Hamas Executes Man For Implying Gazans Not Their Pawns

In his defense the accused claimed one need not read into his statements that he favored the cursed Zionist occupation.

Gaza City, February 10 – The militant Islamist organization that runs this beleaguered coastal territory has put to death a resident for saying and writing statements that give the impression that the Gaza Strip’s population are not supposed to serve as little more than objects for the group to exploit in their quest for political, financial, or military advantage, sources in the movement announced today.

Hamas Spokesman Mahmoud al-Zahar told reporters that the movement had put Kanoun Fadr to death by firing squad Wednesday morning after he was convicted by a court of implying in recorded conversations and several posts on social media that the people of Gaza have a purpose other than, or at least beyond, being used as tools for Hamas to advance its anti-Israel political goals and cement its power over Gazan life. Al-Zahar said the execution took place at the site of a collapsed tunnel, and Fadr’s body was photographed there as if to show that the organization had lost a noble fighter in its struggle against Israel, and thus boosted its dignity, as opposed to merely getting rid of a dissenter.

Fadr, an unemployed former merchant, stood accused of disseminating Facebook posts in which he expressed the hope that soon the armed conflict would end so life could return to the semblance of normalcy that prevailed before Israel uprooted its settlements in the territory in 2005 and withdrew all military forces, only imposing a naval blockade a little more than a year later to prevent weapons smuggling. The 34-year-old father of five confessed to making the posts, and to voicing similar sentiments in a conversation with an undercover agent.

In his defense the accused claimed one need not read into his statements that he favored the cursed Zionist occupation, or that he genuinely favored a “normal” life over the path of noble sacrifice that would help advance the Hamas cause. Fadr’s attorney, Ahmad Madmadmadworld, argued that it did not follow that his client did not support, or was not willing to surrender his individuality to, their leadership’s policies. Mamdmadmadworld told the court that Fadr was merely hoping that the Palestinian victory would come sooner, and more convincingly, rather than later. The court, however, was unmoved, and sentenced the defendant to die by firing squad.

Following the execution this morning and the filming of the “martyr’s” body for propaganda purposes, the corpse was attached to the back of a motor scooter and dragged through the city streets in an effort to identify sections of road that are too bumpy.