Hamas has a lot of support. For those who are captives of Hamas, whether Jew or Palestinian, Israel is working to free them. What we can do is hit back hard at the United Nations for not supporting the effort. .
I heard a joke the other day. Guy sez to me "The U.N. should start their own soccer team." I sez "But they represent the whole world. Who would their opponent be?" Guy sez "Israel of course".
I've heard thinly veiled hints from Israeli officials that they're all going down. The Israeli Intelligence Community is arguably the best in the world. If they have reason to be interested in you, "they know what you had for breakfast". The leadership driving Bugattis around Qatar and Turkey while their people suffer - their days are numbered. Just a matter of the right time and place.
"The Israeli Intelligence Community is arguably the best in the world..." ...even though they failed to spot large, coordinated attack being planned on their own doorstep.
So when Israel deals with their enemies by being "heavy handed" they're accused of being heavy handed. And when they're not heavy handed, Oct. 7 happens.
The important difference is that Hamas is not an invading military force occupying Gaza but the legitimately elected ruling political party. You can be flippant about the Palestinians' ability to resist Hamas but that does not relieve the Gazans from their duty to cooperate with Israel in rooting out and prosecuting the Hamas criminals in their midst. And there is much that Gazans can do to that end. Will some Gazans likely die in the effort? Yes. Are those Gazans "more" innocent than Israelis who died or will die in their just war? No.
Hamas only received 44.45% of the vote in 2006, but it gave them a majority of 74 seats in the 132 seat Palestinian Legislative Council at that time. Hamas expelled the Palestinian Authority and Fatah in a violent takeover in 2007 and took control of Gaza.
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What does being heavy handed or not have to do with military intelligence?So when Israel deals with their enemies by being "heavy handed" they're accused of being heavy handed. And when they're not heavy handed, Oct. 7 happens.
The reason you gather intelligence is so you can act on it.What does being heavy handed or not have to do with military intelligence?
What point(s) are you trying to make in pasting this article?Hamas only received 44.45% of the vote in 2006, but it gave them a majority of 74 seats in the 132 seat Palestinian Legislative Council at that time. Hamas expelled the Palestinian Authority and Fatah in a violent takeover in 2007 and took control of Gaza.
Hamas gunmen seized military control of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, executing Fatah rivals and provoking the collapse of their power-sharing Palestinian Authority government.
As Fatah’s last security command centers fell after four days of fighting, Hamas military men in black masks moved unchallenged across Gaza City, hunting down foes, blowing up homes and dragging the body of a top Fatah militant through the streets.
Firing mortars, grenade launchers and automatic weapons, Hamas fighters captured the Gaza City headquarters of the Preventive Security, Intelligence and National Security agencies Thursday afternoon, and executed some of their captives. The Presidential Guard compound fell late in the evening. All were controlled by Fatah.
Earlier in the day, Hamas overran the main Fatah compound in the southern city of Rafah, giving it full control of the border with Egypt, a source of the smuggled weapons that have expanded the movement’s arsenal in recent months.
Hamas fighters overran the headquarters amid mortar rounds and gunfire. They raised green Hamas flags over the shattered two-story compound, kneeled to the ground in prayer and marched handcuffed Fatah gunmen into the streets, some shirtless or in their underwear.
Hamas wins the battle for Gaza control
With his Fatah forces driven from the strip, Abbas dissolves the Cabinet but the Islamist premier vows to stay.
Such as?
Just write it off as a good example of 1 Cor 2:14 and save your pixels.
In order of your queries:
Well, they promised the Qatari govt that Mossad would not assassinate hamas leadership in Qatar. That doesn't mean they can't do it someplace else or get someone not affiliated with Mossad to do it in Qatar.
...by moving troops to the border to defend against an attack, in this case. That isn't being heavy handed. That's being proportional.
I didn't take that to be the point of your original post. I said the IIC was excellent. You said "what about this failure?" I said they were very good, I didn't say they were perfect.
I hadn't heard that they promised that. Interesting. Although during wartime, I'm not sure a promise should be relied on. Plus, did they say specifically Mossad wouldn't do it? They're the most famous, but there are other branches of the "intelligence" community. We might even speculate that the very top notch group is one we've never heard of.
