On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 05:34 PM, Mark Baugher wrote: > > It is a stated Hamas policy... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas provides > 500+ citations. I recently read an Haaretz editorial emphasizing that the > policy of attacking civilians is well known...
This is the only reference I could find in the Wikipedia entry in relation to Hamas terrorism: Hamas has carried out attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians, including suicide bombings ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_suicide_attacks ) and indiscriminate rocket attacks ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel ). [85] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-Litvak-89 ) These actions have led human rights groups to accuse it of war crimes, and Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, Paraguay, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union [44] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-boffey-47 ) to designate Hamas as a terrorist organization ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_designated_terrorist_groups ). In 2018, a motion at the United Nations ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations ) to condemn Hamas was rejected. [e] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-91 ) [87] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-92 ) [88] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-93 ) Footnote 85 directs us to a 2009 paper in the journal Studies in Conflict and Terrorism by an author named Meir Litvak, entitled “Martyrdom is Life": Jihad and Martyrdom in the Ideology of Hamas”, the abstract of which reads: “This article analyzes the articulation of the doctrine of ‘Jihad of the Sword’ and martyrdom by the Islamic Resistance Movement of Palestine, Hamas, as a central pillar of Palestinian identity and as a major source of political mobilization and national empowerment. As part of this concept Hamas presents martyrdom as the epitome of jihad and of Islamic belief. The end-goal of jihad is the destruction of Israel and the elimination of the Jews. By emphasizing the centrality of ‘Jihad of the Sword’ Hamas's ideas reveal a certain similarity to, or inspiration by, radical Salafi-jihadist Islamic movements. While Hamas adopted a pragmatic approach on short-term tactics, these doctrines impose constraints on the scope of a profound ideological transformation it can undergo.” My impression of Ismael Haniyeh, the senior Hamas leader, and others I've seen interviewed or quoted is not that of a fanatical band of radical Islamists. But be that as it may, the Wiki article nowhere addresses the issue of whether Hamas ordered its commandos to systematically attack Israeli civilians as well as soldiers last October. Is there anything outside the Israeli press which substantiates this claim? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29602): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29602 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/105060244/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
