Thread by @sfrantzman

I'm trying to understand something. Hamas' demands and pre-conditions are to return to October 6 basically. So why did Hamas start this war in the first place, if its demands are to go back to October 6? The answer to that question is that Hamas was advised by its handlers/hosts/patrons and this war was designed to set in motion much larger processes.

The rapidity with which Russia, China, Ankara, Doha, Tehran and others moved to circle the wagons after October 7 illustrates that what was really going on was a much larger agenda. The Houthis were then operationalized to carry out attacks too

Then ths anti-Israel lobby also began to operationalize mass protests in the West and hijack them with Hamas slogans such as "flood" and to target Jews. The agenda here is large, well funded and complex. For instance some people on social media began to take up this cause for followers and some of those who had been sidelined due to their support of the Assad regime and Putin...found themselves welcome guests again on shows and invited speakers because they had taken up the pro-Hamas line.

That's why the real story here is not that Hamas just wants a ceasefire and for Israel to return to the October 6 lines...because if it wanted that it would never have done October 7.

The real goal of October 7 was to reset the entire Middle East and also have global famifications...it was a watershed event. And Hamas goal, along with its backers/hosts/patrons, is to bring it into the West Bank and to replace the PA leadership in the future with Hamas.

Another part of this is the unprecedented massacre of Hamas and the ability/power their backers have to get some in the West to claim it is "resistance"...this narrative was pushed by some "human rights" groups even, asserting that any mass killing by Hamas is acceptable

That's why October 7 was so important because it was about changing the whole discussion about what is acceptable, it was a dry run for genocide basically, to wrap genocidal massacres in the "resistance" agenda...and see if people in the West would accept this.

Coordinated attempts to get activist groups in the West to rip down photos of hostages and get them to deny sex crimes under the guise of "if we mention Hamas crimes it will be weaponized"...is a whole new level of operationalizing activists in the West.

The idea was if activists can be made to support a "flood" and massacre of civilians...then they can be used as tools for other campaigns. October 7 was the first shot in a long war. Hamas is a proxy...it was encouraged to do October 7 and bring suffering on Gaza...to serve the interests of others...and you can see others benefited from this. And today the hostage talks are not run just by Hamas...there is a lot at stake in this.