PrintIn a series of recently published posts (6 November) entitled "Oh politicians, stop this protraction," the former dean of the college of Shari'a (Islamic law) and law at Gaza's Islamic University- Dr. Salman bin Nasr al-Daya- offers an extended critique of Hamas' strategy in provoking the current war in Gaza by launching the 7 October assault and its fight against Israel amid the latter's ongoing military campaign, which, by this point, looks set on continuing to try to destroy Hamas in Gaza (not necessarily impossible as some critics imagine) while establishing a lasting Israeli military presence and effectively implementing 'population control.'
To be clear, al-Daya, a Salafi by orientation, is not in any way trying to justify or approve of Israel's war: on the contrary, he is very clear that he sees the war waged by the "warring people" (his constant term of reference to the Israelis) as genocidal in nature. Instead, I would characterise al-Daya's critique as an extended Islamic elaboration on the point of skepticism raised by anti-war activist Matthew Hoh immediately after the 7 October assault, who poignantly asked what Palestinians would gain as a result of this attack.
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