On Hamas and its strategy

Seldomly enough: BBC with a good one!

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Interview with Former British Army Colonel Richard Kemp

Strong Piece!

Spare the Pieties on Gaza

07 January 09 11:25

by by Jack Engelhard 

Frankly, given a choice, I prefer the skinheads and other brutes who express their anti-Semitism openly. In such places, we know the enemy. 

But please spare me the pieties and the righteous indignation of those "good people" protesting throughout Europe against Israel's defensive operation in Gaza. True, thousands have taken up banners in support of Israel. At the same time, however, the streets of Europe (and even some in America) are in an uproar. These are the "humanitarians" - the good, the noble, the refined, who chant "peace." 

Now you're up and about? Now you speak? Where were you when, throughout the years, thousands of jihadist bombs fell on Israel? The streets of Europe were empty. There were no pictures in the newspapers of grieving Jewish mothers and fathers. You called it "peace" as long as the Arabs were doing the killing and the Jews were doing the dying. All was well with the world.

Suddenly, as Israel answered back, you found your Cause; and how self-righteous you are in your Cause.

You are the best and the brightest of Europe. You are educated. You attended the finest schools. You care for the birds, the bees, the bears, the trees. You favor free speech and freedom of religion. Strange it is that the one and only place in the Middle East that shares your world-view is Israel, and it is Israel that you slander. 

Israel is a Jewish State. Is that your problem? At the first hint of Jewish self-defense, how quickly you show your true colors.

I've seen the photos of your candlelight vigils along the streets and boulevards of Europe, all of it; all these tears in the service of those terrorists whom you call your brothers. Indeed you are related to Hamas (and Fatah) as once before, a mere generation ago, you were related to Hitler's stormtroopers. Your angelic faces are touching - and disgusting. Your hypocrisy is transparent and nauseating. 

You speak of disproportion. You want proportion? Give Israel a population of 300 million residing in 22 countries, similar to the Arab Muslims who surround and ambush Israel - instead of five and a half million Jews in one single country. There's plenty of "proportion" coming from your BBC, which delights in presenting one side of the story and picks up where Der Sturmer left off. Now, with this type of "news", we know how Europe was conditioned for a Holocaust. 

Already we see Nights of Broken Glass. Thank you, Europe, for reminding us why America was discovered just in time (and why Israel was redeemed many generations too late). You dare judge Israel? In your deportations, your expulsions, your forced conversions, your inquisitions, your pogroms, you have no moral authority over Israel or even within your own borders. You gave all that up from 1492 to 1942.

To those on the Left who sought peace, well, dear peace-lovers, peace brought this on. "Land for Peace" made this happen, as Land for Peace became Land for Jihad. "Painful Concessions" caused this war. "Goodwill Gestures" backfired. Want more "peace"? Give up the Golan Heights. Give up the entire West Bank. Give up Jerusalem. Imagine the "peace." As for those "innocent civilians" in Gaza, they were given a choice and they chose Hamas. They chose this pestilence.

As for those "refugee camps" - why are they "refugee camps" when Israel handed over all that territory for a nation to be built in peace and security alongside Israel? Why are all Palestinians automatically refugees even after they've been given a home? The only true refugees are the thousands of Israelis who were driven from Gaza and still live in trailer parks. No tears for them in this world that still dreams of Auschwitz.

On this day, in response to a column I wrote about Theresienstadt, someone responded that I was incorrect; that Theresienstadt was not a prelude to Auschwitz, but rather "a vacation resort." I wrote back wishing this person a lifetime in such vacation resorts. I wish the same lifetime vacation resorts to all those parading throughout the streets of Europe with banners crying, "Death to Israel."

God bless the IDF! Go Israel!

Fatah official: Hamas a black and bloody militia

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424929296&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

In short:

- Hamas is responsible for hundreds of dead Palestinians
- a revolt by the Palestinian people in Gaza is needed to topple Hamas
- Haniyeh and Mashal need to trialed as war criminals

Why Israel fights

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Don´t tell me, Israel does the same

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So much is known on how Palestinians, and iespeciallyHamas, abuses its children, teaching them to hate, gun training them and using them as human shields (what they actually do with the whole Gazan population). And too often do I hear people using pure relativism and saying: both sides do wrong. In fact, nothing is more wrong for a state like Israel to be compared to a terrorist organization like Hamas.

Now I came across this video through a commentator from Jerusalem (his outstanding article is short but in German, I should take the time to translate it). No, this is definitely not the future Israel is envisioning for her children. Let´s be clear about it: no one is permitted to join the Israeli Defense Forces before the age of 18, not even as a volunteer.

Die Welt fällt nicht mehr rein

Die Welt fällt nicht mehr rein (29. Dezember 2008)

Selbst unter Beschuss nimmt sich die Hamas noch Zeit für taktische Spiele, allerdings ohne Erfolg

Die Welt ist sich einig. Schuld an der Eskalation der vergangenen Tage trägt die Hamas. Dementsprechend war keine ernsthafte Kritik am Vorgehen Israels zu vernehmen. Deutlich dagegen war das Verständnis für Israels Militäraktionen. Merkel und Steinmeier sprechen im internationalem Tenor von "uneingeschränkter Solidarität", "Recht auf Selbstverteidigung" und "alleiniger Schuld der Hamas". Wie kann man auch anders denken, nachdem Israel seit dem einseitigen Rückzug aus dem Gaza-Streifen 2005 fast täglich mit Raketen beschossen wird und bis diesen Samstagmorgen größte Zurückhaltung bewiesen hat?

Dass die arabischen Staaten nicht anders können als Israel für schuldig zu erklären, kann über den Wandel im internationalen Klima nicht hinweg täuschen.

Fast schon absurd wirkte dann am heutigen Montag die Nachricht, Hamas sei zu einer Waffenruhe bereit. Aber nur unter zwei Bedingungen:

1. müsse Israel alle Angriffe auf palästinensisches Gebiet unterlassen

2. müsse die Gaza-Blockade aufgegeben werden

Alleine die Tatsache, dass die Hamas Forderungen stellt, scheint angesichts der Entwicklungen der derzeitigen Auseinandersetzung aberwitzig. Ernsthafte Reaktionen auf diesen Vorschlag blieben folglich und richtig aus.

Noch nie hat eine unterlegene Partei nach einem Krieg besser da gestanden als vor dem Krieg. Schon gar nicht, wenn es sich dabei um den Verursacher der Kampfhandlungen selbst handelt. Die Aufhebung der Blockade würde aber genau dies bedeuten. Als würde ein Boxer nach 30 Sekunden Pause frischer aus seiner Ecke aufstehen als zu Beginn des Kampfes, nachdem er in der letzten Runde kräftig auf die Nase bekommen hat.

Aber die Hamas ist keine Ausnahme. Sie wird geschwächt, hoffentlich diesmal K.O., aus dem Kampf gehen. Auch wenn eine völlige Beseitigung unwahrscheinlich ist. Das Handtuch wird sie nicht schmeißen, dafür ist sie zu ideologisch aufgeladen, mit zu viel Hass versehen und wird zu stark von iranischen Petrodollar finanziert.

Beim "Angebot" der Hamas handelt es sich nur um ein taktisches Manöver, neue Argumente den Israel-Gegnern zu zuspielen. Nach dem Motto "Schaut, die Hamas ist zu einer Waffenruhe bereit - Israel aber nicht", werden bald schon die ersten Stimmen zu hören sein. Dass sie dabei internationales Recht, Moral und Verstand völlig über den Haufen werfen, und die ständigen Verletzungen der letzten Waffenruhe von Seiten der Hamas einfach aus der Geschichte streichen, wird sie nicht daran hindern, auch dieses Mal auf die Hamas reinzufallen.

Gut, dass der Rest der Welt diesmal nicht reinfällt.

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