[MadIsh32]

Israel does NOT want Hamas to be gone. Hamas does a great job of serving its purpose to Israel, which is why the Israeli’s created Hamas back in the late 1980s

[Star Traveler]

Israel didn’t actually create it, but they did give them some implicit support in the beginning, to provide an offset to Arafat and the PLO. However, Israel realize their mistake in doing so and switched to strongly opposing them.

NOW ... at the present time ... Israel doesn’t want to take over the civil administration of Gaza, of which Hamas is doing a minimal job — so Israel still wants them there for that. But not for the terrorists attacks, which is why Israel is going after their terrorist infrastructure.

ALSO ... the IDF is concerned that if Hamas were to be completely destroyed, then all these other terrorist groups which are there, would grow and become a severe problem. At least Ha,as keeps them under control ... and that’s what Israel expects Hamas to do.

[rmlew]

Israel does NOT want Hamas to be gone. Hamas does a great job of serving its purpose to Israel, which is why the Israeli’s created Hamas back in the late 1980s
Do you honestly believe Ron Paul's retarded lie? The Muslim Brotherhood created Hamas. It was co-founded by Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (the founder of MAK, whch became Al Qaeda). In 1973, the Brotherhood created Mujama al-Islamiya. Israel allowed it to operate until 1984, when Israel found that Mujama al-Islamiya was stockpiling weapons. At that point, Israel cracked down on it. In 1987, during the first Intefedah, Hamas was born. Israel initiall paid little mind to it. Did Israel make mistakes? Sure. But to say that Israel created Hamas is preposterous.