Hamas 'Agrees to Disarm' - The Ceasefire Concession or the Colonial Blueprint?
📰 THE STORY: Mainstream media reports, citing Russian sources, claim Hamas has offered to disarm and recognize a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders, provided they are included in the governance of Gaza and a permanent ceasefire takes hold. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This 'disarmament' narrative ignores that Palestinian factions have repeatedly agreed to ceasefires
and political paths only to be met with continued Israeli expansion and blockade. The PLO, under Yasser Arafat, recognized Israel's right to exist in 1988 and signed the Oslo Accords in 1993, yet Israeli settlements more than doubled in the occupied territories years following. The 2006 Palestinian elections saw Hamas win democratically, only for Hamas to be immediately sanctioned by the US and
EU, and Gazans subjected to a crippling blockade from 2007, now entering its 17th year. 'Disarmament' discussions consistently bypass the right of self-defense for an occupied people. Double Standard: Imagine any occupying power demanding the disarming of an indigenous resistance movement without first withdrawing from occupied territory and guaranteeing fundamental rights. When the US-backed
'rebels' in Syria included al-Qaeda affiliates, they were framed as 'freedom fighters' by Western media, not pressured to disarm. The discourse around Hamas avoids the fact that international law recognizes the right of occupied peoples to resist, including with armed struggle. The call for Hamas to disarm, without a reciprocal demand for Israel to end its occupation, dismantle settlements, and