Anti-Hamas protests erupt in Gaza. Where are our pro-Palestine 'allies' now? Opinion

[Beastly Boy]

The anti-Hamas protests that erupted last week in the Gaza Strip are a testament to what many of us from Gaza have been saying for years: The people of this besieged enclave are exhausted by Hamas’ rule and ready to break free from the terrorist group.

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Where was the outrage from the "pro-Palestine movement" activists? Where were the protests in Western capitals for Oday [Nasser Al Rabay, tortured to death by Hamas]? Nowhere. Because he did not fit into their ideological framework because his killing was not useful and too inconvenient to their narrative.

Meanwhile, when a protester with a distinctly different profile ‒ Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University graduate student ‒ finds himself detained in the United States, the pro-Palestinian activists who claim to advocate for the oppressed wasted no time in flooding Western streets with protests calling for his release. His arrest became an emblem of resistance, sparking global campaigns to bring him home. But what about the young Palestinian from Gaza who, without the protection of international institutions, was tortured to death for his dissent? Oday was left to rot in obscurity, his brutal murder by Hamas nothing more than an inconvenient fact for the same movement that fervently defended Mahmoud.

This stark contrast is not only a failure of solidarity ‒ it's also an indictment of the hollow, opportunistic nature of the so-called pro-Palestine movement. Mahmoud, a student in the West, was elevated to the status of martyr. Oday, a young man from Gaza, was left to die at the hands of the very regime that Western allies refuse to confront. The hypocrisy is staggering.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/04/04/gaza-protests-hamas-palestinians-terror/82774426007/

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[sheshe2]

1. Good question.

Fact is, this is all on Hamas. They started this conflict, continued the conflict and let their own people die. They used them as shields in the hospitals, their homes and in their safe places. They starved them, stole from them and denied them a right to life. They made them targets.

Shame on the Palestinian protesters for having gone silent now but sadly it just didn't fit their scenario.

Some observers ask: Why now? Where are the women?

Imagine being a woman in Gaza, trying to make your voice heard in a Hamas-controlled, male-dominated society while simultaneously struggling to secure food and shelter for your family.

Even then, the young men, the elderly and all those brave souls who have risked their lives to defy Hamas in the streets are carrying a message much greater than themselves. They are the voice of countless others who share their sentiment but fear the repercussions and consequences of speaking out.