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

[Michael Hoover]

On 10/16/06, Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/15/06, Michael Hoover <mhhoover at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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...
>
> If there is evidence for that, I'd love to see it, but Hamas didn't
> get founded till 1987, so anything before that can at most amount to
> funding for a precursor organization.
> Yoshie
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i said mid-80s because i remembered that was about the time of hamas'
founding, '87 isn't out of my ball park figure, will look for
reference...   mh