The Real Problem: Hamas

Andrea Loquenzi Holzer
Hudson New York
11 June '10
Posted before Shabbat

Contrary to common perception, the "activists" on board on the infamous Gaza-bound flotilla were not activists at all; they were terrorists, many of whom were members or associates of the Muslim Brotherhood. At the very least, many were individuals collaborating with terrorists.

Further, the so called "humanitarian mission" to Gaza was not a humanitarian mission at all; it was a combat mission. As Eli Hertz writes, the international community should start by blaming Turkey for what happened: it was Ankara's responsibility to make sure that the vessels and their captains were completely legal, an with only peaceful intentions -- they clearly were neither.

Fundamentally, however, the real blame here must be put on the terrorist paramilitary organization, Hamas, which has been smuggling in thousands rockets from the Egyptian side of its border through 1000 illegal tunnels (a broken blockade could import thousands of rockets on each boat) -- and which is openly sworn in its charter to Israel's destruction.

What is surprising is that even well informed politicians, such as the Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, are blaming Israel for the incident. Frattini said that Jerusalem must "must give an explanation to the international community" and that the killings are "absolutely unacceptable, whatever the flotilla's aims."

Here is one brief explanation Israeli politicians could offer Frattini: Hamas, a terrorist organization, is at war with Israel; in order to prevent this organization's terrorists and suicide bombers from bringing even more weapons into Gaza than they already do -- as has happened with the Hezballah in Southern Lebanon, which the international community was supposed to keep demilitarized -- our government was forced to impose a marine blockade, which is completely legal and legitimate under international law, as instituted before by the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the the UK during the Falklands war, in which Britain sank the Argentinian ship, the Belgarano, killing over 300 Argentinians.

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