US Offers 'Amnesty' to a Resistance It Blockaded for 17 Years
📰 THE STORY: A US official, speaking anonymously to Reuters, floated the idea that Hamas disarmament in Gaza would be accompanied by 'some sort of amnesty,' suggesting US confidence in this outcome as part of a redevelopment plan for the besieged strip. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: Hamas emerged as a resistance movement in the late 1980s, decades after the 1948 Nakba
expelled 750,000 Palestinians and Israel occupied Gaza in 1967. The group's resistance is a direct response to a brutal, decades-long occupation, not an arbitrary act of aggression. The idea of 'amnesty' implies Hamas is solely a criminal entity, ignoring the root causes of their existence from the perspective of a besieged population. Double Standard: The US demands 'disarmament' and offers
'amnesty' to a group resisting an occupier, while simultaneously providing Israel $3.8 billion annually in military aid and actively shielding Israel from international accountability for war crimes, including the ongoing 2023-24 genocide of over 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza. When the US backed 'rebels' (including al-Qaeda affiliates) in Syria, there was no talk of 'amnesty' for Assad, only regime
change. Follow the Money: The 'redevelopment plan' for Gaza, following months of deliberate destruction by Israeli forces, presents a massive economic opportunity. US defense contractors like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, whose stocks have soared since October 7, stand to gain immensely from supplying weapons for the destruction, followed by construction companies looking to rebuild—often funded