[lbo-talk] Hamas "a project of Shin Bet" (was: Hezbollah vs IDF)

[Michael Pugliese]

On 10/15/06, Michael Pugliese <michael.098762001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/15/06, Michael Hoover <mhhoover at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > i have pointed above out a number of times over the years on several
> > e-lists, have asked without answer whether hama leadership
> > acknowledges israel's role in organization's early years, asking
> > again...   mh
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas
>    However, various sources, among them United Press
> International,[36] Le Canard enchaîné, Bill Baar and L'Humanité[37]
> have claimed that Hamas' early growth - before its official founding
> and the creation of the military branch - had been supported by the
> Mossad as a "counterbalance to the Palestine Liberation Organization
> (PLO)". Furthermore, the French investigative newspaper Le Canard
> enchaîné claimed that Shin Bet had also supported Hamas as a
> counterweight to the PLO and Fatah, in an attempt to give "a religious
> slant to the conflict, in order to make the West believe that the
> conflict was between Jews and Muslims", thus supporting the
> controversial thesis of a "clash of civilizations".[38]
>    Hamas history tied to Israel", United Press International, June 18, 2002
>    (English)/(French)"Hamas is a creation of Mossad (English
> translation)", L'Humanité, Summer 2002. Retrieved on May 2, 2006.;
> French original version: "Hamas, le produit du Mossad", L'Humanité,
> December 14, 2001. Retrieved on May 3, 2006.
>   Les très secrètes 'relations' Israël-Hamas (The very secret
> Israel-Hamas 'relations'), Le Canard Enchaîné, February 1, 2006 (issue
> n°4449)
> --
> Michael Pugliese
>

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Michael Pugliese