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We must adjust our distorted image of Hamas
The origional in English 2/1/2009
William Sieghart Last week I was in Gaza.
While I was there I met a group of 20 or so police officers who were
undergoing a course in conflict management. They were eager to know
whether foreigners felt safer since Hamas
had taken over the Government? Indeed we did, we told them. Without
doubt the past 18 months had seen a comparative calm on the streets of
Gaza; no gunmen on the streets, no more kidnappings. They smiled with
great pride and waved us goodbye.
Less than a week later
all of these men were dead, killed by an Israeli rocket at a graduation
ceremony. Were they “dangerous Hamas militant gunmen”? No, they were
unarmed police officers, public servants killed not in a “militant
training camp” but in the same police station in the middle of Gaza City that
had been used by the British, the Israelis and Fatah during their periods of
rule there.
This distinction is crucial because while the horrific scenes in Gaza and
Israel
play themselves out on our television screens, a war of words is being
fought that is clouding our understanding of the realities on the
ground. The political leadership of Hamas is probably the most highly
qualified in the world. Boasting more than 500 PhDs
in its ranks, the majority are middle-class professionals - doctors,
dentists, scientists and engineers. Most of its leadership have been
educated in our universities and harbour no ideological hatred towards
the West. It is a grievance-based movement, dedicated to addressing the
injustice done to its people. It has consistently offered a ten-year
ceasefire to give breathing space to resolve a conflict that has
continued for more than 60 years.
The origional in English 2/1/2009
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