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

[Michael Hoover]

On 10/15/06, Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/15/06, Michael Hoover <mhhoover at gmail.com>
> > have asked without answer whether hama leadership
> > acknowledges israel's role in organization's early years, asking
> > again...   mh
>
> Well, there isn't much to acknowledge, for all Tel Aviv did was to
> free Ahmed Yassin (ca. 1937 -- 22 March 2004) in 1967 and license the
> Muslim Brotherhood's charity work, thinking that the group will
> depoliticize the Palestinians.  If Tel Aviv did more than that for the
> Muslim Brotherhood or Hamas itself, we have no evidence that documents
> it.
>
> When it really comes down to it, Hamas has grown because the PLO
> couldn't deliver
> Yoshie
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well, my recollection may be bad, but i believe there's a bit more to
it, as i recall, israel provided hamas with funding in mid-1980s for
such things as community centers, schools,health facilities, etc.,
viewed as religious alternative to secular plo, but as i indicated, i
say this from memory...

as for hamas growth, above is certainly correct, i've said same thing
on e-lists more than once over the years...   mh