Lost in the Left: How Hamas Ruined Gaza and the Palestinian Cause
By Khaled Salih
October 7, 2023
“I say to the masses of the people and our nation, and to the free people of the world: Today, the wrath of al-Aqsa has exploded – the rage of our people, our nation, and the free people of the world. I say to our pure mujahideen: This is the day that you make this criminal enemy understand that its time is up. [The Quran says:] 'Kill them wherever you may find them.’”
—Mohammed Deif — Hamas Military Commander
Ultimately, Hamas’s leadership became “lost in the left” – trapped in a one-sided mode of thinking that allowed ideology to eclipse reality. In doing so, they betrayed their own people in Gaza as much as they brutalized their enemies in Israel. By sabotaging Gaza, Hamas also sabotaged the moral standing of the Palestinians.
