Will Europe Save Hamas in Gaza? I recently met with a high-ranking European official from a country deeply involved in the Israel and Palestine file to discuss Gaza’s future and immediate options for relieving civilians trapped under Hamas’s grip. I presented a simple proposal: create safe zones across the "Yellow Line" into the Israel‑controlled green zone and support new, organized, secure, Hamas‑free communities where Gazans could finally begin rebuilding their lives. Whether the issue is humane living conditions, deradicalization, education, healthcare, or shielding civilians from both Hamas or Israeli strikes, the green zone is the only place where meaningful action is possible. Instead of engaging, the official launched into a long monologue about their country’s contributions to the Palestinian Authority, UNRWA, and other institutions, all while insisting on their own “humility” as a faraway European nation.
Then came the truly alarming part: a casual normalization of Hamas. The official proudly described how easy it had been to work with Hamas before October 7, praising the group for providing “excellent security” and being “easier to work with than others.” What they called pragmatism was, in reality, a twenty‑year pattern of enabling a violent terrorist organization responsible for immense civilian suffering.
When I explained that any Hamas‑free zones would require vetting at the Yellow Line to prevent weapons or operatives from entering, the official reacted with shock. “This vetting would violate international law,” they repeated, insisting that their country could not fund projects with any checks on who enters. I noted the absurdity: I had undergone extensive vetting just to enter their country, and even this building, yet they believed Hamas fighters should be able to walk into new civilian safe zones unimpeded. Their only response was vague appeals to “international law,” which, in their interpretation, seems to require allowing terrorists to hide among civilians.
The meeting ended on an even more surreal note. When the official asked what would happen to Hamas fighters left in the red zone, I said I didn’t care; they could fight the Israeli military on their own all they wanted once they no longer held two million civilians hostage. The official lamented that “this isn’t the old American West” and expressed concern for what would happen to Hamas without human shields. Disgust doesn’t begin to describe my feelings and reactions.
I left convinced of something long suspected: Hamas’s twenty‑year rule was sustained not only by its own brutality but by an ecosystem of NGOs, donor nations, Western European governments, journalists, academics, activists, lawyers, and even self‑styled human‑rights defenders who normalized Hamas, treated it as a legitimate authority, or tolerated its abuses because their hostility toward Israel outweighed their concern for Gazans.
Mi opinión sobre la visita del Papa.
La han organizado de una forma que supone una falta de respeto hacia nuestro pueblo, relegando nuestra cultura, identidad y necesidades a un papel completamente secundario.
Todo ha girado en torno a los extranjeros. No hemos visto una representación real de nuestra tierra ni un discurso centrado en los problemas que afectan a los canarios.
Visitas a inmigrantes ilegales musulmanes, privilegios para extranjeros durante los actos, música extranjera en varios eventos, banderas de otros países por todas partes y una constante apelación a la solidaridad con quienes llegan de fuera, mientras nuestro pueblo sigue estando entre los más pobres de España y de la Unión Europea.
Es indignante.
Lo que debía haber sido un momento histórico para Canarias se ha convertido en un acto en el que los canarios apenas hemos contado.
Se nos ha apartado en Arguineguín y en La Laguna, donde la presencia de extranjeros ha sido claramente prioritaria por decisión de la organización.
El Gobierno de España, el Gobierno de Canarias y el Obispado han humillado a nuestro pueblo. Nos han silenciado. Han convertido nuestra tierra en un escenario donde los canarios no hemos pintado absolutamente nada.
Los progres canarios podrán seguir señalándome y denunciándome, pero les diré una cosa. Ojalá defendieran esta tierra y a su gente con la misma firmeza con la que yo la defiendo.
Verlos callar por miedo a que los llamen "fachas" resulta lamentable. Un pueblo que renuncia a defenderse termina desapareciendo.
Punto y final.
Hay discursos que son estupendos como lección para quien sabe oír.
La mafia no oye.
Los traficantes no se dejan tocar por la moral cristiana, la usan y la pervierten (disculpen la obviedad).
Esto lo veremos pasado mañana.
La "falta de humanidad" que supone que vengan de refugiados y traigan violencia, crimen e inseguridad, ya tal.
No.
Me da igual quién lo diga.
Mis abuelos cruzaron el mundo para sobrevivir y nunca se cargaron a nadie ni lastraron al país de acogida.
Y, traumas, no les faltaban.
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