The West suspends aid to Hamas, which in all fairness, has won a democratic election. How faithful is Hamas’ rendition of the Palestinian peoples’ wishes? Fairly accurate, according to the BBC, which seems like a fairly trustworthy source. You might, of course, disagree, being one of those who contends that the BBC is simply a lackey of the military-industrial complex that helps the Anglo-American hegemony ride roughshod all over the globe. No mind.
Now that the Palestinians have Hamas in power, can we expect a more civilized version of ‘Throw the Jews into the Sea’? Recent suicide bombings have shown us otherwise. So now, the Palestinians starve, dependent on Western aid and now forced to do without. How can this fail to breed resentment in the Territories? Iran will help, as a good Muslim country in the fight against the Great Satan, and Russia will help too, because the Russian dream of a warm water port can never be allowed to die. But the real pillar here is the US and the EU, and without their financial crutch, will thousands of Arab bureaucrats simply quit? As much as Israel enjoys the schadenfreude of watching the settlements do without, they must know that this can only breed more resentment, more hate, in what is surely one of the most suppurating sores of the entire world.
Where will this lead? In a few months, we shall know. If the droves of beleaguered bureaucrats don’t strike, the police force will, followed soon by all other essential services. I mean, altruistic motives are great, but how many of us are Gandhis or Mandelas? The almighty dinar will reassert its supremacy over pitiful mortals and life will slowly come to a halt in the Territories. How many charitable civil servants work for a pittance? The Palestinians will blame the West for getting them into this state, while Hamas will gleefully make Israel its scapegoat once again. The West will insist that Hamas renounce the very principles that got them elected, which Hamas will steadfastly refuse to do. More impressionable young Arab youth will join some fanatical league dedicated to Pan-Arab nationalism, more suicide bombings will ensue and the carnage will be on the idiot box every 6 pm.
The hateful cycle will come full circle when Hamas is finally deposed by angry Palestinians for not delivering on the promised goods. It can only be a matter of time before this happens, since Hamas won on empty rhetoric. What chance does Hamas have of deposing Israel, realistically? Next to none because Israel’s army is modern, nuclear powered and not given to firing rifles in the air as a sign of empty machismo. Overly simplistic, you accuse! There are too many variables, people and nations cannot be reduced to neat paragraphs on a blog written by some unknown somewhere. And that is where the accuser is wrong, because all human history has been reduced to such.
