Israel’s support for clans in Gaza puts tribal strongman in spotlight | Israeli officials say arming clans can create a counterweight to Hamas. Some critics of the initiative say it aims to undermine Palestinian nationalism.

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1. So Israel is supporting violent groups within Gaza who are also known to raid aid trucks in an effort to counter Hamas. Hamas being the group who Israel previously supported and claims to be a violent group who raids aid trucks.

   >Abu Shabab also became known inside Gaza in fall 2024 for allegedly being the ringleader of a criminal gang behind the looting of aid trucks, The Post reported in November. At the time, he said he was driven by desperation to “take from the trucks,” though he denied that his men attacked drivers.

2. Israel: *”We are armring these gangs.”*

   Gangs: *”This is Hamas propaganda.”*

   Israel is Hamas.

   >Analysts and historians say that backing for the clans is a page out of an old playbook for Israel, which has at several points in its history provided weapons, money and other support to local groups to divide Palestinians and undermine their national aspirations.

   Groups like the Lebanese Phalangists who committed almost every kind of atrocity that Israel accuses Hamas of.

3. Its the common strategy of Israel in the Middle East to weaken other potential or real adversaries from within. While then pretending to be concerned about certain factions being overrolled. Btw first Hamas was encouraged in the begining similarily by Israel to split PLO. Then they grew independent and pursued other interests. Typical divide and rule tactic

4. I see that Israel is ripping one out of America’s playbook:

   “We need to arm a militant group to fight the militant group that we armed to fight the militant group that we didn’t like.”

5. If Palestinian nationalism results in the Palestinians attacking Israel, it makes sense why Israel would be trying to undermine it. Besides, these are the power players that will partially fill the void when Hamas is gone anyway. Israel supporting them now more than likely ensures they’ll be more friendly to it later.

6. Israel giving out guns and claiming they’re encouraging vigilantism is only going to add more instability. They did fund Hamas in the 80s, and look how that turned out for them.

   Their goal is to cause destabilisation to justify going in again and taking control of an area until order is restored. Nevermind that they’re the ones causing this disorder

7. Yasser Abu Shabab has already been denounced by his own clan (not only denounced, but allowed to be killed by his own tribe men and others)…. There isn’t a clan in Gaza that actually works with Israel…

   The only ones working with Israel currently are thugs and ISIS affiliate militias… Yasser’s faction is one of the main suspects behind stolen aid..

8. Kind of a sidenote that went under the media’s radar. But for some fucking reason, Trump the other day, allowed in Chapos entire family to come to America… Yes, actual Mexican drug cartel members. Apparently it has something to do with the fact that, that one guy who’s putting all those gang members in jail and is now a dictator, was also cutting deals with gangs and this was the deal to get them to shut up.

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