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Gaza Could Have Been Singapore. Hamas Turned It into ISIS


(Newsweek) Bassem Eid - Singapore and Gaza are both self-governing city-states located at key crossroads of world trade on the opposite ends of the Asian continent. Yet, due to differences in civil culture and governance, Singapore has been built into the trade hub of East Asia. Gaza has become a terrorist dystopia like the lands formerly under ISIS. Hamas' Taliban-like mini-emirate is a brutal tinpot dictatorship where anyone living other than a strictly Islamic lifestyle lives under terrible repression. This may help us understand the insanity and brutality of the organization that just conducted a wild raid into Israel, perpetrating the worst massacre of civilians in the history of Israel. The writer is a Palestinian political analyst and human rights pioneer.
2023-10-11 00:00:00
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