Posted on 07/17/2014 12:26:44 PM PDT by Star Traveler
While Israel’s response to incessant rocket fire from Gaza drew the requisite condemnations from the Arab world and some in the international community, Arab media is increasingly open in criticizing Hamas for instigating the violence.
Media in Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Egypt blame Hamas’ actions for inviting Israeli counter attacks and prioritizing conflict over the safety of the Gazan population and criticized the leadership for waging war far from the conflict, a Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) report shows.
After Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal criticized Egyptian inaction in Gaza, Egyptian columnists responded emphatically.
“[Meshaal], we are tired of defending the [Palestinian] cause that you have sold for cheap to an MB (Muslim Brotherhood) gang whose way you followed even though they have lost their [own] way,” wrote columnist Hamdi Razaq. He also called Meshaal out for living in luxurious Qatari hotels instead of fighting in Gaza.
Hamas is losing its legitimacy because it was sacrificing Palestinians while using financial aid to promote its interests, wrote Al-Gumhouriyya columnist Nagla Al-Sayyid.
“All the Hamas leaders are doing – as they sit securely in their hiding places while leaving the people of Gaza alone under the fire of the Israeli shelling – is collecting donations in order to use them in the service of their ideas and the political [faction to which] they belong, while allowing the real enemy, the oppressive Zionist enemy, to fight innocents,” Al-Sayyid wrote, adding that Hamas has shown itself to be “an imbecilic and failed movement.”
(Excerpt) Read more at algemeiner.com ...
The stuff is hitting the fan in the Gaza strip!
Hamas are Sunni Muslims that are funded and armed by Shi’ite Iran. Hamas needs very little incentive to attack Israel but this rocket barrage is also being done on Iran’s behalf.Iran is keen to monitor and study Iron Dome in action. When Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear facilities, Iran will inevitably counterattack with long range ballistic missiles from Iran, short range missiles fired from Iranian batteries in Syria and Lebanon. The Israeli attack will probably need to be prolonged and will not be a single raid. If the Iranians are unable to effectively counterattack, then Israel will feel no necessity to stop and will methodologically destroy Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.
Just heard on Mike Savage: Israel lauches ground invasion of Hamas.
Just heard on Mike Savage: Israel lauches ground invasion of Hamas.
It started about 25 minutes ago. Into the Gaza strip.
The rest of the Arabs are frustrated that Hamas has not yet killed all the Jews or evicted them from the middle east.
I will believe it when the Arabs state that Israel can exist.
When it starts, an Israeli aircraft or missile needs to "accidentally" go off target and render Mecca and the Ka'aba a glassed over hot zone.
From what I read, that’s not the nature of it. I’ll get you another article to show you ... :-) ...
ISRAEL knows how to work with Muslims, and they certainly do, just like it has recently been doing with Egypt. You’ve got too simplistic of a view, and it’s not the view that Israel has when working with these Muslims ... :-) ...
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Egyptians Hoping Israel Will Destroy Hamas
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3181177/posts
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi has thus far turned down appeals from Palestinians and other Arabs to work toward achieving a new ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Palestinian Authority [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas telephoned Sisi and urged him to intervene to achieve an “immediate ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas. Abbas later admitted that his appeal to Sisi and (other Arab leaders) had fallen on deaf ears.
Sisi’s decision not to intervene in the current crisis did not come as a surprise. In fact, Sisi and many Egyptians seem to be delighted that Hamas is being badly hurt.
Some Egyptians are even openly expressing hope that Israel will completely destroy Hamas, which they regard as the “armed branch of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization.”
Sisi’s Egypt has not forgiven Hamas for its alliance with Muslim Brotherhood and its involvement in terrorist attacks against Egyptian civilians and soldiers over the past year.
The Egyptians today understand that Hamas and other radical Islamist groups pose a serious threat to their national security. That is why the Egyptian authorities have, over the past year, been taking tough security measures not only against Hamas, but also the entire population of the Gaza Strip.
Well, those are the actual quotes from their papers ... :-) ...
I’m confused! I’ve been told that Muslims support this sort of thing. Is it possible the likes of Robert Spencer are wrong?
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