Gaza

Most people do not remember that in 2005 Israel gave the Gaza Strip to the Palestinians and dismantled 21 Israeli settlements and evacuated its military forces. Gaza was then transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA). In 2007 the people living in Gaza held an election and the military group Hamas took control. Next Hamas broke away from the PA which at that time was headed by Mahmoud Abbas. Israel chose to leave Gaza because the Palestinians had been launching rockets into Israel while carrying out suicide attacks in Israel. Israel built a wall to keep out the suicide attackers and it was successful. They next followed up with the Iron Dome to stop the rocket attacks. All of this tit for tat ended in Oct 7, 2023 when Hamas attacked Israeli citizens killing 1,200 and taking 250 prisoners. Israel then began a full-on attack which continues to this day. On Oct 8, 2023 the day after the attack pro-Palestinian celebrations took place in the US and many demonstrations continue to this day. Hama’s using gorilla tactics hide their soldiers in amongst the general population to maximize civilian deaths. They also occupy the lower levels of hospitals and have miles of underground tunnels. Whenever innocent people are killed the world publishes pictures. This has been going on since the fighting began. Over time this has had the desired effect of moving public opinion away from the Israelis to the Palestinians. It is a very effective strategy.