Hamas very nervous about the anti-Hamas protests in Gaza ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Hamas very nervous about the anti-Hamas protests in Gaza

The protests in Gaza against Hamas have gotten so large that the world media cannot ignore them.

But what is Hamas saying?

In its first statement about the protests, Hamas said that they weren't really that big a deal:

Any spontaneous slogans or positions issued by some demonstrators against the resistance approach do not reflect the general national position. Rather, they come as a result of the unprecedented pressure our people are under and the occupation's ongoing attempts to incite internal strife and divert attention from its ongoing crimes.

Then Hamas, which meticulously tries to control every piece of information leaving Gaza, hilariously said that they believe the people have every right to free speech.

The right of Palestinians to express their opinions and participate in peaceful demonstrations is legitimate and an integral part of the national values in which we believe and defend.

The media office then called for "national unity and for Gazans to direct all their efforts to confronting the occupation and its plans."

The message from the Hamas security forces was a little different, saying this was an Israeli-orchestrated campaign. "We are monitoring the systematic incitement campaign against the Palestinian resistance, which culminated in the criminal enemy's Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, calling on citizens in the Gaza Strip to take to the streets against the resistance, demand its expulsion from the Gaza Strip, and hand over the Zionist prisoners.

"The occupation's request for citizens to go out against the resistance is consistent with a premeditated incitement campaign run by Palestinian security agencies for purely political purposes," their statement said.

Hamas' Al Qsssam Brigades also addressed the issue on their Telegram channel, quoting an allied group urging Gazans not to protest: "O sons of our patient people, you who have suffered and sacrificed and continue to do so, do not be an aid to the occupation and its agents, and do not achieve their goal by revolting against the resistance."

They also say that Israel is behind the protests.

This all indicates that Hamas is quite nervous about the protests, and does not have the manpower to quash them as they did in the past. Like Hezbollah, they must keep up the pretense that they are defending their people, and when the people say this isn't true, they are put in a very uncomfortable position.

My guess is that they will start to infiltrate the protests with anti-Israel signs to try to redirect the anger away from them.