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And the following, extracted from the Guardian's CiF page, should fill in some gaps -
The Israeli government created Hamas according to Prime Minister Olmert in the Jerusalem Post.
"Netanyahu established Hamas, gave it life , freed Sheikh Yassin and gave him the opportunity to blossom"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1170359844280&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Hamas is a Creation of Mossad
Thanks to the Mossad, Israel's "Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks", the Hamas was allowed to reinforce its presence in the occupied territories. Meanwhile, Arafat's Fatah Movement for National Liberation as well as the Palestinian Left were subjected to the most brutal form of repression and intimidation
Let us not forget that it was Israel, which in fact created Hamas. According to Zeev Sternell, historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, "Israel thought that it was a smart ploy to push the Islamists against the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO)".
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/ZER403A.html
Hamas history tied to Israel
Israel and Hamas may currently be locked in deadly combat, but, according to several current and former U.S. intelligence officials, beginning in the late 1970s, Tel Aviv gave direct and indirect financial aid to Hamas over a period of years.
Israel "aided Hamas directly -- the Israelis wanted to use it as a counterbalance to the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization)," said Tony Cordesman, Middle East analyst for the Center for Strategic Studies.
Israel's support for Hamas "was a direct attempt to divide and dilute support for a strong, secular PLO by using a competing religious alternative," said a former senior CIA official.
According to documents United Press International obtained from the Israel-based Institute for Counter Terrorism, Hamas evolved from cells of the Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928. Islamic movements in Israel and Palestine were "weak and dormant" until after the 1967 Six Day War in which Israel scored a stunning victory over its Arab enemies.
Copyright © 2001-2004 United Press International
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10456.htm
"What do you think a "proper" response would be from Israel to the rocket attacks?"
Ending the occupation.
And giving back stolen land. Offering reparations. Dismantling the settlements. Removing blockades. Etc.
If causastion doesn't matter, were Nazis right to kill Jews because they believed Jews COULD harm their country? What caused Hamas to fire the rockets?
Israel is like America, unable to take a hit or question its own actions. Seven years ago 3,000 U.S. citizens were killed. A bad thing to be sure. But we are 300 million people and rarely suffer in wars. Britain, on the other hand, lost 20,000 men in just one day during WWI.
We chose not to look at why educated family men would want to die hitting the World Trade Towers. We said there were no flies on us. The perps were jealous of our lifestyles. Or simply mad. So supposedly "sane" America did not go after the actual perpetrators. Instead we destroyed an innocent country. We have more mercenaries in Iraq than bona fide soldiers. We've killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis for sport, expecting no blow-back (though we, ourselves, had gone beserk after just 3,000 deaths).
Similarly, Israel is used to being protected by America's weapons and media. If Arabs had killed Jewish kids hiding in a UN building there'd be riots everywhere. It's only when Arabs die that the West yawns.
I suppose that's understandable when you realize Arabs are Semites, too. A world that let Jews die in WWII is likely to let Arabs die today, too. The difference is that Arabs are fighting back, not meekly surrendering like Jews had.
"How do you negotiate with an entity aimed wholly at destroying you..."
Hamas doesn't want to destroy JEWS, it wants to destroy their state and get back stolen land. Just like the Allies didn't want to kill all Germans, just get rid of Nazism.
Israel's defenders sound like the authors of the Protocols and directors who filmed "The Eternal Jew." Their stereotypes fly fast and furious.
"hides its operatives, missiles and other weapons in civilian areas?"
Meanwhile, Israel BOMBS civilian areas and dresses like Arabs to kill Hamas members.
Yep, Israelis are real tough hombres. They shoot bullets at kids throwing rocks. Attack at night using night-vision goggles. And want a "fair fight" between their tanks and pistol-packing rebels.
I know about Israeli policy enabled Hamas. Interesting that Olmert named Netenyahu as the brainchild of that brilliant move- yet another reason why Bibi has no business near the levers of power, anywhere. Not even a dry-cleaning shop.
But Hamas didn't spring up in an ideological vacuum. They aren't a provocateur group of crypto-Jews. They represent an ideological strain that's been present since before the founding of Israel. That radical Islamist position was always part of the wider coalition that comprised the PLO- and the idea behind funding them was to get them to split off, and thereby weaken the coalition.
Not very well thought-out...unless you're someone like Binny Netanyahu, who figured that creating the most unpleasant opposition possible would rebound to the "benefit" of Israel in the long run.
What statecraft. The guy's a regular George Bush, Sr.
And now the deal is done, and Hamas has manuevered itself into the driver's seat as champions of the cause of the oppressed Palestinian people.
And I don't know what to do about that. I refuse to indulge in wishful thinking by characterizing Hamas' particular agenda as anything other than what it is. They aren't particularly hesitant to put forth their ideology very explicitly- when they speak to their loyal following, at least. They understood some basic principles of insurgent movements, like "take charge of efficiently delivering basic services to the population" and "don't be personally corrupt- the common goal is foremost." But I've found no evidence that their agenda ever included the goal of ceasing all hostilities against Israel for one minute- even though there's every reason to believe that doing so would have allowed, not merely the unhindered delivery of power and aid into Gaza, but its economic expansion. Israelis owned many of the business concerns there, and provided much of the employment. I suppose those businesses are bankrupt now. And if Hamas was of the mind that the Israeli businesses were acting like foreign exploiters, it was in their power to kick them out and replace them with Arab investment.
But they seem to have spent much of their energy honeycombing the place with tunnels, smuggled weapons caches, and booby traps instead. As if they were expecting a big showdown, with the cameras rolling.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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