More: How Neither Israel nor Hamas Won Anything

Many assume Hamas “won” because they remain standing. If Hamas was a legitimate resistance organization this would be true, but it isn’t;

This also assumes Israel’s objective was to actually eliminate Hamas – it was not. Israel along with the US and its other proxies in the region (Qatar especially) created and prop up Hamas specifically to maintain a deadly strategy of tension, justify Israel’s perpetual state of extremism and militarization, and as both a proxy and pretext for war in the region;

Many look at the immense death, destruction, and setbacks Israel helped deliver to Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria, Russia and Iran and conclude this is a victory for Israel, yet it did all of this at the expense of its economy and global standings;

In reality, Hamas and Israel are both proxies who have no genuine interest in their own self-preservation or any long-term constructive future for the populations they preside over;

As long as the general public defer to their emotions rather than evidence and real analysis, this deadly theater will continue, a detriment to the entire region regardless of what side anyone is on;

Iran must run with the “Hamas victory” narrative because it was wounded and isolated and is attempting to appear strong. It has also attempted for years to pivot Hamas toward legitimate resistance and seeks to assume the role of cheif sponsor of the resistance from US proxies like Qatar and the Western-sponsored Muslim Brotherhood who pretend to lead and underwrite the resistance even as they help the US overrun Syria, Libya, and Iran itself…

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