Finger Pointing Over Israel and Gaza
Hamas took over in Gaza not in response to Israeli military actions but after Israel unilaterally left Gaza in 2005, a moment that offered hope for a new life for Palestinians. Rather than being taken as a building block to peace, the Palestinians backed a group committed to Israel’s destruction. In other words, Israeli concessions led to greater Hamas extremism.
Note EU-Digest: The pictures coming out of Gaza are terrible and shocking, but most of the blame for this unfortunately goes to Hamas. Only a fanatic self destructive Government would provoke a larger and far better militarily equipped country with a daily barrage of rocket attacks and expect them to sit back and do nothing about it. Just imagine if Canada would be doing this to the US, or Cuba, or Mexico. They would have ceased to exist. Yes, of course something must be done to stop this bloodshed, but it takes two to Tango and Hamas will have to Tango with Israel, otherwise it will prove what many people already believe - that they are a "legitimate" terrorist organization.
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