Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph. D.

Iran Timeline, Part 20: 2007–2023: ISRAEL OPPRESSION PROMPTED HAMAS ATTACK, October 7, 2023

INTRODUCTION

After Hamas seized Gaza in 2007, the Palestinian arena split permanently. What had once been a negotiation framework under Oslo became a hardened system of control, resistance, and external influence. Gaza evolved into a contained pressure zone. The West Bank became a fragmented administrative space under layered authority. Jerusalem remained the emotional and symbolic trigger point. For sixteen years, this system did not resolve—it intensified. The ancient Anunnaki dominance dementia programmed both Palestinians and Israelis.

2007–2023: Hamas Ran Gaza, Palestinian Authority Ran the West Bank, and Israel Ran Borders, Airspace, and Movement

The Palestinian system hardened. Israel blockaded Gaza, which Hamas controlled, and kept the West Bank under fragmented control. Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel—three distinct realities replaced the unified territorial vision of Oslo.

ISRAEL REDUCED GAZA TO A CAPTIVE ENCLAVE OF PALESTINIANS
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Israel blocked Gaza from the Mediterranean Sea and reduced Gaza to a sealed coastal enclave.  The Israelis said they were containing armed groups in Gaza, but critics said the Israelis were punishing Gaza’s civilians.

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  They restricted the movement of people, goods, and fuel into Gaza, creating scarcity and placing the population under sustained economic pressure. The Israelis enforced land, sea, and air restrictions. 

Egypt restricted Gazans’ access to the Rafah crossing into Egypt. The Karem Crossing separates Egypt from Gaza and was one of the few entry and exit points for Gaza.

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ISRAEL BOUND THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY’S WEST BANK IN A GRID OF OPPRESSION

After the Oslo Accords, Israel divided the West Bank into three administrative zones—Areas A, B, and C—each with different levels of control shared between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Area A: (about 18%): Full Palestinian civil and security control, mainly in major Palestinian cities.
Area B: (about 22%): Palestinian civil control, but Israeli security control—meaning Israeli forces can enter for military operations.
Area C: (about 60%): Full Israeli civil and military control, including most settlements, strategic land, and road networks.

Overlaying this division was a system of Israeli military checkpoints, roadblocks, and permit requirements that regulated Palestinian movement between and within these zones. Palestinians often needed permits to travel between cities, access farmland, or enter Jerusalem, while checkpoints could delay or restrict passage.  This arrangement fragmented the PA’s territory into disconnected enclaves but Israeli authorities said the system they needed the system to keep Israeli’s safe.

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The Israelis enforce a layered control system: checkpoints, barriers, and settlement networks to reshape Palestinians’ movement and territory. Israel expanded Jewish settlements in the Palestinian Authority’s reserved territory, built separate road systems for Israelis and Palestinians to avoid Palestinian boys who threw insults and tossed stones at them.  The Jews set up military checkpoints and permit regimes and divided the West Bank into three zones. The overall effect was a dual governance reality with PA’s civil administration subordinate to Israel’s military control.

JERUSALEM, OSTENSIBLY A SACRED SPACE, BECAME A RECURRING FLASHPOINT

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At Al-Aqsa Mosque / Temple Mount, Israelis periodically restricted Muslim access, raided praying Muslims, and ignored protests of outraged Arab nations.

ISRAEL DETAINED, TARGETED & CONTROLLED PALESTINIAN LEADERS

The Israeli military blew up Palestinian buildings, jailed and murdered Palestinian activists, and ignored the poverty and misery Israel generated in the West Bank.

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2008–2021:
THE WAR CYCLE CONTINUED
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Israel and the Palestinians repeated the cycle of rockets, retaliation, destruction, temporary ceasefires—then resets. The enemies repeated the pattern of rocket fire from Gaza, Israeli airstrikes and operations, civilian casualties, and major escalations in 2008–09, 2012, 2014, and 2021. The only stability in the situation was but a pause between conflicts.

IRAN’S NETWORK STRATEGY CONTINUED

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Iran sustained their terror network with funding, weapons, and training flowing into Gaza’s militant infrastructure. Iran provided the Palestinians with funding, weapons development, and training pipelines.  For Iran, Gaza remained a forward node in a wider regional system of power.

2022–2023: PRESSURE BUILT

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Multiple pressure points converged: West Bank violence, Jerusalem tensions, and Gaza militarization increased West Bank confrontations, intensified Al-Aqsa tensions, and kept pushing Hamas to more violence.

OCTOBER 7, 2023: SYSTEM BREACH

Hamas attacked Israel and triggered a full-scale war. Hamas sent murderous Palestinian martyrs into Israel to kill civilians and take hostages. Israel launched a
large-scale military response against Hamas and began systemically making Gaza unlivable for Palestinians.

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The system that emerged after 2007 did not produce peace or resolution. It produced containment, fragmentation, and recurring violence.

October 7 did not arise from a vacuum. It erupted from a structure that had been under sustained pressure—political, military, and symbolic—for over a decade.

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