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Hamas kicked out of The State of Qatar

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2triangles · 09/11/2024 19:04

Where next for them? Iran probably not safe and the door for negotiations would close. Turkey?

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TheGander · 16/11/2024 16:44

2triangles · 09/11/2024 19:17

Algeria?

I think Algeria is very wary of the threat of Islamism, it is a dictatorship where the same party has been in government since independence (1962) anything that is a threat to that is excluded. On that basis, I’d be surprised if they took Hamas in.

MushMonster · 13/11/2024 10:29

To jail, the only place they could possibly go would have to be jail.
No country on their senses will take any of them!
Just read a bit of history.
Or see what just happened in Amsterdam after a single football match.
What they need is a political representation that knows the meaning of Peace. Hamas is only sinking Gaza and the West Bank in a deeper and deeper hole.

quantumbutterfly · 13/11/2024 09:34

OctoberOctopus · 11/11/2024 20:17

Sad isn't it. Disgusting that they profit whilst their people suffer 😒

And yet unsurprising to anyone but the most captured idealogues.

User37482 · 12/11/2024 21:59

OctoberOctopus · 11/11/2024 20:17

Sad isn't it. Disgusting that they profit whilst their people suffer 😒

not surprising, I really despise people in the west who support Hamas. You can support Palestinians without supporting a bunch of theiving murdering bastards as well. They don’t have to love with them. Videos on twitter are doing the rounds of Hamas torturing Palestinians. Palestinians I follow on twitter who are anti-hamas have also been beaten up or tortured by Hamas. Nobody would actually want to live with them but it’s fine for Palestinians to.

Sheri99 · 11/11/2024 23:12

Dulra · 11/11/2024 20:21

Some of your posts are written with understanding and empathy and other of your posts come across as belittling and aggressive.
Maybe it's linked to the type of post I'm responding to. Didn't think the analogy of Palestine having fleas was very appropriate or deserving of an understanding response

Am saying: that no country wants to "laydown" (let HAMAS in) because HAMAS will give them "fleas" i.e. security problems, factions, terror, rejection, poverty as Hamas/terrorists are corrupt. Palestine is an example of a people with fleas due to HAMAS. Had they not voted in HAMAS they wouldn't be having the issues they are having; they were divided as a people, Hamas tries to govern, but it can't. It was an analogy. It does not need an "opinion" response as to appropriate or deserving. It was an analogy. Geez.

mouthpipette · 11/11/2024 21:46

Snuppeline · 11/11/2024 19:47

Hell no! There would be rioting in the streets in Norway. They can fuck off to the far side of fuck. Better yet, they can embrace their much sought after martyrdom and do the honorable thing before they lumber their presence on any other state. They can of course use the tunnels to get back into Gaza where they will be welcomed home by their own.

@Snuppeline Please don't be offended by this, but if you had aspirations to be a mediator at any forthcoming peace talks, you shouldn't get your hopes up. Just saying.

Dulra · 11/11/2024 21:05

BakedAlaska12 · 11/11/2024 20:35

Okay, you don’t understand the analogy. Never mind.

I do understand the analogy just don't think it's appropriate given the conditions people in Gaza are currently living in.

One meaning of it:
The saying ``you run with dogs, you catch fleas'' means that the company you keep can influence your behavior, reputation, and circumstance

BakedAlaska12 · 11/11/2024 20:35

Dulra · 11/11/2024 20:21

Some of your posts are written with understanding and empathy and other of your posts come across as belittling and aggressive.
Maybe it's linked to the type of post I'm responding to. Didn't think the analogy of Palestine having fleas was very appropriate or deserving of an understanding response

Okay, you don’t understand the analogy. Never mind.

Dulra · 11/11/2024 20:21

BakedAlaska12 · 11/11/2024 19:42

Some of your posts are written with understanding and empathy and other of your posts come across as belittling and aggressive.

You sound educated enough to have understood this analogy and I think your response comes across as goady.

A lot of us in this section feel so strongly that we end up shutting down points/ conversation by replying in argumentative ways for the sake of it. I have been guilty of this too and on reflection am trying to move forward on this board by breathing first and reacting after.

Some of your posts are written with understanding and empathy and other of your posts come across as belittling and aggressive.
Maybe it's linked to the type of post I'm responding to. Didn't think the analogy of Palestine having fleas was very appropriate or deserving of an understanding response

OctoberOctopus · 11/11/2024 20:17

User37482 · 11/11/2024 19:50

Yup their finance chief lives there, they own commercial property, US government think it has something like $1 billion of assets.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/30/property-developments-hamas-1bn/

Terror groups are pretty good at funnelling cash, Al-Qaeda have interests in gold mining in Afghanistan (bit worrying that) Hezbollah have been on the radar for laundering drug money, imagine they are selling captagon.

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Sad isn't it. Disgusting that they profit whilst their people suffer 😒

User37482 · 11/11/2024 19:50

Chowtime · 11/11/2024 19:46

Do they now?😂

Yup their finance chief lives there, they own commercial property, US government think it has something like $1 billion of assets.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/30/property-developments-hamas-1bn/

Terror groups are pretty good at funnelling cash, Al-Qaeda have interests in gold mining in Afghanistan (bit worrying that) Hezbollah have been on the radar for laundering drug money, imagine they are selling captagon.

Inside the gleaming developments that made Hamas a $1bn terror group

High-value assets in Turkey ‘form part of a secret global investment portfolio’

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/30/property-developments-hamas-1bn

Snuppeline · 11/11/2024 19:47

mouthpipette · 09/11/2024 21:03

Well, here's an opinion that's not going to be very popular, but then I haven't got many friends anyway, which is why I'm on here all day.

Norway.

I probably trust them more than most other European countries.

And before I go on to describe why, I'm distinguishing between the "governing" arm of Hamas and al-Qassam, its terrorist wing. Though the two are strongly linked.

The cornerstone of democracy is that "The People" shall have a say in how they are governed and that those who govern them shall represent their best interests. .At present the only people who speak for those in Gaza are Hamas. There is no one else. We in our democracies don't seem to listen to the people of Gaza. If we did we'd make it stop. Who else have they to hear them, but Hamas?
Ideally, Hamas will either moderate or be replaced.... democratically.....

But until then, the views of Gazans and other Palestinians needs representation, and a hearing......well that leads to negotiation and negotiation leads to ceasefire and hostages with many, many other options.
So we hate what Hamas represents or has been responsible for but we have to listen. We can't stick our fingers in our ears and go La La La forever.

Why Norway? They would be great interlocutors. Track record of trying to sort out disputes, very few vested interests, good skiing.

Hell no! There would be rioting in the streets in Norway. They can fuck off to the far side of fuck. Better yet, they can embrace their much sought after martyrdom and do the honorable thing before they lumber their presence on any other state. They can of course use the tunnels to get back into Gaza where they will be welcomed home by their own.

User37482 · 11/11/2024 19:46

I understand Hamas were demanding that they be left in charge of Gaza and finaces. This was never going to be acceptable. If they had any concern for Gaza they would have endorsed free and fair elections. I think the PA or a third party, ideally one of the gulf kingdoms step in to secure gaza and organise aid and security.

Chowtime · 11/11/2024 19:46

User37482 · 11/11/2024 19:44

Hamas have a property portfolio in Turkey so they are definitely fine with them. I think they’ll argue they are hosting them in the same way Qatar did.

Do they now?😂

User37482 · 11/11/2024 19:44

Chowtime · 09/11/2024 19:28

Who Turkey? Whilst I think they'd have Hamas, I don't think they would if NATO said they couldn't. They'd rather NATO than Hamas.

I rather like Turkey. I was against them joining the EU for a long time but am now of the opinion that it's better they are our allies.

Agree with a PP who said Algeria. There's always Pakistan obviously, and Afganistan.

Hamas have a property portfolio in Turkey so they are definitely fine with them. I think they’ll argue they are hosting them in the same way Qatar did.

BakedAlaska12 · 11/11/2024 19:42

Dulra · 11/11/2024 15:18

Not quite understanding your analogy.

You lay down with dogs (Hamas), you get fleas.
Palestine has fleas because it voted them in
Who are the fleas? The IDF?

Some of your posts are written with understanding and empathy and other of your posts come across as belittling and aggressive.

You sound educated enough to have understood this analogy and I think your response comes across as goady.

A lot of us in this section feel so strongly that we end up shutting down points/ conversation by replying in argumentative ways for the sake of it. I have been guilty of this too and on reflection am trying to move forward on this board by breathing first and reacting after.

BakedAlaska12 · 11/11/2024 19:37

Dulra · 11/11/2024 15:18

Not quite understanding your analogy.

You lay down with dogs (Hamas), you get fleas.
Palestine has fleas because it voted them in
Who are the fleas? The IDF?

Hamas. Hamas are the fleas.

mouthpipette · 11/11/2024 18:53

Codlingmoths · 11/11/2024 02:50

Turkey should be kicked out of nato if it takes them in

Why ?
If you're going to make a contentious statement, at least back it up with some justification.

Dulra · 11/11/2024 15:18

Not quite understanding your analogy.

You lay down with dogs (Hamas), you get fleas.
Palestine has fleas because it voted them in
Who are the fleas? The IDF?

Codlingmoths · 11/11/2024 02:50

Turkey should be kicked out of nato if it takes them in

Sheri99 · 11/11/2024 02:30

You lay down with dogs (Hamas), you get fleas.

Palestine has fleas because it voted them in.

Turkey nor any other country wants fleas.

2triangles · 10/11/2024 11:55

This article (from a slightly left of centre organisation) seems to favour Turkey as the next base:

www.ynetnews.com/article/rk01jwcz1e

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2triangles · 10/11/2024 06:32

Norway doesn’t mediate anymore.

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Scirocco · 09/11/2024 21:16

@mouthpipette and it's cold. Very cold.

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