As I stated to RL, Iran has influence but does not ADMINISTER Gaza. This is demonstrably factual. Hamas runs the entire public sector in Gaza, passes and enforces laws, does EVERYTHING that governments around the world do. For someone to pretend it is not a self ruling entity, a defacto state, is self-delusional - for what purpose I can only surmise.
Heavy influence does not make Gaza a province of Iran. I would argue Iran has more influence with Hezbollah since that organization is Shiite while Hamas is Sunni.
And yes Hamas is a brutal dictatorship and their Parliament is window dressing, as is the case with so many other dictatorships around the world. There are plenty of nations where the people have no voice and disappear if they speak out against the regime. Those places are still nations regardless of their government.
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I guess we have to disagree.
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