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Israel/Palestine

JohnSJ

(97,074 posts)

3. Not a chance. The Mufti of Jerusalem showed how that would work. This is not a new idea, and has been

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2024, 09:21 AM

Jan 2024

pushed to destroy Israel and the entire area of Jews.

Also, both the PA and Hamas are authoritarian regimes that have not had elections for years, and have been criticized for human rights abuses, and cracking down against any dissent against its rule.

When Hamas took complete control of the Gaza Strip, it declared the "end of secularism in the Gaza Strip".

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/hamas-israel-religious-organization/676303/