The recent battle at the Gaza border between "demonstrators" and Israeli troops is being recast into something it wasn't. This description from the man in charge of dealing with the Arab-Israeli conflict for something called the International Crisis Organization is a good example.
Hamas views the protests as a means to confront Israel’s blockade by peaceful means, without starting a new war. Preparations for the march began months ago. All major Palestinian factions agreed to participate and keep the demonstrations unarmed. Hamas instructed its followers and security forces to ensure that no arms were displayed among the protesters and no weapons were fired at Israeli forces.
So what's wrong with this? First, there are pictures of men at the demonstration with semi-automatic rifles, so arms were clearly displayed. Second, there were many points where Israeli troops were attacked by the demonstrators with gunfire, Molotov cocktails and barrages of rocks. Third, the demonstrators were obviously armed. Fourth, there were Hamas soldiers mixed into the crowd who tried to use the mass of people as cover to booby trap the border fence for later use against passing Israeli patrols. In other words, the demonstration was anything but "peaceful".
It would be one thing if Hamas were spouting lies about what happened. That would be expected. Instead, we are getting Western media and NGO's who are repeating the lies from Hamas as if they were the truth. Even politicians like Bernie Sanders are repeating the lies. For Hamas, this is a bonanza and one well worth the high number of casualties.
Nearly a century ago, Stalin used to speak of the useful idiots who helped the Soviet Union by unknowingly spreading propaganda in the West. Today, those useful idiots have moved on to helping terror groups like Hamas. It's truly sad.
Hamas views the protests as a means to confront Israel’s blockade by peaceful means, without starting a new war. Preparations for the march began months ago. All major Palestinian factions agreed to participate and keep the demonstrations unarmed. Hamas instructed its followers and security forces to ensure that no arms were displayed among the protesters and no weapons were fired at Israeli forces.
So what's wrong with this? First, there are pictures of men at the demonstration with semi-automatic rifles, so arms were clearly displayed. Second, there were many points where Israeli troops were attacked by the demonstrators with gunfire, Molotov cocktails and barrages of rocks. Third, the demonstrators were obviously armed. Fourth, there were Hamas soldiers mixed into the crowd who tried to use the mass of people as cover to booby trap the border fence for later use against passing Israeli patrols. In other words, the demonstration was anything but "peaceful".
It would be one thing if Hamas were spouting lies about what happened. That would be expected. Instead, we are getting Western media and NGO's who are repeating the lies from Hamas as if they were the truth. Even politicians like Bernie Sanders are repeating the lies. For Hamas, this is a bonanza and one well worth the high number of casualties.
Nearly a century ago, Stalin used to speak of the useful idiots who helped the Soviet Union by unknowingly spreading propaganda in the West. Today, those useful idiots have moved on to helping terror groups like Hamas. It's truly sad.
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