CBN News June 2007
An Israeli soldier was killed Wednesday and two others wounded during a firefight with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The incident comes nearly one month after the terrorist group Hamas took complete control of Gaza.
Now, Israel and the U.S. are hoping to counter Hamas by arming the Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, but Hamas is imposing an Islamist order in Gaza.
On June 14 Hamas gunmen battled Fatah security forces in Gaza City and drove the American- backed Fatah out of the Gaza Strip.
Since the Oslo peace process began 14 years ago, the U.S., Europe and others have given billions of dollars in aid - including weapons, armored vehicles, and even buildings. Now all those things are in the hands of the victorious Hamas.
Caroline Glick of The Jerusalem Post says Hamas gained a treasure trove of intelligence information from the ransacked buildings of the security forces and that Hamas is sharing that information with Iran.
"It is fully funded and backed and ordered around by Teheran and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard," Glick said. "And it is impossible to underestimate the dangers that come from having this kind of Iranian proxy bordering Israel and Egypt -- both for the national security of Israel and for the national security of Egypt.
The reaction of the U.S and Israel to the Hamas takeover of Gaza is to prevent it from taking over the West Bank as well. And that means an almost desperate attempt to support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah party.
The problem is that the more Abbas is linked to Washington and Jerusalem, the less popular he becomes with his own people.
When U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice comes back to the Middle East next week, Hamas supporters may hold mocking rallies similar one held in June where banners flew in the air of Rice embracing Abbas.
"President Mahmoud Abbas is a part of a conspiracy to starve and blackmail our Palestinian people. We promise no one can starve our people. Hamas has enough strength; we can force our position on anyone," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zahri.
For his part, Abbas warns that Hamas is working with al-Qaeda in the Gaza Strip - a charge Hamas denies.
But the images of Hamas members giving tours of Abbas' home in Gaza don't build confidence in his ability to unite and lead the Palestinians.
Meanwhile, with Gaza crossings to Israel and Egypt closed, Gazans are suffering from a lack of food and supplies. But Hamas leader Islam Shawan warns Gaza's unrest will spread to Jordan and Egypt if Hamas is not recognized.
"We are under siege for years," Shawan said. "There are assurances and indications that some parties in the region will deal with today's reality. And these parties are interested to have a strong entity that can stabilize in Gaza, because without it the whole region will not be stable."
Glick believes the U.S. and Israel will regret a long delay in acting against the Gaza threat.
She said, "By pushing Israel not to take action against Hamas and by pretending there is a Fatah option that doesn't exist to retake control of Gaza, America is actually doing the exact opposite of what its own strategy is because it is enabling, facilitating, actively assisting the establishment of a base for global jihad, which is quite simply another Afghanistan under the Taliban.
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@dkayea1
no promised land you douchbag this is 21 Century not B.C again
ScanNinViDeo 6 months ago
Subanna Allah! Victory and Glory to the Muslims and the Way Of Allah!
As salaamu alikum:
What many of the Westerners and misguided Easterners fail to understand is the fact that Allah and His Way, Al Islam is the solution and that it is these Who will prevail in the end!
Salaam
muhammadthejust 1 year ago
השם יתברך נא השמד את חמאס
ozir31 1 year ago
"Quite simply another Afghanistan under the Taliban". lol she can't be more wrong. If anything, Israel's siege affects the Gazan population more.
JimmyPi314 1 year ago
this Zionist bitch needs to be exterminated!
hitler should have finished the job!
faceclutch 1 year ago
DO NOT FORGET THE HOLOCAUST OF THE ARMENIANS THAT HAPPENED BY THE HYPOCRITE TURKEY !!!!! MUSTAFA ATATURK WILL NEVER BELIEVE THAT HIS IDEOLOGY DIE NOW. ERDWAN IS GOING TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION SO TURKEY IS GOING TO BE ISLAMIC LIKE EL QAIDA............AND MEMBER IN NATO
49MU 1 year ago 2
. WHEN YOU ARE CONDEMNING ISRAEL YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE TERROR !!!! DO NOT FORGET THAT, AND ISRAEL AS THE ONLY STATE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAS THE RIGHT TO PROTECT THE ISRAELIS FROM THIS TERROR , YOU HAVE TO APPOLOGIZE,,, ISRAEL IS RIGHT!!!
VIV LA ISRAEL
49MU 1 year ago
HOW HYPOCRITE COULD ALL OF YOU BE??? THIS IS AL QAIDA TEROR AS ALL THE ISLAMIC TERROR. THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT FACED THE ISLAMIC TERROR SO OFTEN IS ISRAEL, AND ISRAEL FIGHTS AGAINST THIS TERROR IN THE BEST WAY IN THE WORLD, DO NOT CLOSE YOUR EYES WHEN YOPU SEE THE TRUTH IN FRONT OF YOUR EYS. THANK YOU ISRAEL!
49MU 1 year ago
DID YOU FORGET WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SHIP OF GREENPEACE THAT TRIED TO PREVENT FRANCE TO DO A NUCLEAR EXERCISES IN THE ATLANTIC ??? AND THE WORLD KEEP QUITE!!!!!HOW HYPOCRITE COULD ALL OF YOU BE??? ARE YOU BLIND ALL OF YOU???
49MU 1 year ago
hamas is the best
dagestanec37 2 years ago