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reformislam Let us pray for the safety of Palestinian civilians who held hostages by Hamas and the safety of Israeli soldiers. May this campaign end swiftly and may Hamas be annihilated. May moderate Muslims emerge victorious in the struggle for Gaza!
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Hamas+Human Shields=Collateral damage
The Jawa Report —
December 30, 2008 Hamas+Human Shields=Collateral damage Every innocent life matters and IDF is doing their best to avoid civilians. Hamas doesn't make this job easy. Hamas terrorists are cowards, otherwise they wouldn't use women and children and the elderly as human shields. Elder of Zyion has some amazing stats on IDF's operation Cast Lead ...
Finding Moral Light through a Tangle
TPMCafe —
Those of us who oppose Israel's attack on Hamas in Gaza, who are revolted by the pictures and reports of the mangled bodies and miseries of Palestinian children, dare not let Hamas off the hook because the residents of Gaza are victims. Don't forget what Hamas professes and what it does. Many things are true about Hamas even if you don't like the people who say them. Keep all this in your mind.
For example, here's a clip of Hamas MP Fathi Hammad on Al-Aqsa TV, Feb. 29, 2008, bragging about Hamas using women and children, among others, as human shields:
[The enemies of Allah] do not know that the Palestinian people has ...
Video: Hamas cheers its “industry of death”
Hot Air » Top Picks —
Video: Hamas cheers its “industry of death” posted at 12:18 pm on January 12, 2009 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly This comes from February 2008, as a Hamas politician explains why his group loves to hide behind women, children, and the elderly. Apparently, Hamas considers death a growth industry, a term used by Fathi Hammad in this speech: [The enemies of Allah] do not know that the Palestinian people has developed its [methods] of death and death-seeking. For the Palestinian people, death has become an industry, at which women excel, and so do all the people living on this land. The elderly ...
Ceci n'est pas une Analogy
Hit & Run —
Over at Harvard's Olin Center Middle East Strategy blog, Brookings Institution scholar Daniel Byman is puzzled by Israel's endgame strategy (if one exists) in its ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Amongst most mainstream commenters, there is little doubt as to whether or not Israel is morally justified in defending its citizens from Hamas rockets attacks—there is the issue of proportionality, of course, and more on that below—but it's an open issue as to whether or not its military response will further radicalize and already radical population. As Byman says, "Part of Israel's lesson from its war in Lebanon in 2006 and its ...
Hamas’ Booming Death Industry
Nice Deb —
We often hear terrorist leaders boasting about how much they love death, specialize in it, even, as we cling to life. For instance, Ed Morrissey at Hot Air posted this video the other day of a Hamas politician explaining why his group loves to hide behind women, children, and the elderly:
[The ...
The Inner Workings of Hamas
Yourish.com —
It is a relatively short time since the hostilities ended and a mutually agreed ceasefire led to relative quiet, relative being the operative term. Since then we have borne witness to the typical mumblings from useful idiots about war crimes and disproportionate response. They are just buzzwords that are used by people who do not understand what they mean and or do not care about whether they are truly applicable.
Today we heard about more violations of the ceasefire by the kindhearted Gazans who are only trying to survive. But what we rarely read or hear about are the tales of how Hamas really operates.
A JPost story helps to shine ...
