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Originally posted by GamerGal
reply to post by masonwatcher
Any proof Mossad created Hamas? Second, thanks for the info on Egypt! Does sound like a beautiful place to go.
Originally posted by RogerT
Consider for a moment, if you have the capacity, that your wife and unborn child both die in terror and pain during traumatic labor on the dusty and dirty roadside, whilst the checkpoint soldier waves your ID around and points a gun at your head to silence your desperate pleading.
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Now multiply that by thousands and you can begin to understand why the current (illegal) Israeli occupation can only result in more anger, hatred and death on both sides.
Originally posted by Xtrozero
I see a double standard here in that everyone screams anytime Israel does something like this, but they hardly blink an eye when muslins do the same thing. In that area of the world they are ALL extreme, with little exceptions.
So I read that a suicide bomber kills 26 in a polling station, so no big deal I guess, or that person had a good reason to kill 26 innocent people for their cause or struggle. This guy just didn’t wake up with an idea to kill, he was a part of a muslin organization that uses violence to push their cause.
This is their way of life over there including Israel, and Israel will use whatever measures they feel is needed to accomplish their tactical goals.
Is it the right thing to do? No, but then little is done over there with human compassion or moderation as part of the action.
[edit on 28-12-2008 by Xtrozero]
Originally posted by GamerGal
reply to post by Harlequin
The EU is 27 countries. So 27+4=31. So that is 31 countries that consider Hamas to be terrorists.
Originally posted by GamerGal
reply to post by Harlequin
When did I say the EU was one country? I have repeatedly said it is 27 countries, all declaring Hamas terrorists.
Originally posted by GamerGal
Any proof Mossad created Hamas? Second, thanks for the info on Egypt! Does sound like a beautiful place to go.
By Yossi Schwartz (In Defence of Marxism circle in Israel)
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It is not a well known fact, but it will not surprise those who know anything about the history of the Taliban in Afghanistan, that Israel in many ways initially created this monster but later lost control over it.
Richard Sale, a UPI Correspondent, wrote an illuminating article on the origin of Hamas in which he pointed out that, "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.
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According to U.S. administration officials, funds for the movement came from the oil-producing states and directly and indirectly from Israel itself.
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"The thinking on the part of some of the right-wing Israeli establishment was that Hamas and the others, if they gained control, would refuse to have any part of the peace process and would torpedo any agreements put in place," said a U.S. government official who asked not to be named. "Israel would still be the only democracy in the region for the United States to deal with," he said.
Hamas is listed as a terrorist organization by Canada,[19] the European Union,[20][21][22][23] Israel,[24] Japan,[25] and the United States,[26] and is banned in Jordan.[27] Australia[28] and the United Kingdom[29] list only the military wing of Hamas