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It is briefly mentioned here that the major driver of the high-end of their tech industry (mostly near Ramallah rather than in Gaza) is Israeli entrepreneurs, who hire teams and also encourage entrepreneurship.
So were Germany's industries when they lost the second world war after trying to exterminate the Jews. This is the fault of Hamas, just like what happened to Germans was the fault of the Nazis.
I wouldn’t make a comparison to nazi Germany, that’s a bit cheap. A more accurate point is that they are trying to build industry in an active war zone. Yeah, good luck.
I would recommend reading the Hamas charter. Not the revised one circa 2017, which softens the language, but the original charter circa 1987, which was in place when they were democratically elected by the Palestinian people in 2006.
I don’t think everyone there is part of hamas, just an extreme, but powerful minority
an active war zone that happens to be home to a couple million people. why not tech, what else should they do for work? programming seems like a good fit, since you don't need heavy equipment that could be blockaded or blown up, or crops that could be razed. I'm honestly impressed that people are still trying to work despite running low on generator fuel and fleeing several air strikes a day.
I’m not claiming they have a better option, just the reality of the situation. Ideally they could work on some peaceful compromise to end the conflict, but perhaps they will have
more luck trying to start a tech unicorn than achieve peace with Israel.