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Originally Posted by Leondros
Well that is not true. Over half of Gazans are over the age of 17. So if there was a vote today the majority would get to have a say in a fair democratic election (assuming of course you could). That is also assuming Israel doesn't intervene again like they did to help create another player like they did Hamas.
For reference about 80% of Canadians are over the age of 17. If in Canada we did not have an election since 2006 that would be roughly 40% assuming a similar distribution of ages over that period of time. That is very significant.
Is the bolded part of your statement grounded in any facts? Or are we introducing personal opinion, Counsellor?
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The idea that Israel intervened to help Hamas win the election is complete BS. Hamas was elected in 2006. Hamas was founded in 1983. In 1984 Israel arrested their leader. Prior to 1983, Hamas was simply the Muslim Brotherhood, which was a well established organization that had been in existence since 1928.