At its inception, Hamas was a political organization. The Israeli’s briefly viewed it in a positive light, seeing it as a potential check on the power of the PLO. But they soon distanced themselves from the organization, when it became clear that it was morphing into the radical militant organization that we know today. C210N is either ignorant of the history or is deliberately trying to mislead people.
HAMAS formed in late 1987 at the beginning of the first Palestinian intifada (uprising). Its roots are in the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, and it is supported by a robust sociopolitical structure inside the Palestinian territories.
The PLO was founded in 1964 and was slowly making deals with Israel to take back parts of what is now called the Palestinian territories over the years which included the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem. Israel had controlled the land since the end of the 1967 war.
But Hamas was in competition for control of the territory along with the PLO, so they were a thorn in each other’s sides for years much to the happiness of Israel as it kept them from being attacked by both. But when Arafat passed, and Hamas tool control of the Gaza government in 2008 by stopping all elections after they got in, the mood shifted to agressive actions and they were joined by other countries on the attacking of Israel.
Since the beginning of this current war, some 9,000 projectiles fired from Gaza crossed the border into Israel, alongside 2,000 from Lebanon, and around 30 from Syria. We also know that Hezbellah is on the Yemmen border with around 150K rockets to continue firing into Israel. These figures do not include rockets — said by Israel to be at least in the hundreds — launched by Gazan terror groups that misfired and landed in the Strip. Even during the US involved Iraq conflict Saddam was firing missiles into Israel containing mustard gas. That stuff he was not supposed to have.
wy69
HAMAS formed in late 1987 at the beginning of the first Palestinian intifada (uprising). Its roots are in the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, and it is supported by a robust sociopolitical structure inside the Palestinian territories.
The PLO was founded in 1964 and was slowly making deals with Israel to take back parts of what is now called the Palestinian territories over the years which included the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem. Israel had controlled the land since the end of the 1967 war.
But Hamas was in competition for control of the territory along with the PLO, so they were a thorn in each other’s sides for years much to the happiness of Israel as it kept them from being attacked by both. But when Arafat passed, and Hamas tool control of the Gaza government in 2008 by stopping all elections after they got in, the mood shifted to agressive actions and they were joined by other countries on the attacking of Israel.
Since the beginning of this current war, some 9,000 projectiles fired from Gaza crossed the border into Israel, alongside 2,000 from Lebanon, and around 30 from Syria. We also know that Hezbellah is on the Yemmen border with around 150K rockets to continue firing into Israel. These figures do not include rockets — said by Israel to be at least in the hundreds — launched by Gazan terror groups that misfired and landed in the Strip. Even during the US involved Iraq conflict Saddam was firing missiles into Israel containing mustard gas. That stuff he was not supposed to have.
wy69