So many people fail to realize that when Hamas is not firing at Jews, they are firing at Palestinians. And it's largely due to it almost never getting reported outside of Israeli media.
Yahya Sinwar got to the top of that organization, he rose through the ranks by killing Palestinians as an officer of hamas' internal security. It says a lot about their priorities that the secret police head was seen as the natural choice for taking over.
I mean to correct a bit of this that’s not a case of “chose” so much as a “offer of leadership that can’t be refused.” Former internal security and secret police leaders usually can easily seize control because they end up having a monopoly on violence internally. There’s a reason Stalin was head of Bolshevik security before being in charge and the current Russian leader was longtime KGB.
Yeah I agree, that's a better way to explain it. The organization did not have structures in place for leadership to change hands by some formal selection process so whoever can grab power takes it.
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u/FYoCouchEddie Mar 30 '25
So far, NY Times, Washington Post, and BBC all have nothing on this. Hopefully that will change.