Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group (and Iran’s proxy) has ruled the Gaza Strip for the past 15 years. (BTW: Hamas was only established in 1987.) Gaza suffers, in part, because of 19 years of cruel Egyptian occupation, followed by 22 years of much less cruel, but no less frustrating, Israeli occupation. In 1993, the Oslo Accords were signed. In exchange for Arafat’s signed pledge to “renounce the use of terrorism and other acts of violence,” Israel agreed to treat the PLO as a legitimate Palestinian government.
At Camp David in 2000, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered the Palestinians virtually everything they claimed to be seeking — a sovereign state with its capital in East Jerusalem, 97 percent of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, tens of billions of dollars in “compensation” for the plight of Palestinian refugees. Arafat refused the offer. Instead he launched the bloodiest wave of terrorism in Israel’s history — the Second Intifada.
The Hamas Covenant is a comprehensive manifesto comprised of 36 separate articles, all of which promote the basic HAMAS goal of destroying the State of Israel through Jihad. So now, Iran’s proxy has fired more than 4,000 rockets into Israel, some of which reached as far north as Tel Aviv and all of which were launched in the hope of wounding or killing as many Israelis as possible. (Quite a few of those rockets mis-fired killing Palestinians.) In self-defense, Israel bombed hundreds of Hamas positions in Gaza, many of them located in homes, buildings, and tunnels. Hamas deliberately locates arms, military infrastructure, and command posts in civilian settings. As a matter of longstanding policy, Israel goes to extraordinary lengths to avoid harming civilians, even telephoning residents in advance of a strike to give them time to evacuate.
Perhaps the Palestinians should have a 2nd look at the offer made in 2000, recognize Israel, and renounce violence. (Like that will ever happen.)
mikeaht almost 3 years ago
Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group (and Iran’s proxy) has ruled the Gaza Strip for the past 15 years. (BTW: Hamas was only established in 1987.) Gaza suffers, in part, because of 19 years of cruel Egyptian occupation, followed by 22 years of much less cruel, but no less frustrating, Israeli occupation. In 1993, the Oslo Accords were signed. In exchange for Arafat’s signed pledge to “renounce the use of terrorism and other acts of violence,” Israel agreed to treat the PLO as a legitimate Palestinian government.
At Camp David in 2000, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered the Palestinians virtually everything they claimed to be seeking — a sovereign state with its capital in East Jerusalem, 97 percent of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, tens of billions of dollars in “compensation” for the plight of Palestinian refugees. Arafat refused the offer. Instead he launched the bloodiest wave of terrorism in Israel’s history — the Second Intifada.
The Hamas Covenant is a comprehensive manifesto comprised of 36 separate articles, all of which promote the basic HAMAS goal of destroying the State of Israel through Jihad. So now, Iran’s proxy has fired more than 4,000 rockets into Israel, some of which reached as far north as Tel Aviv and all of which were launched in the hope of wounding or killing as many Israelis as possible. (Quite a few of those rockets mis-fired killing Palestinians.) In self-defense, Israel bombed hundreds of Hamas positions in Gaza, many of them located in homes, buildings, and tunnels. Hamas deliberately locates arms, military infrastructure, and command posts in civilian settings. As a matter of longstanding policy, Israel goes to extraordinary lengths to avoid harming civilians, even telephoning residents in advance of a strike to give them time to evacuate.
Perhaps the Palestinians should have a 2nd look at the offer made in 2000, recognize Israel, and renounce violence. (Like that will ever happen.)
abraxas almost 3 years ago
It’s like watching children. Except it’s not.