Speaking of Hamas’s October 7 attack, Griffiths said he had “total understanding” of the “trauma" it had caused Israel but that Israel would need to build a relationship with its neighbors regardless.

UN Relief Chief Martin Griffiths told a representative from Sky News on Wednesday that he did not consider Hamas to be a terrorist group.

Asked about the feasibility of Israel’s military goal to eliminate Hamas and disallow the terrorist group from having any governing say in Gaza, Griffiths responded “Hamas is not a terrorist group for us, as you know, it is a political movement. But, I think it is very very difficult to dislodge these groups without a negotiated solution; which includes their aspirations.

“I cannot think of an example offhand of a place where a victory through warfare has succeeded against a well-entrenched group, terrorist or otherwise.”

    • taanegl@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      That too. Isn’t it fantastic how one para-military group has been supported by both the Israeli and Iranian states? It’s so great seeing Palestinian people getting played by a bunch of oligarchs so they can be a pawn in geo-political colonization and general fuckery. It’s so fun seeing children die so Netenyahu and the Ayatola can play chess.

      Sometimes I think a couple of well placed nukes would save mother nature from the horrors of humanity.