A Palestinian from Gaza City told The Jerusalem Post that deep-seated fear of Hamas, instilled since the group's founding in 1987, explains why anti-Hamas demonstrations in June failed to gain traction. The account comes after the 'June 26 Revolution' protests were acknowledged as a failure by their organizers.
A Palestinian resident of Gaza City attributed the failure of the June 26 anti-Hamas protests to a pervasive climate of fear and intimidation cultivated by the organization since its inception. Speaking to The Jerusalem Post, the resident stated: 'No one can imagine the level of fear and intimidation Hamas has instilled in people's hearts since its foundation in 1987.'
As The Zioneer has reported, organizers of the planned 'June 26 Revolution' acknowledged on Friday, June 26, that the demonstrations did not achieve their goals. On the same day, hundreds of Palestinians did take to the streets in multiple locations across Gaza — the first significant such public protests in about a year — but they appear to have been limited in scale and did not spread into broader unrest.
The account from Gaza City offers a firsthand explanation for the limited turnout, contrasting with the declared ambitions of the protest movement. The source's identity has not been disclosed. The report comes after U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee accused Hamas on June 28 of violently suppressing Palestinian protests, a charge the international community did not condemn.
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