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Hamas Forms "Liberation Army" in Gaza, Thanks to EU Support
by Khaled Abu Toameh
• January 21, 2015 at 5:00 am
The
Palestinian Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip, Hamas, has intensified its
efforts to achieve the destruction of Israel.
Hamas has
obviously interpreted these two decisions -- by the EU court (to remove Hamas
from the list of terror organizations) and the International Criminal Court
-- as a green light to proceed with its plans to eliminate Israel.
The main
goal of Hamas's "Liberation Army" is, of course, to prepare for war
against Israel, according to Hamas spokesman, Mushir al-Masri. "The main
purpose of these training camps is to prepare an army for the liberation of
Palestine and its holy sites in the near future."
The EU
court that removed Hamas from its list of terror groups has committed a crime
not only against Israel, but also against the Palestinian teenagers who are
being trained as jihadists in the movement's camps throughout the Gaza Strip.
The happy
feeling among Hamas leaders is that the Europeans and the ICC are helping
them achieve their goal of wiping Israel off the face of the earth.
Buoyed by the recent decision of the EU's top court to remove Hamas from
the EU's list of terror groups, the Palestinian Islamist movement in the Gaza
Strip has intensified its efforts to achieve the destruction of Israel.
Hamas has further been emboldened by the International Criminal Court's
[ICC] latest decision to launch a preliminary examination into alleged
Israeli "war crimes" in the Palestinian territories.
Hamas has obviously interpreted these two decisions – by the EU court
and the ICC – as a green light to proceed with its plans to eliminate Israel.
Hamas is convinced that these decisions will bring it closer to achieving its
goal.
That is why Hamas has now begun recruiting thousands of Palestinian
youths to its new "Liberation Army" in the Gaza Strip.
The Hams campaign, entitled, "Vanguards of Liberation," is
aimed at recruiting young men whose ages range between 15 and 21.
The West Bank Army of the "State of Palestine," Thanks to the United States
by Shoshana Bryen
• January 21, 2015 at 4:00 am
The U.S.
Consulate's determination to provide the trappings of Palestinian statehood
to the Palestinian Authority outside the negotiating process should come
under scrutiny.
What plan
do we have if the Palestinian army attacks the IDF in the future -- instead
of its presumed enemy, Hamas?
It is
revealing that the U.S. appears determined to provide the Palestinian
Authority with an army while it is still at war with our ally, Israel.
Last week, officials from the U.S. Consulate in East Jerusalem attended
a Palestinian protest over Israel's removal of olive trees illegally planted
in the West Bank. Coordinated with the Palestinian Authority [PA] but not
Israel, the Consulate personnel ended up clashing with Israelis living
nearby. It was, perhaps, the quietest international almost-incident you never
heard of.
This week, with the focus off Paris, the Middle East Quartet (the U.S.,
EU, Russia & the UN) plans to meet. The U.S. Consulate's determination to
provide the trappings of Palestinian statehood to the PA outside the
negotiating process should come under scrutiny.
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