https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-are-there-more-protests-against-hamas-in-gaza-than-in-britain/
You’re more likely to see a protest against Hamas in Gaza than in London. For brave, spirited agitation against this army of anti-Semites that murders Israelis and oppresses Palestinians, forget Britain’s activist class – they’re too busy frothing about the ‘evil’ Jewish State morning, noon and night. Look instead to the bombed-out Gaza Strip itself, where, finally, fury with Hamas is bubbling over.
If Palestinians vented their Hamas criticism in Britain, they would get an earful from ‘progressives’
Hundreds of Gazans took to their rubble-strewn streets to register their disdain for Hamas. Around a hundred gathered in Beit Lahia in the north of Gaza, brandishing placards saying ‘Stop War’ and ‘Children in Palestine want to live’. Some chanted ‘Hamas out’ and even ‘Hamas terrorists’. The ‘people are tired’, said one attendee. They’re tired of war, so they want the people who started this war – Hamas – to go.
There were protests in Jabalia, also in the north, and in Khan Younis, one of the big cities in the south. Marchers hollered ‘Down with Hamas’. Others made a simpler cry: ‘We want to eat.’ The valiant dissenters may have numbered in the hundreds, rather than the thousands. But their demand that Hamas stop denying them the two essentials of life – food and freedom – should echo around the world. Let’s hope these are the first stirrings of a larger revolt.
It is extraordinary to me that it seems less risky to protest against Hamas in Gaza than in Britain. Yes, these protesters will likely be chided by their ruthless Islamist rulers. One Gazan said he saw Hamas security forces ‘in civilian clothing’ breaking up a protest. But I reckon you’d get a far speedier roughing-up if you were to hold up a sign saying ‘Hamas terrorists’ on the streets of London.
