We know that not only Hamas attacked Israel, but that other militias in the region attacked to - Hisbollah, the Houtis etc.
We know that all those are closely affiliated with Iran and that they are coordinating with Teheran. It’s unthinkable that Hamas would act without consulting with Iran first
We know that Iran and Russia are allies
Both Russia and Iran had big problems in 2023: Russia was (and still is) stuck in Ukraine, waging a bloody “3 days operation”. Iran had massive pro democracy protests after Mahsa Aminis was murdered by the police
In this context Hamas stages its attack and the worlds eyes switch from Iran and Ukraine to Gaza. There is no news reporting from Ukraine anymore, everybody talks about Gaza. People were voting for fucking Trump because of Bidens Israel politics. The global left is fighting itself due to Gaza while the global right is winning everywhere. And there are lots of accounts around that are simply trolling.
And that totally is the playbook someone like Putin is using. Don’t be a useful idiot.
How do the people being murdered by bombs and starvation and the announcements to ethnically cleanse Gaza or annihilate the population by the Israeli government fit into this?
Because you are insinuating that demanding to talk about and end the mass murder and ethnical cleansing of two million people means “being useful idiots” for Putin.
Also “Hamas started this war” is ignoring some 75 years of what happened before as well as the fact that Israel killed more than 200 Palestinians in 2023 before October. This ignores the ongoing ethnical cleansing and settlement occupation of the Westbank.
Finally Hezbollah for the longest time did not want go to full blown war with Israel, instead it only made token efforts and that front was ultimately escalated by Israel in September 2024 to distract from Gaza. If there would have been an actual coordination between Hezbollah, Hamas and Houthis, they would have all struck together and Oct. 7 and things would have looked very differently.
Your theory is wrong and your suggestion that opposing crimes against humanity would make one “useful idiots” is morally deeply wrong.
Before that Israel normalized relations with the UAE, Morroco, Bahrain and Sudan. They were working on a deal with Saudi Arabia as well. However Arab pulic opinion is obviously very anti Israel. So if you would want to sabotage that, the October attack makes sense.
However Netenyahu also needs the war as corruption charges are a huge problem for him. He also is turning Israel into a dictatorship.
The US wants to sell weapons.
Russia mostly likes chaos as it allows them to run anti Western propaganda and support Trump. However they do not need this war to do that.
The world’s eyes switched from Ukraine, domestic failures, and economic problems to picking sides in Gaza. Defense budgets exploded, energy markets destabilized profitably, and populations rallied around their governments while ignoring corruption at home.
And that totally is the playbook of disaster capitalism. Don’t be a useful idiot for the war profiteers. Demand your government oppose blank-check military spending, and support peace negotiations over arms deals.
Ok, let me propose a theory:
In this context Hamas stages its attack and the worlds eyes switch from Iran and Ukraine to Gaza. There is no news reporting from Ukraine anymore, everybody talks about Gaza. People were voting for fucking Trump because of Bidens Israel politics. The global left is fighting itself due to Gaza while the global right is winning everywhere. And there are lots of accounts around that are simply trolling.
And that totally is the playbook someone like Putin is using. Don’t be a useful idiot.
You missed a bullet point: Russian operatives right-out planning the 7th of October operation and hands-on training Hamas.
How do the people being murdered by bombs and starvation and the announcements to ethnically cleanse Gaza or annihilate the population by the Israeli government fit into this?
Because you are insinuating that demanding to talk about and end the mass murder and ethnical cleansing of two million people means “being useful idiots” for Putin.
Also “Hamas started this war” is ignoring some 75 years of what happened before as well as the fact that Israel killed more than 200 Palestinians in 2023 before October. This ignores the ongoing ethnical cleansing and settlement occupation of the Westbank.
Finally Hezbollah for the longest time did not want go to full blown war with Israel, instead it only made token efforts and that front was ultimately escalated by Israel in September 2024 to distract from Gaza. If there would have been an actual coordination between Hezbollah, Hamas and Houthis, they would have all struck together and Oct. 7 and things would have looked very differently.
Your theory is wrong and your suggestion that opposing crimes against humanity would make one “useful idiots” is morally deeply wrong.
Before that Israel normalized relations with the UAE, Morroco, Bahrain and Sudan. They were working on a deal with Saudi Arabia as well. However Arab pulic opinion is obviously very anti Israel. So if you would want to sabotage that, the October attack makes sense.
However Netenyahu also needs the war as corruption charges are a huge problem for him. He also is turning Israel into a dictatorship.
The US wants to sell weapons.
Russia mostly likes chaos as it allows them to run anti Western propaganda and support Trump. However they do not need this war to do that.
In this context the timing was perfect for everyone’s domestic problems. Israel’s massive protests vanished overnight. US defense spending got bipartisan support for the first time in years. Every incumbent got their foreign crisis distraction while defense contractors cashed in.
The world’s eyes switched from Ukraine, domestic failures, and economic problems to picking sides in Gaza. Defense budgets exploded, energy markets destabilized profitably, and populations rallied around their governments while ignoring corruption at home.
And that totally is the playbook of disaster capitalism. Don’t be a useful idiot for the war profiteers. Demand your government oppose blank-check military spending, and support peace negotiations over arms deals.