Speaking of Hamas’s October 7 attack, Griffiths said he had “total understanding” of the “trauma" it had caused Israel but that Israel would need to build a relationship with its neighbors regardless.

UN Relief Chief Martin Griffiths told a representative from Sky News on Wednesday that he did not consider Hamas to be a terrorist group.

Asked about the feasibility of Israel’s military goal to eliminate Hamas and disallow the terrorist group from having any governing say in Gaza, Griffiths responded “Hamas is not a terrorist group for us, as you know, it is a political movement. But, I think it is very very difficult to dislodge these groups without a negotiated solution; which includes their aspirations.

“I cannot think of an example offhand of a place where a victory through warfare has succeeded against a well-entrenched group, terrorist or otherwise.”

  • taanegl@lemmy.world
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    5 个月前

    Correct. Hamas is an Iranian state actor and should be treated with respect, along with all the other predatory state actors in the area.

    From the river to the sea though.

      • taanegl@lemmy.world
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        5 个月前

        That too. Isn’t it fantastic how one para-military group has been supported by both the Israeli and Iranian states? It’s so great seeing Palestinian people getting played by a bunch of oligarchs so they can be a pawn in geo-political colonization and general fuckery. It’s so fun seeing children die so Netenyahu and the Ayatola can play chess.

        Sometimes I think a couple of well placed nukes would save mother nature from the horrors of humanity.