¡°They could have risen up, they could have fought against that evil regime which took over Gaza in a coup d¡¯etat.¡±
Israeli President Isaac Herzog ought to have known better than to say that.
But for those who don¡¯t know better ¡ª those who had no call to pay attention to Palestinian politics until a month ago ¡ª might be forgiven for asking why Hamas has never faced a serious uprising from within their Gazan redoubt in the 17 years it has ruled the strip.
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