - Hamas, much less.

    The other side of the coin is that Hamas was able to rise in the first place because Fatah had become incredibly corrupt and inept.