# Discussion thread for the Hamas Attacks Israel thread, October 2023

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** israel-hamas-war\
**Created:** [October 9, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread-october-2023/991317 "2023-10-09T15:10:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread-october-2023/991317/5987 "2026-01-03T21:34:16Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> So if you agree there are plenty of non extremist aid experts, why did Israel give the job to those Trumpy bozos?

> [@Babale](#):
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> Because Netanyahu is a piece of shit. He picked just about the worst option possible. It’s only a slight improvement over the existing Hamas collaborators.
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> Like I said, if I _could_ have a group motivated by Liberal values distributing aid, I’d greatly prefer that.

> [@Babale](#):
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> Did I agree to that? I said they were just about the second worst option possible. I don’t think they’re _totally_ incompetent.
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> 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).

> [@Babale](#):
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> A bunch of incompetent bozos and a _massive_ improvement over the intentionally malicious people there beforehand, correct.

This guy named Babale agreed with me earlier in the thread that the GHF were “a bunch of incompetent bozos”, and said they were only a “slight improvement” over the previous guys. I guess he’s a “terrorist collaborator”?

Have you really already forgotten that the GHF are evangelical Trumper bozos with zero aid experience? This was just a few weeks ago…

Are you okay?

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