I think folks just jump in without any context or American context and hope for the best but it’s a different monster entirely. The irony that all the context needed is in this thread if folks would read but that’s a tall ask it seems. I digress.
All of this has been evident to anyone who actually follows this but then again BGOL is more Arab than actual fucking Arabs.
BGOL will try to apply reflexive contrarianism that sometimes works with domestic politics in the US to the geopolitical stage and it just doesn't fit.
For example, there are people here arguing, inexplicably, that Hamas is somehow linked to the PLO and they are fighting the imperialist together: Fatah and Hamas/Islamic Jihad etc. hand in hand...They literally were just killing each other in a camp in Lebanon last month but this is BGOL so, of course, facts don't matter...
Clashes resumed in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp overnight, with heavy gunfire and shelling wounding at least 20 people and prompting residents of the camp and the surrounding area to flee on Friday.
Earlier this summer, there were several days of street battles in the Ein el-Hilweh camp between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement and Islamist groups after Fatah accused the Islamists of gunning down one of their military generals on July 30. Those street battles left at least 13 dead and dozens wounded, and forced hundreds to flee from their homes.
Clashes resume between factions in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp
Clashes have resumed in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, with heavy gunfire and shelling wounding at least 20 people.apnews.com
It’s easy to conflate them but it’s far more complex than an American two party system.
Here’s a good breakdown of Hamas vs Fatah vs PLO vs Hezbollah etc
Hate-filled, misogynist, and racist tweets have targeted a Sudanese TV anchor following a report on her show that criticized the Lebanese government, including Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
The fury targeting Dalia Ahmad came after she described the country’s long-reigning party officials as crocodiles during her show “Fashet Khalq” on Lebanon’s Al-Jadeed news channel.
#DogBreedImprovement was trending in Lebanon in Arabic after vicious tweets sent out by Hezbollah loyalist accounts attacked Ahmad and the color of her skin.
“You’d be sitting under the safety of God when a black dog comes and starts barking, you want to hit it but then it appears not to be a dog but a black female dog from Sudan,” read a tweet from a profile featuring a photo
Journalists loyal to Hezbollah and media representatives also chimed in. Journalist Hosein Mortada, who has more than 494,000 followers, tweeted a picture of Ahmad with the comment: “There are breeds that don’t improve because their genes are unclean from the start.”
Another tweet read: “Without #hizbollah Dalia Ahmed would have been offered for sale in the slave market, along with her ilk, by ISIS.”
“Never in my life have I bullied or criticized the creation of our Lord, but this despicable woman, because her heart and tongue are so black they are reflecting on her ugly and malicious face,” read a tweet from @KassemHala555, which had a black smiley face emoji at the end and two images of Ahmad.
Lebanon: Hezbollah trolls harass critical Black news anchor with racist tweets
BEIRUT: Hate-filled, misogynist, and racist tweets have targeted a Sudanese TV anchor following a report on her show that criticized the Lebanese government, including Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The fury targeting Dalia Ahmad came after she described the country’s long-reigning party...www.arabnews.com
This is what a lot of you are supporting out of ignorance...
Shameful but apropos.
