Two Gaza narratives

I don't see two Gazas in these pictures. I only see one.

the true self defensive war was the one put up by Hamas. Similar to the senario in Lebanon in 2006, the continuation of rockets fired into Askelon ended the pogrom. I am with Micheal Neumann on this:

http://www.counterpunch.org/neumann01132009.html

I agree, Anon. Although Israel claims the right to self-defense, it's trumped by the Palestinians' right to resist occupation. Why doesn't anybody (except Neumann) talk about that? Everyone is so damned careful to preface any criticism of Israel with a statement about Hamas' "criminal" act of shooting firecrackers into the Negev. Go figger.

Hm. First, these stupid rockets are by no means defending the Gazans. Killing an IDF soldier in Gaza defends the Gazans in theory, not lobbing rockets into Israel, mostly hitting empty space.

Now why do these guys in the pictures wear masks? I mean it can't be because they fear identification and subsequent punishment by Israel, since Israel punishs everybody anyway.

Why bother with the masks?

May be some of these "Islamists" are false-flag agents. Paid mercaneries/Mossad operatives that provide the pretext for Israeli aggression and land grabbing.

Of course it's just a theory, but it's not out of the realm of possibilities right?

Me.

May be some of these "Islamists" are false-flag agents. Paid mercaneries/Mossad operatives that provide the pretext for Israeli aggression and land grabbing.

Of course it's just a theory, but it's not out of the realm of possibilities right?

Not a theory. Ha'aretz reported this about 10 days ago. I dont have a link. I downloaded the article but can't find it because I didn't put it in the right folder.

Then there is this:

January 11-12, 2009 — Little-reported statement of Hamas imam links Israeli Mafia to arms supplies to Hamas

A Hamas imam, who recruits for Hamas in the West Bank, was reported to have told Die Presse Vienna that elements of the Israeli army provided his group with weapons. The comments of Iman "Ali" were made during an undated interview with Die Presse and the interview was reported on December 3o, 2008.

When asked where Hamas gets its weapons, "Ali" replied, "Smuggling, for example from Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood supports Hamas. But the Mafia in the Israeli Army also sold us weapons during the Intifadah. Israel does that to this day. It often happens that Israeli soldiers lie that they have lost their weapons. In reality they sell them to Hamas. And Hamas takes them because it must have weapons, it makes no difference who they come from. Hamas is poorly armed. The explosives are handmade, just like the Qassam rockets."

When asked why Israelis would want to pass weapons to Hamas, Ali responded, "Israel's interest is that Hamas be well-armed so that the world sees that Hamas is militarily fully equipped. Two things can be said on that: First of all, Hamas knows about it. Second, Hamas has a weak army. The strength of Hamas is the loyalty of its members. They would not cheat the army. But Israel makes the press, the propaganda. For everything that happens Israel has a scapegoat: Hamas. Israel tends toward exaggeration only to show that Hamas is a terror movement."

It is well known that Hamas was created by Mossad to act as a foil against Yasir Arafat's Fatah movement. Apparently, the links between Israel and Hamas continue to this day.

Hamas fighter sporting Magen David

MR W, can we have a link for that story please? I have one that relates:

Weapons are smuggled into Gaza from Israel,
says Egyptian human rights official,
Daily Star (Egypt), Jan 23 2009
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=19307

Egypt has proof that the majority of weapons that are smuggled into the Gaza Strip come from Israel, said the general secretary of Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights Mukhlis Qutb. In an interview with Al-Ahram, Qutb said Egypt has the necessary documentation and confessions proving that weapons are smuggled into Gaza by people possessing Israeli citizenship. He also alleged that some members of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are involved in the smuggling and selling of Israeli weapons to the Strip. Qutb added that the deals and payment for the weapons are struck inside Israel. Qutb did not show any documents to prove his allegations, but said that Egypt would never allow its border to be used for weapons smuggling…

Rowan.

Here. But it's behind a subscription.
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/articles/20090112

citizen.

Apropos that. Comment on Twitter in the @gaza discussion: "Israel is the KKK of the Middle East."

"Can they use the rockets to break the siege which itself has been an ongoing act of war since its beginning in 2007. "

My point is: The rockets do nothing to break the siege. N-o-t-h-i-n-g. Want to break the siege? Sink an Israeli ship, for example the one that rammed the Dignity, were former US congresswoman Cynthia Mc Kinney was on board.

They only do one thing: Give Israel an excuse to attack, and Israel's supporters around the world an excuse to defend said attack.

uh, MR W, Wayne Madsen. I have noticed that nothing Wayne Madsen writes nowadays is ever subsequently corroborated. Verb. sap., as they say (means, word to the wise).