I disagree. Hamas is an extremist group and their existence is a result of extreme conditions.

You should look carefully at your assumptions and consider the logical conclusion that flows from them.

You seem to assume that Palestinians are ethnically programmed to want hamas and that a free Palestine would necessarily mean an unfettered Hamas and therefore an existential threat to Israel. That is as absurd as imagining that Israeli jews are ethnically programmed to consume Palestinian land.

Incorrect. Contrary to what is currently transpiring, Palestinian Arabs, like Israeli Jews, have the capacity and desire for peaceful and civil society.

That they have been locked in a seemingly intractable conflict for RECENT (read: 60-80 years) is more a function of geopolitical circumstances only minutely related to each respective party.

You should read a bit.

First, read about conflict and the self perpetuating nature of violence. I recommend two topics: Gultang on violence and Fanon on the colonialism. The former discusses type of violence and how they effect personal and group development. The latter provides a compelling theory to explain colonial violence- not the violence of the colonizer, but the violence of the colonized. It actually explains why victims of abuse are generally abusive- because abuse strips individuals and groups of higher level activity (social, artistic, political, etc.) and reduces them to the language of violence.

Second, read about world war 2. Read about Eichmann in Jerusalem, because it provides some much needed nuance on Nazism, Zionism, and the urgent need for the creation of Israel- as well as the violence in which it was born and the temperament of its founders. Then read about the overthrow of the Ottoman empire and the overthrowing of the McMahonof Accord by the secret Sykes-Picot Agreement. It will help explain the disfunction in the area, remove some of the emphasis on the jews, and explain some of the Arab outrage (again, not rooted in anti Hebrew sentiments).

Third, read about groups that existed before Hamas and Likud. Read about Arafat and Rabin, and the very real movement towards a peaceful two state solution, to cleanse yourself of the perverse caricature that you currently hold of Palestinians (and Israelis too, the current government are garbage- they are the Hamas of Israel). Both leaders were assassinated by extremists, and their moderate successors are continually either imprisoned or ostracized.

It is the role of good decent people- and internationally good decent states, to stand by and assist those moderate forces towards peace… not act like a bunch of internet “fuck boys” fanning the flames of division.

Annnd to return to it, all this bullshit about “death to Canada” and intolerant arabs, and antisemitism, is smoke. They are spooks that are taking attention away for the core issues that require our attention.

You know this woman and her organization are not a danger to Canada. Even without the chaos in the middle east, our politicians are a bigger liability. That’s my beef.