re: #158 researchok

Yes, but that racism was driven by politics. The racism is secondary to the politics.
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I don’t know how you make that distinction, when it’s one group that considers itself a ‘race’ waging a war for independent control of what it considers its country from another ‘race’.

Hamas policy is predicated on racism and bigotry- and that is what drives their politics. There is a difference

It’s a difference far too fine for me to see. The IRA used nationalism, racism, religious fervor, and past grudges to justify their cause.