Hanan Shai, stop insulting our intelligence!
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Allah, The Most High, said:
يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ كُونُواْ قَوَّٲمِينَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ شُہَدَآءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَوِ ٱلۡوَٲلِدَيۡنِ وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَۚ إِن يَكُنۡ غَنِيًّا أَوۡ فَقِيرً۬ا فَٱللَّهُ أَوۡلَىٰ بِہِمَاۖ فَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ أَن تَعۡدِلُواْۚ وَإِن تَلۡوُ ۥۤاْ أَوۡ تُعۡرِضُواْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرً۬ا
O you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah; even though it be against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, be he rich or poor, Allah is a Better Protector to both (than you). So, follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest you may avoid justice, and if you distort your witness or refuse to give it, verily, Allah is Ever Well-Acquainted with what you do. [An-Nisaa. 135]
Hanan stated:
Response: Hanan, stop insulting our intelligence- opinion
This is a brief reply to Hanan Shai, who aims to make the IDF avoid accountability while simultaneously isolating the primary cause of the conflict since 1948. It is an insult to our intelligence when these people try to misinterpret what is as evident as the midday sun. Hanan even attempts to show sympathy for the Palestinians, yet solely blames Hamas without addressing the fundamental issue at hand. The entire article represents yet another effort by these writers to shift all responsibility for the consequences of the situation onto others, both those who deserve it and those who do not, while consistently seeking to belittle our intelligence. Furthermore, the antisemitism card is frequently played inappropriately or exaggerated, as well as absurd comparisons to deflect blame onto others. This is not to suggest that antisemitism should be tolerated in any form; just as the far-right Zionist actions since 1948 are a heinous crime against Palestinians, antisemitism is also a grave offense when properly identified and not wielded as a political tool to silence those who speak out against the actions of Netanyahu, the IDF, and their supporters.
Hanan stated: There is a stark difference between the war zones of Lebanon and Gaza: in Lebanon, civilians can flee when fighting erupts. In Gaza, they are trapped. Hamas identified this and turned it into its greatest strength: civilians became its doomsday weapon. [end of quote]
Response: There is a clear distinction between the thief and the victim, the invader and the invaded, the oppressive colonialist since 1948 and the Palestinians, despite the attempts of the wrongdoer to switch roles, with the wrongdoer trying to present himself as the victim and the actual victim being labelled as the wrongdoer. Furthermore, in Lebanon, civilians have not been stripped of their homes, nor have they been brutalised and murdered daily since 1948, as is the case in Palestine. Although Hamas finds itself with nowhere to retreat in this conflict, the crux of the matter is that they should never have initiated the war or targeted non-combatants. On the other hand, callous Netanyahu and the IDF responded with excessive force while also pursuing additional objectives under the guise of self-defence. We emphasise that Hamas deserves condemnation for its actions against non-combatants, but there’s none who deserves more condemnation that those who have been murdering and stealing property since 1948. Thus, this comparison between Lebanese civilians and Gazans is a myth. Furthermore, Hamas serves as a tool for the Zionist far-right. Read: https://abuiyaad.com/w/hamas-israeli-right
Hanan said: Recognizing the IDF’s core advantage – long-range precision firepower – Hamas devised three tactics to neutralize it: using tunnels for manoeuvre and combat, turning civilians into human shields, and controlling humanitarian aid to feed its logistics and dictate the war’s duration. [end of quote]
Response: Netanyahu is not genuinely at war; instead, he is attempting to rationalise the theft and occupation that has persisted since 1948. This is significant because prior to the emergence of Hamas, Zionist forces were already committing atrocities against Palestinians. Thus, no matter what tactics Hamas employs, the core issue remains the occupation and theft. Regardless of which faction provides Netanyahu with a pretext to continue fighting, he remains an occupier and a thief. Regarding the assertion that Hamas employs civilians as human shields, there are also accounts of Zionist soldiers utilising Palestinians in the same manner. In this context, both Zionists and Hamas are responsible in the sight of Allah for this brutality, as Prince Turki Al Faisal, may Allah preserve him, has articulated with great clarity. Listen below:
Hanan said: Despite massive damage, Hamas has so far prevented Israel from achieving its two central war objectives: returning the hostages and dismantling it as a governing and military power. At the same time, through false claims of famine and mass civilian deaths, Hamas generated a collapse in Israel’s international legitimacy and unleashed an unprecedented wave of antisemitism. [end of quote]
Response: Netanyahu’s goal is not to secure the release of hostages; rather, it is to further undermine the possibility of a two-state solution. The claim of dismantling Hamas serves merely as a distraction, as the far-right Zionists have previously utilized Hamas to their advantage. Read here: https://abuiyaad.com/w/hamas-israeli-right
Furthermore, to assert that there is no hunger or starvation in Gaza is akin to denying the existence of the midday sun. Regarding antisemitism, it is essential to combat it, but it should not be invoked while committing injustice, as the core issue at hand is occupation, brutality, and theft. If the IDF is despised for its lethal operations, that animosity is justified; however, any harm inflicted on a non-combatant Jew or any Jew living peacefully elsewhere should also be condemned. In this context, we unequivocally denounce the vandalism aimed at synagogues and other acts of violence. Read about antisemitism here:
https://abuiyaad.com/sn/muslims-antisemitism
https://abuiyaad.com/w/antisemitism-ernest-renan
https://abuiyaad.com/a/muhammad-semitic-prophet
Hanan said: The use of civilians: The IDF appears not to have anticipated Hamas’s use of civilians as a strategic weapon – neither before the war nor at its outset. Only after the new IDF chief of staff took command was a clear concept developed in Operation Gideon’s Chariots: severing Hamas from Gaza’s civilian population. [end of quote]
Response: The IDF and its predecessors do not have to anticipate any situation, as they have always killed Palestinians regardless of who stands in their path. So, why do numerous observers, including medical professionals, report that snipers deliberately aim at civilians? The Zionist forces have been committing these acts of violence since 1948.
Read below:
The Deir Yassin Massacre: Took place on April 9, 1948, near Jerusalem, during which between 107 to 254 Palestinians were massacred at the hands of the extremist “Stern” gang.
The Nasr al-Din Massacre: Took place in April 1948. Al-Lajjun Massacre: Took place on April 13, 1948, in a Palestinian Arab village in the Jenin District, where the Zionist Haganah gang attacked it and killed 13 people.
The Saliha Massacre: Took place in May 1948, during which 75 Palestinians were massacred.
The Abu Shusha Massacre: Took place on May 14, 1948, near the village of Deir Yassin, and claimed the lives of (50) citizens, including women, men, children, and the elderly.
The Beit Daras Massacre: Took place in northeastern Gaza on May 21, 1948.
The Tantura Massacre: Took place on May 22, 1948, in the occupied city of Haifa, and claimed the lives of about (200) Palestinians.
The Lydda Massacre: Took place on July 12, 1948, in the occupied city of Lydda, and resulted in the massacre of about (500) Palestinians, including (150) who were massacred inside the city’s Grand Mosque. The Zionists threw many of them alive into the town’s wells.
The Dawayima Massacre: Took place on October 29, 1948, when a battalion from the terrorist “Lehi” organization led by Moshe Dayan attacked the village and then began searching homes and shooting at its residents. Entire families were exterminated in the massacre, which resulted in the killing of 200 men, women, and children.
The Zionist massacres did not stop after the Nakba of 1948, but rather their frequency, intensity, and brutality increased in light of the use of more lethal and destructive weapons. Among the most prominent of these massacres were: The Sharafat Massacre, which took place in February 1951, in which 11 Palestinians were massacred, and the rest of the village’s people were displaced. The Bethlehem Massacre took place in January 1952, in which 10 Palestinians were massacred. The Qibya Massacre took place on October 14, 1953, in the village of Qibya, east of Jerusalem, during which (67) Palestinians were massacred, most of whom were women and children, and during which 56 homes were destroyed. The Qalqilya Massacre took place on October 10, 1956, when the occupation forces attacked citizens in the city of Qalqilya in the West Bank, during which about seventy citizens were massacred.
The Kafr Qasem Massacre took place on October 29, 1956, in which 49 Palestinians were massacred, including 11 children, when they were all returning home from work. The Khan Yunis Massacre took place on November 3 and 12, 1956, in which between 280 and 500 Palestinians were massacred.
In 1970, Zionist aircraft struck Bahr al-Baqar Primary School and Abu Zaabal factories, killing more than 150 Egyptian students and workers. In 1980, the extremist Jewish organization Kach attempted to blow up Al-Aqsa Mosque, and a shipment of explosives weighing 120 kg was discovered. The Sabra and Shatila massacre took place in September 1982. This massacre lasted three days, and its direct perpetrators were members of the Lebanese Phalange forces allied with the Zionists led by Ariel Sharon. The Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre took place on February 25, 1994, when a Zionist named “Barog Goldstein” stormed the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron, and fired bullets and bombs at the worshipers. This massacre resulted in the massacre of 29 Palestinians. The Qana Massacre took place on April 18, 1995. [Compiled from various old Arab Newspapers]
So, where were the Ikhwanis of Hamas while the Zionist forces were committing murder? Was there anything obstructing them? Furthermore, some Zionist soldiers have utilised Palestinians as human shields, which means this war has no heroes, as articulated by Prince Turki al-Faisal. Listen again:
Hanan said: The proposed method: redirecting humanitarian aid to safe, organized distribution zones and transferring civilians to them, rather than allowing Hamas to control the aid. This would have enabled encirclement, starvation, and defeat of Hamas, while providing protection to civilians. [end of quote]
Response: Having been convicted of shooting civilians during their alleged aid distribution, they now seek to shift the blame onto others while attempting to appear more compassionate. Their true goal is not to defeat Hamas; instead, it serves as a facade for their real aim: to continue the occupation and theft while obstructing the two-state solution. Hanan, cease your lies and the self-deception you are engaging in.
Hanan said: According to media reports, this effort was blocked after three reserve officers claimed the civilian transfer violated international law. If true, this reflects a grave misunderstanding. The Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits forced deportation but explicitly permits – and even mandates – temporary evacuation for life-saving purposes. Voluntary, protected relocation is not a war crime. It is a legal and moral duty. [end of quote]
Response: International law should be the last topic you bring up, as it is under America’s Zionist supporters who sanction and show hostility to any to speaks out very loud against Zionist brutality. No matter what happened in the above incident that Hanan mentioned, it is clear that not only do Netanyahu and his associates deceive, but they have also openly collaborated with others to express their intention to displace Palestinians after intentionally ravaging Gaza and then proposing to relocate them elsewhere. How can anyone trust Netanyahu and his ilk in their attempts to move civilians to safe havens when they bomb them no matter where they seek refuge? Therefore, cease invoking international law; instead, Netanyahu and his henchmen always act as they please and then play the victim. The entire world is aware of their deceitful tactics and falsehoods.
Hanan said: Jerusalem’s historical parallels
If this legal argument blocked the IDF from neutralizing Hamas’s human shield, it reflects a tragic failure: rigid obedience to the law without understanding its purpose. The result may be failure to defeat Hamas – just as rigid legalism once led to Jerusalem’s destruction. [end of quote]
Response: No legal constraints have prevented Netanyahu from killing civilians and devastating infrastructure to an unpredictable and unprecedented extent. His aim is not to neutralise Hamas; instead, they exploit Hamas to further their own objectives. Hanan attempts to insult our intelligence with their so-called rigid adherence to the law, while it is widely recognised that the Zionist utter genocidal rhetoric that have been documented by numerous organisations. Read here: https://salafidawahmanchester.com/2025/01/15/must-take-a-look-at-what-is-happening-in-their-own-backyard-first/
Hamas serves as their tool for seizing everything that rightfully belongs to the Palestinians. Netanyahu and his henchmen are the least qualified to discuss adherence to the norms of civilised society, given their blatant brutality since 1948. Hamas is merely their pawn.
Hanan said: The Talmud recounts how Rabbi Zechariah ben Avkolas refused a Roman sacrifice due to a minor legal flaw. The refusal sparked rebellion and led to catastrophe. Rabbi Yohanan lamented: “His scrupulousness destroyed our Temple, burned our sanctuary, and exiled us from our land.” Excessive legalism, detached from moral responsibility, proved ruinous. [end of quote]
Response: What transpired back then holds no significance for us, as the final infallible revelation clarifies that all earlier texts, including the Torah and the Injeel, have been altered.
Hanan said: Israel could have presented the world with a moral and strategic precedent: Britain’s World War II Operation Pied Piper, which evacuated 3.5 million civilians, including 1.5 million children, from cities like London to safe zones. Churchill didn’t wait for mass death – he acted pre-emptively. His aim: protect lives and enable effective warfare. [end of quote]
Response: Britain was engaged in a conflict with another nation to safeguard its sovereignty, whereas Netanyahu and his predecessors are invaders, robbers, and perpetrators of genocide. Their deceitful actions and treacherous conduct make it impossible for anyone to trust that they have honourable intentions. Instead, it appears that their goal is to displace others in order to seize land and carry out nefarious deeds in secrecy.
Hanan said: Two desperate incidents: Gazan civilians, held hostage by Hamas and used as shields, deserve similar protection. Like the Israeli hostages, they too are captives.
As the proposed “Witkoff Deal” is hopefully soon agreed upon, Israel may gain the hostages’ return – at the cost of abandoning its second war goal. But if the deal fails, combat will resume under worsening conditions. Then, like Churchill – not Rabbi Zechariah ben Avkolas – Israel must act: evacuate civilians, reclaim battlefield initiative, and fulfil its moral and strategic duty. The choice will be clear: defeat Hamas – or watch Israel undo itself.
Response: Gazans and the hostages are held hostage by you and Hamas because it is a useless war. As long as Netanyahu and others persist in their brutality, they will keep committing murder, theft, and displacement, exploiting individuals like Hamas for a futile conflict. Listen again: https://youtu.be/Z3-cWyFcK5w
Stop insulting our intelligence Hanan!