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2014-09-22 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-09-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
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#1 Yes, yes, Heaven forbid we'll let reality interfere with our, feel-good, theories.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-09-22 03:41|| 2014-09-22 03:41|| Front Page Top

#2 This will not happen overnight, but if we can break Hamas' stranglehold on the Gazook economy, their political dominance will soon be challenged.

That's not going to happen so long as Iran and others keep funding Hamas.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-22 10:28|| 2014-09-22 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Sheik Ahmad Yassin, the Muslim Brother and Islamist firebrand made his home in Gaza and while there helped found Hamas. Jailed by Israel in 1984 for abetting sedition, he was freed in a 1985 prisoner exchange. Yassin was the first to conceive of Palestine as a battlefield in which Palestinian freedom could only be won through jihad. However, even Yassin was thought to be too soft by some Gazans. In 1987 Palestine Islamic Jihad, an even more violent Islamist movement was created. It was inspired by events in Iran, and has had Iranian patronage ever since. In response Yassin created Hamas and initiated the first general Palestinian uprising, or Intifada.

And so it has been ever since. When Hamas is thought to be too weak PIJ emerges with a vengeance. Thus, it is not sufficient to say, let's sideline Hamas. First it would be very hard to do, if not impossible. Second, it does nothing to eliminate the ruthless PIJ. In sum, Gaza (as the Egyptians know) is a tough nut to crack.

Posted by Beldar Sloque3832 2014-09-22 10:56|| 2014-09-22 10:56|| Front Page Top

#4 No-one in the international community will tolerate seeing sacks of cement being used to rebuild the terror attack tunnels.

This is either pure horse crap or he is using one hell of a unique definition of "international community."

Posted by AlanC 2014-09-22 13:14|| 2014-09-22 13:14|| Front Page Top

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