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In reply to the discussion: Gaza Police Dole Out Head-Shavings & Beatings for ‘Indecent’ Hair [View all]azurnoir
(45,850 posts)11. first let's get this straight Palestinians voted in Abbas as their leader not Hamas
Hamas won the majority of Parliamentary seats, Gaza no more voted for Hamas to lead them than the US voted for Republicans to lead them
and the rst is simply supposedly 'justified' by your 'mistaken' statement that Hamas was voted by Gazans to lead them
but that has become a very popular meme who seem like maybe after 6 years they are willing to play 'down the memory hole'
I can not discuss anything else until we can at least get that much straight
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first let's get this straight Palestinians voted in Abbas as their leader not Hamas
azurnoir
Apr 2013
#11
It is a product of their culture, of their philosophy, their history, their religion.
JDPriestly
Apr 2013
#34