How not to gain world sympathy
Feb. 4th, 2009 12:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
samsamkaHamas steals aid supplies from UN building.
And in the process, most likely discourages hundreds of thousands of people worldwide from contributing money toward aid to Gaza. This is exactly the reason that the BBC was recently giving in not broadcasting information about where to send relief money: the aid will go to Hamas.
Of course, Hamas can't do that much military damage with food and blankets, but it can claim credit for them when distributing them and cut off aid to people who oppose them (the fact that the UN was giving aid to people linked to Hamas opponents was one of the reasons Hamas gave for stealing the supplies). So to the extent that Hamas can wield control over aid as a weapon over the Gazan people, this is a serious problem.
So yeah, fuck you, Hamas. Good people paid good money for that stuff, and it wasn't for you.
And in the process, most likely discourages hundreds of thousands of people worldwide from contributing money toward aid to Gaza. This is exactly the reason that the BBC was recently giving in not broadcasting information about where to send relief money: the aid will go to Hamas.
Of course, Hamas can't do that much military damage with food and blankets, but it can claim credit for them when distributing them and cut off aid to people who oppose them (the fact that the UN was giving aid to people linked to Hamas opponents was one of the reasons Hamas gave for stealing the supplies). So to the extent that Hamas can wield control over aid as a weapon over the Gazan people, this is a serious problem.
So yeah, fuck you, Hamas. Good people paid good money for that stuff, and it wasn't for you.
