In a rare event in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, hundreds of Gazan citizens marched in the northern town of Beit Lahiya carrying white flags, calling to end the Hamas rule, and even calling to hand over the Israeli hostages.
The protests took place in front of the Indonesian Hospital in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. One protester who filmed the events questioned where Qatari Al Jazeera and its Gaza correspondent Anas al-Sharif are, implicitly referring to the channel’s no criticism of Hamas policy.
people are demanding the press to cover these events!” he said. “People are demanding freedom, they’re demanding a halt to the hostilities against Gaza, they’re demanding peace and an end to this war.” One of them said, “The press entered the hospital so as to not document this event.”
Slogans shouted in the protest included “Out out out! Hamas out!” and “Where is the press?” and “We want to live!” Signs held by protesters included slogans such as “We refuse to be the ones who die” and “Stop the war.”
Another video showed hundreds of marchers walking in the streets of Beit Lahiya, with the cameraman saying: “Large crowds are protesting now against the rule of Hamas. The situation in Gaza is catastrophic. The people here are calling to free the prisoners so we can remain alive,” possibly referring to the remaining Israeli hostages.
I hope Israel listens to them and return to ceasefire but they wont. “But did they condemn Hamas?” Yes these bare starved homeless civilians did already but the IOF wont stop killing because Israel never want to give Palestianians their human rights and lands. Israel wants to continue being the colonizing genocidal aparthied it is.
These poor Gazans upmost demand is to be another West Bank for Israel to occuoy, ethnic cleanse, and expand its settlements in. The West Bank did not take hostages and no there is no Hamas in charge. Yet they are getting killed and their lands stolen and treated like 3rd-class citizens in aparthied Israel everyday.
There certainly are Israelis who want to listen. But unfortunately Netanyahu does not.
They are, however, a very small minority. Most Israelis don’t want peace with Palestinians at all.
This is patently false. Netanyahu has an abysmal approval rating and something like 70% want a ceasefire.
See my response to the other guy. They say they want a ceasefire, but what kind of ceasefire? 47% want settlements in Gaza after the war so these details matter.
His approval ratings were low and falling well before the start of this onslaught. He is using this “war” as a way to stay in power for longer and to not face the various criminal charges against him.
Wanting a ceasefire does not mean they want a free Palestine.
Do you have data that backs that up? Because I think most Israelis do want peace, if that means they no longer get attacked.
Look up “Tel Aviv University peace index”. It’s a survey done every three months by Tel Aviv University measuring attitudes in Israel towards peace, and since October 7th they’ve had questions about the war. Prepare to lose some faith in humanity, however.
No surprises there. It mostly shows that Israelis do not trust the Palestinian Authority, and who can blame them?
There’s a lot of bad blood between them, but that does not mean they do not ultimately want a peaceful solution.
Did you click on the press release link? The findings PDF has more surveys with more details. For example, you’ll find that (pages 3-5) only 19% of Israeli Jewish respondents support a two-state solution, while only 7% support a one-state solution. Meanwhile 37% support “Annexation of the occupied territories and the creation of one state under Israeli rule with limited rights for Palestinians” and 25% support continuing the status quo. These are four separate questions, in case you’re wondering why these don’t add up to a hundred. For more despair juice, 47.4% of Jewish respondents support the creation of settlements in Gaza after the war. That’s a majority if you don’t count the 12.6% I don’t know responses (page 7). I could go on. See what I mean? It’s a full 11 pages of questions asking “do you want peace” and Israeli Jews answering “no”. I don’t think it’s possible to read this and still think Israel will ever choose peace willingly.
Yes, I did click through to the findings PDF and carefully looked at how the questions were worded.
Now compare the numbers for Palestinians with surveys from PCPSR or similar.
I mean, sure, it’s an ethnic conflict with a bunch of bad blood on both sides. That’s a bit of a whataboutism, though, since this was about whether most Israelis want peace.
First, that’s irrelevant because it’s Israel holding all the power in their Apartheid and genocide project. Second, no I won’t. You compare and make your own point.
Everyone wants ‘peace’, but you should ask people what peace means. For Israelis, peace means that every Palestinian is either murdered or forcably removed from their land. For Palestinians, peace means that they are allowed to move freely within Palestine and have the same rights as Israelis.
For Israelis peace means not getting attacked any more by any of their neighbours.
If that were true they would’ve had peace long ago. https://decolonizepalestine.com/myth/israel-has-always-sought-peace/