Discussion thread for the Hamas Attacks Israel thread, October 2023

Did I agree to that? I said they were just about the second worst option possible. I don’t think they’re totally incompetent.

I don’t think UNRWA was incompetent at all, by the way - I think they were accomplishing exactly what they intended to accomplish. They viewed entranching the conflict as a goal (which is why the definition of a Palestinian refugee is different from the definition of every other refugee on the planet - the policy is hand crafted to keep Palestinians “on ice” to be used to pressure Israel with Right of Return demands).