Look, I firmly believe that anyone who still uses variations of “but Hamas” as a response to the daily horrifying documentation of this genocide is not saying it with conviction but rather as cover.
Because if it’s about Hamas, then why is Israel preventing cancer patients from leaving Gaza for treatment?
If it’s about Hamas, why is Israel preventing baby formula from entering the strip?
If it’s about Hamas, then why are children getting sniped in the head?
I can go on but that won’t be necessary because it’s abundantly clear that it’s not about Hamas, never been.
It’s imperative to understand that it’s not only us who know the answers to the above questions, but Zionists know them too, and they know we know that.
At this stage, and on day 256 of this acceleration of genocide, this so-called argument can only be viewed as a sick deflection to allow more war crimes to be committed against Palestinians, and absolutely nothing else.