Yes, we ask Why Hamas? Why?
This is not a question directed at Hamas, no. What I mean is why is 'Israel' targeting Hamas at this time and in such a blatantly Holocaust like way (modernized holocaust that is, courtesy of U.S. weapons) which is not usually used by other countries and is abhorred by most of International laws and regulations?
Dr. Mohamad Al-Awadhi exposes the real reason in an excellent
article this morning on Al-Rai (
http://www.alraimedia.com/Alrai/Article.aspx?id=102490)
To summarize/translate:
Any follower of typical movements around the world will notice they fall often under one of two categories: a- Either they are Liberation Movements that fight for independence and liberation of countries against a colonizing occupier. b- Or they are political movements working along the internal political reform line; e.g.: Nationalistic, Islamist, Reformist, Leftist and other political denominations/movements.
In both old and modern history, we never find a political movement that worked on both fronts (liberation of a country and political reform at the same time) and succeeded in both!
On the first front, Hamas succeeded in liberating Ghazza (even with the barricade) and in kicking-out the jews during Sharon's time.
On the other front (Internal political front), Hamas as a opposing movement/party took power peacefully through honest elections and in an amazing landslide, then formed the government and legislative council (notice: a success from the first try and not in a gradual process/period and more importantly, as part of the resistance agenda).
This two-part or two-front success was a major cause of concern for two entities:
1- The military success in the field as a liberation movement caused distress to the zionists and the American system. Therefore, they decided to get rid of Hamas because it is the worst alternative to the previous Palestinian Authority (the authority of foresake, compromise and corruption).
2- As for the political success of Hamas as a political movement and what it offered in terms of suggestions, improvements and reform projects... this political success carried indications and evidences that the new Hamasi government is going to succeed in practice, why? Becuase from its foundation, they were in control of many municipalities, workers' unions, student unions and they managed large social/charity institutions that sponsored martyrs and prisoners families, the poor and orphans. They provided an amazing and excellent example and great pragmatic success that increased their trustworthiness among the Palestinian public and it promised a lot more success for their new government.
Just as the Military success grabbed the attention of the zionists and the Americans and caused them discomfort, their success in political reform and state management bothered the corrupt Palestinian Authority and the Arab regimes that are even more corrupt. Therefore, they feared a repeat of this (successful) 'experiment'.
Thus came the alliance between the two arab corruptions (PA & regimes) and Zionist-American to destroy Ghazza and all those in it and not just 'Hamas', but also all the Ghazza population as a punishment for them choosing of Hamas (in the elections).
They were much dismayed and irritated that after a blockade of nearly two years, hundreds of thousands of Ghazians attended the gathering/festival that Hamas held just days before the attack started!
THAT is WHY when we listened to the Zionist leadership as it listed the specific targets for bombardment, the result was not just the destruction of the infra-structure for the Hamasi government, but also we saw the destruction of schools, universities, tens of mosques, residential buildings, money-exchange stores and even a part of al-Shifa hospital which is full patients and doctors!!
The writer then concludes:
I write this article to dispel the naive/idiotic views that abbreviate the graveness of the event and its prepositions, circumstances, accumulations and complexities.... abbreviate all that and claim that the reason for the war (attack) is Hamas' missiles!!!! Bush is saying the war will not stop until Hamas stops its missiles, then the arab media repeats the banality of this statement, and then the Arab citizens swallow this 'joke' and repeat it with great naivety!! But the truth is EXPOSED to all.
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Excuse the rough translation. The original is at
http://www.alraimedia.com/Alrai/Article.aspx?id=102490end.
