> > Hamas is a Creation of Mossad > > > by Hassane Zerouky > > *Global Outlook, <http://globalresearch.ca/globaloutlook/GOISSUE7.html> > No 2, Summer 2002* > *www.globalresearch.ca <http://globalresearch.ca/> 23 March 2004* > > *The URL of this article is: > http://globalresearch.ca/articles/ZER403A.html > <http://globalresearch.ca/articles/ZER403A.html> * > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *Thanks to the Mossad, Israel's "Institute for Intelligence and > Special Tasks", the Hamas was allowed to reinforce its presence in > the occupied territories. Meanwhile, Arafat's Fatah Movement for > National Liberation as well as the Palestinian Left were subjected > to the most brutal form of repression and intimidation* > > *Let us not forget that it was Israel, which in fact created Hamas. > According to Zeev Sternell, historian at the Hebrew University of > Jerusalem, "Israel thought that it was a smart ploy to push the > Islamists against the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO)".* > > Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of the Islamist movement in > Palestine, returning from Cairo in the seventies, established an > Islamic charity association. Prime Minister Golda Meir, saw this as > a an opportunity to counterbalance the rise of Arafat₼s Fatah > movement. .According to the Israeli weekly /Koteret Rashit/ (October > 1987), "The Islamic associations as well as the university had been > supported and encouraged by the Israeli military authority" in > charge of the (civilian) administration of the West Bank and Gaza. > "They [the Islamic associations and the university] were authorized > to receive money payments from abroad." > > The Islamists set up orphanages and health clinics, as well as a > network of schools, workshops which created employment for women as > well as system of financial aid to the poor. And in 1978, they > created an "Islamic University" in Gaza. "The military authority was > convinced that these activities would weaken both the PLO and the > leftist organizations in Gaza." At the end of 1992, there were six > hundred mosques in Gaza. Thanks to Israel₼s intelligence agency > Mossad (Israel₼s Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks) , the > Islamists were allowed to reinforce their presence in the occupied > territories. Meanwhile, the members of Fatah (Movement for the > National Liberation of Palestine) and the Palestinian Left were > subjected to the most brutal form of repression. > > In 1984, Ahmed Yassin was arrested and condemned to twelve years in > prison, after the discovery of a hidden arms cache. But one year > later, he was set free and resumed his activities. And when the > Intifada (₽uprising₼) began, in October 1987, which took the > Islamists by surprise, Sheik Yassin responded by creating the Hamas > (The Islamic Resistance Movement): "God is our beginning, the > prophet our model, the Koran our constitution", proclaims article 7 > of the charter of the organization. > > Ahmed Yassin was in prison when, the Oslo accords (/Declaration of > Principles on Interim Self-Government/) were signed in September > 1993. The Hamas had rejected Oslo outright. But at that time, 70% of > Palestinians had condemned the attacks on Israeli civilians. Yassin > did everything in his power to undermine the Oslo accords. Even > prior to Prime Minister Rabin₼s death, he had the support of the > Israeli government. The latter was very reluctant to implement the > peace agreement. > > The Hamas then launched a carefully timed campaign of attacks > against civilians, one day before the meeting between Palestinian > and Israeli negotiators, regarding the formal recognition of Israel > by the National Palestinian Council. These events were largely > instrumental in the formation of a Right wing Israeli government > following the May 1996 elections. > > Quite unexpectedly, Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered Sheik Ahmed > Yassin to be released from prison ("on humanitarian grounds") where > he was serving a life sentence. Meanwhile, Netanyahu, together with > President Bill Clinton, was putting pressure on Arafat to control > the Hamas. In fact, Netanyahu knew that he could rely, once more, on > the Islamists to sabotage the Oslo accords. Worse still: after > having expelled Yassin to Jordan, Prime Minister Netanyahu allowed > him to return to Gaza, where he was welcomed triumphantly as a hero > in October 1997. > > Arafat was helpless in the face of these events. Moreover, because > he had supported Saddam Hussein during the1991 Gulf war, (while the > Hamas had cautiously abstained from taking sides), the Gulf states > decided to cut off their financing of the Palestinian Authority. > Meanwhile, between February and April 1998, Sheik Ahmad Yassin was > able to raise several hundred million dollars, from those same > countries. The the budget of The Hamas was said to be greater than > that of the Palestinian Authority. These new sources of funding > enabled the Islamists to effectively pursue their various charitable > activities. It is estimated that one Palestinian out of three is the > recipient of financial aid from the Hamas. And in this regard, > Israel has done nothing to curb the inflow of money into the > occupied territories. > > The Hamas had built its strength through its various acts of > sabotage of the peace process, in a way which was compatible with > the interests of the Israeli government. In turn, the latter sought > in a number of ways, to prevent the application of the Oslo accords. > In other words, Hamas was fulfilling the functions for which it was > originally created: to prevent the creation of a Palestinian State. > And in this regard, Hamas and Ariel Sharon, see eye to eye; they are > exactly on the same wave length. > > > -- > ./ Limit of Message body is 40 KB > ./ Attachment and HTML file is not permitted > > # Archives :
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