Hamas Says No to Disarming: Who Knew a Besieged Group Might Decline?
Media outlets, ever eager to frame the conflict, highlighted RT's report that Hamas has no plans to surrender its weapons to an 'international body.' One might, however, question which 'international body' Hamas is expected to trust, given the UN's consistent inability to enforce its own resolutions in Palestine since 1948. It's almost as if a group fighting an occupation might prefer to retain
its means of defense, a detail often conveniently overlooked when discussing 'international peace initiatives' pushed by nations funneling billions in aid to one side. This 'denial' comes as no surprise to anyone following the region beyond the nightly news’s soundbites. Asking an occupied people's resistance movement to disarm without addressing the occupation itself is like asking a fish to
walk—it fundamentally misunderstands the context. The question isn't 'will Hamas disarm,' but rather, 'why are we still asking this question when the root causes of the conflict remain unaddressed?'