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There is a telling detail in Hamas' Al Qassam Brigades website where it brags about the 2014 Gaza war.
" The Brigades of the Martyr Izz el-Deen al-Qassam, the military wing of the Hamas movement, , is celebrating the victory against the Zionist enemy during the [2014 Gaza war], and the enemy soldiers are still talking about the courage of fighters in the fierce battles on the threshold of Gaza, and of the fear chasing usurpers because of the rockets."
I doubt that any Israeli soldiers are talking about what fantastic fighters Hamas had.
But Hamas needs to believe that this is true.
When you live in an honor/shame society, the worst thing that can happen is to be publicly shamed. But the second-worst thing is to be irrelevant.
(full article online)
Hamas wants Israel to respect it ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News
" The Brigades of the Martyr Izz el-Deen al-Qassam, the military wing of the Hamas movement, , is celebrating the victory against the Zionist enemy during the [2014 Gaza war], and the enemy soldiers are still talking about the courage of fighters in the fierce battles on the threshold of Gaza, and of the fear chasing usurpers because of the rockets."
I doubt that any Israeli soldiers are talking about what fantastic fighters Hamas had.
But Hamas needs to believe that this is true.
When you live in an honor/shame society, the worst thing that can happen is to be publicly shamed. But the second-worst thing is to be irrelevant.
(full article online)
Hamas wants Israel to respect it ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News