I can't answer the question of "why would leftists support Hamas" because, well, we don't! None of the ones I know do, nor do I. Opposing the government of Israel does not mean supporting their declared enemies nor does it mean opposing the concept of Israel in general. Now, I will concede that there are people on the left who do seem to…
I can't answer the question of "why would leftists support Hamas" because, well, we don't! None of the ones I know do, nor do I. Opposing the government of Israel does not mean supporting their declared enemies nor does it mean opposing the concept of Israel in general. Now, I will concede that there are people on the left who do seem to support Hamas out of a misguided sense that the enemy of my enemy must always be my friend - but I don't know them, I've never heard from them, so I can't really get into their deeper ideology. If you indeed were a leftist at one point, you're undoubtedly familiar with how fractious and weird we can all be, and how much infighting we do amongst ourselves.
If you're wondering why we don't protest against Hamas, that one's easy. Our government does not support them financially and militarily, so there's nothing to protest against.
I'm not going to get into the rest of your comment because it's genuinely just way too much to unpack but I would encourage you to not assume the absolute worst, most monstrous thing you can about a given political cohort without substantial evidence. You ask if leftists in the US support Hamas, I say we don't. We're not a monolith, nor are we anywhere close to ideologically coherent enough to throw our support en masse behind any one group under any circumstances.
I agree not everyone is the same. But I've read analysis that said Hamas was losing Palistinian support and that was the reason for the attack on civilians on Oct 6th. They knew Israel would be forced to respond. But the Palestinians did not condemn the attack and they have not tried to negotiate peace. Instead they support Hamas to this day. And Hamas has refused any ceasefire agreement.
I can't answer the question of "why would leftists support Hamas" because, well, we don't! None of the ones I know do, nor do I. Opposing the government of Israel does not mean supporting their declared enemies nor does it mean opposing the concept of Israel in general. Now, I will concede that there are people on the left who do seem to support Hamas out of a misguided sense that the enemy of my enemy must always be my friend - but I don't know them, I've never heard from them, so I can't really get into their deeper ideology. If you indeed were a leftist at one point, you're undoubtedly familiar with how fractious and weird we can all be, and how much infighting we do amongst ourselves.
If you're wondering why we don't protest against Hamas, that one's easy. Our government does not support them financially and militarily, so there's nothing to protest against.
I'm not going to get into the rest of your comment because it's genuinely just way too much to unpack but I would encourage you to not assume the absolute worst, most monstrous thing you can about a given political cohort without substantial evidence. You ask if leftists in the US support Hamas, I say we don't. We're not a monolith, nor are we anywhere close to ideologically coherent enough to throw our support en masse behind any one group under any circumstances.
I agree not everyone is the same. But I've read analysis that said Hamas was losing Palistinian support and that was the reason for the attack on civilians on Oct 6th. They knew Israel would be forced to respond. But the Palestinians did not condemn the attack and they have not tried to negotiate peace. Instead they support Hamas to this day. And Hamas has refused any ceasefire agreement.