@JoeTruzman: "I suspect that your average Palestinian in Gaza found Mashal’s words patronizing. Mashal invoked Palestinian suffering, yet the decision-makers in Hamas have purposely brought the wrath of the Israeli military upon Gaza. Rather than discussing a metaphorical rise from the ashes, Mashal and his Hamas henchmen should be begging for forgiveness from the Palestinian people for the dire circumstances they have created in Gaza."
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