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The Gaza, Sinai, and Israel Conflict
Part One: Background Information.
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An Information Feature of
Brit-Am, Movement of the Ten Tribes
of Israel.
3 June 2011, 1 Sivan 5771.
Hear Yair Davidiy speak on Gaza:
Rachel Cohen and Cynthia Grace Show Interview Yair Davidiy.
Gaza, Obama, USA, and Manasseh.
Duration: 38 minutes.
First part of the Interview concenrs Gaza.
Following that, the identity of the Ten Tribes and the equation of the USA with Manasseh is spoken about.
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Contents:
Gaza and
Hamas
What is Gaza?
History.
Status.
Ariel Sharon;Yair
Davidiy
Israel and Gaza
Hamas
Takes Over; Gilad
Shalit
The Gaza War
Are the People of Gaza Suffering?
Gaza Economy; Gush Katif
What is Hamas?
The Hamas
Charter (1988)
US Government Messages Supporting Israel.
Human Shields.
Recent new items:
Hamas
Moving HQ from Syria to Egypt, Warns Netanyahu
REPORT: HAMAS
SMUGGLING A ROCKET A DAY FROM 'FRIENDLY EGYPT'
The Gaza, Sinai, and Israel
Conflict
Part One: Some Background Information.
Gaza and
Hamas
The conflict of the People of Gaza with Israel is not economic or political.
It is religious.
Even if the Muslims of Gaza were not Palestinian Refugees and did not neighbor
Israel they would still be antagonistic to Israel.
Destruction of Israel has become a religious obsession with them.
Israel is considered the equivalent of the Devil.
Conspiracy Theories about how the Jews control the world and are responsibility
of all the ills and affliction of mankind are part of the educational curriculum
and official constitutional doctrine of the Hamas rulership of Gaza.
They are taught on TV and by the religious instructors that it is a religious
duty to kill Jews.
There are apparently writings to this effect in the Koran and in Islamic
Traditional Commentaries.
There are other Islamic sources that praise the Jews, that say that the Land of
Israel belongs to the Jews, and so on.
Theoretically the Islamic Religion has sources that could justify an enlightened
Western-Style attitude towards the Jew and others.
Nowadays however the only ones who seem aware of this more-favorable possibility
of Islam are non-Muslims who have read about it.
Real Muslims have other preferences, at least for now.
What is Gaza?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip
The Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip
borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. ...a
total area of 360 square kilometers (139 sq mi). The territory takes its name
from Gaza, its main city.
The population is about 1.6 million people...
One million of the population, as of March 2005, were considered refugees,
although the vast majority of them were actually born in the Gaza Strip;[2] the
older generation fled to Gaza in 1948 as part of the 1948 Palestinian exodus
following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, from some parts of Mandate Palestine that
became Israel. The population is predominantly Sunni Muslim. With a yearly
growth rate of about 3.2%, the Gaza strip has the 7th highest population growth
rate in the world.
History.
After 1906 the British reached an agreement with the Ottoman Turlish
Empire.
Henceforth Gaza was ruled by Egypt which at that time was under British control.
After Israel declared independence Gaza in 1948 the population was almost
trebled by Palestinian refugees.
Gaza continued to be ruled by Egypt until the Six-Day-War of 1967
when Israel took over.
Status.
Egypt had officially never considered Gaza as part of Egypt but as a controlled
territory. The people did not receive Egyptian citizenship.
They had been up in Gaza and supported largely by the UNRWA.
The inhabitants of Gaza compared to other Arabs and Palestinians of the time
were more Islamically-conscious and extreme in their attitudes.
The Egyptians had had trouble controlling them.
When the Israelis took over the attitudes towards them was one of rebellion
punctuated by terrorist attacks. This hostility was curtailed by
Ariel Sharon. At that time Ariel
Sharon was a general in the IDF and had been appointed head of Southern Command
(1969-1973) making him responsible for the area of Gaza. Upon taking up his post
Sharon instituted a policy of regular aggressive army patrols, intensified
intelligence activity, interception of terror squads, and the perfunctory exile
to Jordan of troublemakers and stone-throwers. If the culprit was under-age then
the nearest available male next-of-kin would be sent to Jordan in his stead.
This policy was remarkably effective. It was not long after the implementation
of the new procedures until the troubles ceased almost completely.
Gaza borders the Sinai Peninsula and in some respects may be considered a
geographical extension of it.
In 1973 came the Yom Kippur War.
[In 1974
Yair
Davidiy
came to Israel from Australia. He served (from 1975) for 18 months in the
IDF.
Part of his service was in different areas of Sinai. Upon discharge Yair continued to serve when required for about a month every year including a total of ca. 2 to 3 months in Lebanon].
In 1979 Israel under M. Begin agreed to evacuate the Sinai Peninsula
which was to become a demilitarized area.
In May 1994, following the Oslo Accords, much of the Gaza Strip (except for the
settlement blocs and military areas) came under Palestinian control. The PLO
under Arafat moved into Gaza and from there transferred their headquarters to
Ramalla on the West Bank north of Jerusalem.
In September 2000 came the Second Intifada or Palestinian revolt against Israeli
presence. Gaza was especially troublesome to Israel.
Israel and Gaza
In 2005 Israel (under the Sharon and Olmert government) carried out
the DISENGAGEMENT from the Gaza Strip.
All Israel settlements were abandoned. Most of the settlements had been in the
Gush Katif area of the southwest.
More than 9000 Jewish settlers were uprooted. Israeli military forces withdrew.
Israel built barriers of various sorts around the territory of Gaza.
A vast far-extending complex of underground tunnels exists between Gaza and
Egypt.
Through these tunnels Gaza receives goods and military hardware including
rockets from Iran.
# Israel controls Gaza's airspace and
territorial waters, and does not allow the movement of goods in or out of Gaza
by air or sea.#
Israel does however allow medicines and foodstuffs and some other materials to
pass through.
# Between January 2009-June 2010,
approximately 2 billion pounds of aid, 137 million liters of fuel, and 50,000
tons of cooking gas were delivered by Israel to the Gaza Strip. #
Hamas
Takes Over
At first the so-called Palestinian Authority had autonomous control over the
Gaza Strip as well as most of the West Bank.
In 2006 there were elections and Hamas received 42% of the votes and a majority
(74 our of 132) of delegates over the Palestinian Authority area.
Israel, the USA, and EU refused to recognized Hamas rule.
In 2006-2007 Hamas forcefully took control of the Gaza Strip. There were about
1000 killed.
Hamas forces carried out executions in cold blood (some of which were to be
viewed on YouTube clips) as well as torturing and maiming their opponents.
Hamas instituted a theocratical rulership.
Christians are persecuted. Abductions and murders of Christians have occurred.
In 2006 an Israeli soldier, Gilad
Shalit, was kidnapped and
has remained in captivity (assuming he is still alive) somewhere in Gaza ever
since.
The family of Shalit waged (and is still waging) an ongoing much-publicized
well-organized and well-funded campaign pressuring the Israel Government to make
whatever concessions are necessary to free Gilad.
In the past similar exchanges of Israeli hostages have taken place. These have
included the freeing of numerous terrorists who have returned to plan and
execute terrorist attacks against Israeli citizens. Many amongst the Israeli
public and in Israeli governmental circles are afraid of this happening again.
After the Hamas takeover and the end of January 2008, 697 rockets and 822 mortar
bombs were fired at Israeli towns.
In 2008 a partial embargo was placed on Gaza by Israel.
Israeli also sent air strikes (after 2008) and limited military incursions into
Gaza targeted military objectives such rocket launching sites and the bases of
terrorists intending to infiltrate to Israel.
The Gaza War
On 27 December 2008 after the number of rocket attacks against Israel had
reached 3000, the Gaza War broke out.
# The Israel Defense Forces rejected
claims the majority of those killed were civilians, providing evidence that
Hamas
deliberately hides weapons and fighters in "mosques, school yards and civilian
houses" to deter an attack and exploit Israel's rules of engagement. Israel
began a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip on 3 January 2009.
....
A total of 1,100-1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed in the
22-day war. After 22 days of fighting, Israel declared a ceasefire. #
The infrastructure of Gaza was also damaged.
Tens of thousands of rockets are now in Gaza. Some of these are capable of
reaching the Tel Aviv Metropolitan area.
Iran is in close contact with Hamas.
Are the People of Gaza Suffering?
The people of Gaza have a higher standard of living than most Muslim countries.
They live longer than the people of Turkey; the infant morality rate is lower
than that of Turkey.
They have the 7th highest birth rate in the world.
# Infant mortality in the Gaza Strip,
for example, is 17.71 per thousand births compared to Turkey's 24.84 or the
global average of 44[4]; life expectancy in Turkey is 72.23 years whereas in
Gaza it is 73.68, much higher than the global average of 66.12, not to mention
such Arab or Islamic countries as Yemen (63.36), Sudan (52.52), or Somalia
(50).[5] #
Source:
NGOs vs. Israel by Ben-Dror
Yemini
http://www.meforum.org/2919/ngos-vs-israel
Most people in Gaza are poor but they get by.
Food is cheap and much is subsidized.
Nevertheless malnutrition has been reported amongst a high
percentage of the population. In Israel these reports are believed to be
deliberately exaggerated.
Aid from UNWRA, the EU, Japan, various NGOs and other sources is plentiful.
The Israeli siege is only partially. In principle food and
medicines are allowed through. Israel supplies Gaza with electricity,
gas, and petroleum products. This is apart from the large amounts
of goods that arrive from Egypt via the tunnels.
It has been claimed that there is some lack in medicines but this
(to the degree that it exists) is not so much due to Israel but to Palestinian
mismanagement and possible administrative corruption or malice.
The Gazan administration has only to stop firing rockets at Israeli
settlements for the blockade to cease.
The Hamas rulership along with a portion of the inhabitants have a
pathological compulsion to maintain a state of violent enmity against Israel.
Gaza Economy
One-third of the Land is irrigated.
Natural gas has been found.
# Environmental issues include
desertification; salination
of fresh water; sewage treatment; water-borne disease; soil degradation; and
depletion and contamination of underground water resources. #
These environmental issues are liable to get worse. The Arabs had a bad track
record on such matters.
This also involves ecological issues affecting Israel such as contamination of
underground water tables etc and the spread of contagious diseases.
The Israeli settlements while (up unto 2005) they existed in
Gush
Katif
were economically viable and prosperous.
They supported themselves through sophisticated agriculture (such as pest-free
lettuce green-hose lettuce etc), fishing, tourism, and educational centers.
Hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza were employed in Gush Katif.
When the Israelis were forced out by their own government (under Sharon and
Olmert) the Gazans attempted to take over and continue the Israeli projects.
They were unsuccessful and everything has since been abandoned and fallen into
ruination.
# Before the second Palestinian uprising
in September 2000, around 25,000 workers from the Gaza Strip (about 2% of the
population) used to work in Israel every day. #
# The main agricultural products are
olives, citrus, vegetables, Halal
beef, and dairy products. Primary exports are citrus and cut flowers, while
primary imports are food, consumer goods, and construction materials. The main
trade partners of the Gaza Strip are Israel, Egypt, and the West Bank. #
What is Hamas?
Hamas is an offshoot of the Sunni Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.
Thanks in part to the intervention of US President Barak Hussein Obama the
Muslim Brotherhood is now in effective control of Egypt.
The
Hamas
Charter (1988)
Article 6
Hamas
is uniquely Palestinian,[21] and "strives to raise the banner of Allah over
every inch of Palestine" [13][18]
Article 7 of the Hamas
Covenant provides the following quotation, attributed to Mohammed:
"The Day of Judgement
will not come about until Moslems fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the
Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Moslems,
O Abdulla,
there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only the
Gharkad
tree, (evidently a certain kind of tree) would not do that because it is one of
the trees of the Jews."[217]
Article 8 The Hamas
document reiterates the Muslim Brotherhood's slogan of "Allah is its goal, the
Prophet is the model, the Qur'an
its constitution, jihad its path, and death for the sake of Allah its most
sublime belief."[13][18]
Article 13 There is no negotiated settlement possible. Jihad is the only
answer.[18]
Article 14 The liberation of Palestine is the personal duty of every
Palestinian.[18]
Article 15 "The day that enemies usurp part of Moslem land, Jihad becomes the
individual duty of every
Moslem".It states the history of
crusades into Muslim lands and says the "Palestinian problem is a religious
problem". [18]
Article 20 Calls for action "by the people as a single body" against "a vicious
enemy which acts in a way similar to Nazism, making no differentiation between
man and woman, between children and old people".[18]
Article 22 states that the French
revolution, the Russian revolution, colonialism and both world wars were created
by the Zionists or forces supportive of Zionism.
Article 28 Conspiracy indictment against "Israel, Judaism and Jews".[18][22]
Article 32 of the Covenant refers to an
antisemitic
forgery, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion:
"Today it is Palestine, tomorrow it will be one country or another. The Zionist
plan is limitless. After Palestine, the Zionists aspire to expand from the Nile
to the Euphrates. When they will have digested the region they overtook, they
will aspire to further expansion, and so on. Their plan is embodied in the
"Protocols of the Elders of Zion", and their present conduct is the best proof
of what we are saying."[217]
Numerous Statements by Hamas members and clerics have confirmed that the views
expressed in the Charter are firmly believed and even expanded upon in the
public consciousness.
Similar mesages are often transmitted by Local TV stations, and in childrens
magazines.
New York Times journalist Steven Erlanger reported that "Hamas rocket and
weapons caches, including rocket launchers, have been discovered in and under
mosques, schools and civilian homes." Another report published by Intelligence
and Terrorism Information Center revealed that Hamas used close to 100 mosques
to store weapons and as launch-pads to shoot rockets.
US Government Messages Supporting
Israel.
#In July 2008
Barack
Obama,
then the Democratic presidential candidate, said: "If somebody was sending
rockets into my house, where my two daughters sleep at night, I'm going to do
everything in my power to stop that, and I would expect Israelis to do the same
thing."[250] On December 28, 2008, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a
statement: "the United States strongly condemns the repeated rocket and mortar
attacks against Israel".[251] On March 2, 2009 Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton condemned the attacks. #
Human Shields.
# Israel has accused
Hamas
of using children as human shields. The Israeli government released video
footage of Hamas
in which it describes as two
Hamas militants grabbing a young
boy's arm from behind holding him to walk in front of them toward a group of
people waiting near a wall. The
IDF argues the militants were
placing the boy between themselves and an Israeli sniper. The second scene shows
an individual, described as a
Hamas militant, grabbing a school
boy off of a floor, where he is hiding behind a column from
IDF
fire, and using him as a human shield to walk to a different location.[255]
# In November 2006, the Israeli Air Force warned Muhammad Weil
Baroud,
a Palestinian militant accused of launching rockets into Israeli territory, to
evacuate his home in a Jabalya
refugee camp apartment block in advance of a planned Israeli air strike.
Hamas
responded by calling for volunteers to protect the apartment block and nearby
buildings and, according to the Jerusalem Post, hundreds of local residents,
mostly women and children, responded. Israel suspended the air strike. ... In
response to the incident, Hamas
proclaimed: 'We won. From now on we will form human chains around every house
threatened with demolition.'"
Recent new items:
Hamas
Moving HQ from Syria to Egypt, Warns Netanyahu
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/144604
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Extracts:
Hamas is moving its headquarters from Damascus to Egypt, and the terror group is
strengthening itself in the Sinai, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee Monday.
He also noted that the Muslim Brotherhood, from which Hamas sprung, also has
become a more powerful force in Egypt since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. The
Prime Minister stated his concern about the inability of the provisional
military regime in Egypt to exercise sovereignty in the Sinai, which borders
Israel and from where Bedouin and Hamas terrorists smuggle weapons from Iran,
Sudan, Syria and elsewhere into Gaza.
Al-Qaeda also has brought 400 terrorists into the area, according to an Egyptian
official quoted by an Arab news agency,
REPORT:
HAMAS
SMUGGLING A ROCKET A DAY FROM 'FRIENDLY EGYPT'
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/144665
Extracts:
The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and the decline of
Egyptian army control in the Sinai have allowed Hamas to smuggle a rocket a day
into Gaza, according to the Israeli-based Debka website, maintained largely by
former IDF and security officers.
Hamas's stockpile now is 10,000 missiles, including
weapons that can down aircraft and slice through tanks. The IDF has introduced a
new Trophy protective system to ward off advanced rocket attacks.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Knesset
Foreign Affairs and Security Committee this week that the power vacuum is
working to the advantage of Hamas, which is able smuggle weapons and terrorists
into Gaza with more ease since the grassroots uprising that ousted Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak.
Hamas backed off the attacks following the firing of a
Russian-made anti-tank missile, smuggled from Iran, which hit a school bus,
killing a teenager.
The reported deal did not mention the continued smuggling
of weapons on a daily basis.
See:
Options for Survival: A Solution to the War in Gaza
http://www.britam.org/hamas.html
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