{"id":2068476,"date":"2023-10-16T07:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T11:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lets-talk-about-the-idiotic-claim-that-israel-supported-hamas\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T07:06:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T11:06:59","slug":"lets-talk-about-the-idiotic-claim-that-israel-supported-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lets-talk-about-the-idiotic-claim-that-israel-supported-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussing the baseless claim that &#8216;Israel supported Hamas&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flets-talk-about-the-idiotic-claim-that-israel-supported-hamas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2068476&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Israel and\u2062 the Creation of Hamas: Debunking the Myth<\/h2>\n<p>One of \u200bthe most misleading, contextless\u2063 talking points\u2063 spread\u2063 by the pro-Hamas\u2064 right and \u2062left contends that Israel\u2062 \u201csupported\u201d \u200dand \u201ccreated\u201d the terror organization. It is the political equivalent of condemning someone today for failing to make a citizen\u2019s arrest of OJ Simpson in 1986.<\/p>\n<p>The myth was popularized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/mehdi_hasan_2012712134448609896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">former<\/a> Qatari propagandist, now one of MSNBC\u2019s leading terror apologists, Mehdi Hasan. The insinuation, of course, is that Israel bears moral and historical responsibility for the murder of its\u200d own citizens. A lot of these same people, no doubt, blamed Americans for creating al Qaeda and thus 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>The Hamas claim is even weaker, frankly, considering Israel had\u2063 no hand in arming any iteration of Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>An offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, the group was \u2064formed in 1967 and legally \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/irp.fas.org\/crs\/931014-hamas.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">registered<\/a> in Israel in 1978 as a nonprofit Islamic association. From \u2062the start, \u200cits stated \u200dgoal was destroying Israel, joining virtually every Arab group \u200bin the area. If Israelis began shuttering every Islamic association and assassinating\u200c every leader whose stated goal was the destruction of the Jewish State, it would \u200cbe in a constant state of \u200dwar.<\/p>\n<p>Israel, instead, was largely indifferent\u2063 to Hamas \u2014\u2062 one \u2064of many theocratic groups \u2064appearing\u2063 at the time. When created, Hamas was best known for building medical centers and offering welfare\u200c services. Most \u200cof Hamas\u2019 funding came from foreign sources. Jordan, probably the group\u2019s biggest patron in \u2063the\u2063 subsequent years, saw Hamas as a way to influence the politics\u200b of the \u201cWest\u200c Bank.\u201d And Israel also \u200clargely looked the other way, hoping to create a <em>political<\/em> counterbalance to the terrorist PLO. (Israel\u2019s only known direct funding to the group came, according to U.S. intelligence officials, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Defense-News\/2002\/06\/18\/Analysis-Hamas-history-tied-to-Israel\/82721024445587\/\">fund<\/a> agents who were spying on the organization.)<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn\u2019t any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-bill-to-force-girls-to-register-for-the-draft-conservative-republicans-blast-left-wing-woke-agenda-gone-too-far\/\" title=\"House Passes Bill To Force Girls To Register For The Draft. Conservative Republicans Blast: \u2018Left-Wing, Woke Agenda Gone Too Far\u2019\">civilized country<\/a>\u200d prefer\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lets-talk-about-the-idiotic-claim-that-israel-supported-hamas\/\" title=\"Discussing the baseless claim that 'Israel supported Hamas'.\">religious \u200dorganization \u200cproviding\u200d social services<\/a> \u200bin power than one engaged in hijackings, suicide bombings, and\u2063 knife attacks on civilians? Hamas, in\u2064 the 1970s and early \u201980s, was not violent. As soon as the group began to participate in attacks, as they\u2063 did around the first Intifada, Israel began cracking down on the organization and\u200c assassinating its terror leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Those sharing quotes with me of Israeli \u2064politicians lamenting their role in helping\u200b Hamas \u200brarely seem to read past a \u2062headline. <em>Of \u2062course<\/em> Israelis regret not seeing the threat earlier and playing realpolitik. That doesn\u2019t mean they \u201csupported\u201d the \u2062terror iteration of\u2064 Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Even if Israel had shut down Hamas\u200c in 1978, there would almost surely be another fundamentalist\u2063 organization that \u2062would have taken its place\u200c and engaged in the \u2064same behavior. Political Islam swept through the Muslim \u2063world, discarding the failed experiment of Arab nationalism, in those years. Palestinians were not immune.<\/p>\n<p>From a 2009 Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB123275572295011847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">piece<\/a> exploring the issue:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Arieh Spitzen, the former head of the Israeli military\u2019s Department \u200cof \u2062Palestinian Affairs, \u200bsays that \u2063even if \u2062Israel had tried to stop the Islamists sooner, he doubts it could have done much to curb political\u2063 Islam, a movement\u200d that was spreading across the Muslim \u2062world. He says attempts to stop it are akin to trying to \u2063change the\u2062 internal rhythms of nature: \u200c\u201cIt is like saying: \u2063\u2018I will kill all the mosquitoes.\u2019\u200d But then you\u2063 get even worse insects that will kill you\u2026You \u200cbreak the balance. You kill Hamas you might \u2062get al Qaeda.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u2063people\u200c regurgitating\u2063 Hasan\u2019s\u200d claims \u200cput more blame on Jews than they do \u200bon Hamas or the Palestinians\u2062 who cheer\u200c on the terror group in great numbers. The \u200dclaim <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ComicDaveSmith\/status\/1712910082432782392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">that<\/a> the \u200c\u201cconditions\u201d that brought on the murder of Jews were \u200d\u201cmainly Israel\u2019s occupation \u2063and\u2063 Israel\u2019s support of Hamas\u201d is prevalent on\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>. (It\u2019s amazing how many of the people who feel compelled to \u200bhave strong opinions \u200con this issue are unaware that Gaza \u2064was \u2063given autonomy almost 20 years ago.)<\/p>\n<p>It \u200cis just more shameful victim-blaming by Hamas\u2063 apologists aimed at credulous idiots.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>David Harsanyi\u200c is a senior \u200beditor \u200cat The\u200b Federalist, a nationally syndicated \u2062columnist, a Happy Warrior columnist at National Review,\u2064 and author of five books\u2014the most recent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Eurotrash-America-Reject-Failed-Continent\/dp\/0063066017\/\">Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent<\/a>. Follow him on Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidharsanyi\/\">@davidharsanyi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why did Israel initially turn a blind eye to Hamas&#8217;s activities and even consider using it as a\u200b counterbalance to the Palestine Liberation Organization<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200d E decades. Groups like the Muslim Brotherhood and Hezbollah rose to prominence, spreading their extremist\u200d ideologies \u200cand \u2063carrying out acts of violence.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to \u2063note that Hamas did not arise out of Israeli support or creation.\u2064 It was a product of\u2062 the larger movement of political Islam \u200dthat was sweeping the region at the time. Israel had no role in arming Hamas or supporting its\u2064 terrorist activities. In fact,\u200d Israel largely looked the other way and even hoped to use Hamas \u2064as a political counterbalance to \u200bthe terrorist Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).<\/p>\n<p>At its\u200c inception, Hamas was \u200bprimarily focused on providing social \u200dservices and welfare to the \u200bPalestinian people. Its funding came from foreign sources,\u2064 and its main patrons\u2062 were\u2062 countries like Jordan, who saw Hamas as a\u200b tool to exert influence over the politics of the West Bank. Israel&#8217;s \u2064only\u2064 known direct funding\u200d to\u200d the group was to support agents who were spying on Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t until Hamas began engaging in\u200c acts of\u200b violence, such as bombings and attacks on civilians, that Israel started cracking down\u200d on the organization. The Israeli government initiated \u2062measures to dismantle Hamas and assassinate its terror leaders. Israel faced a choice between a religious organization providing\u200b social services and one engaging in terrorist activities. It is only justifiable \u200dfor any civilized country to prioritize \u200dthe \u200dsafety and well-being of its citizens over\u2064 allowing \u2062a terrorist organization to flourish.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2063is\u200c crucial to dispel the myth that Israel &#8220;supported&#8221; or &#8220;created&#8221; Hamas. Such a claim not only distorts\u2064 the truth but also places undue moral and historical responsibility on Israel \u2062for the actions of a terrorist group. Even\u200d if\u2062 Israel had shut down \u200cHamas in 1978, there would likely have been another fundamentalist organization\u200b that would have taken its place. Political Islam was gaining\u200d momentum in \u200bthe region, and groups like Hamas were a product of\u2062 that broader movement.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the notion that Israel\u2063 supported or created Hamas is a misleading and contextless narrative propagated\u200d by \u2062individuals with an agenda. It is important to understand the historical context\u200c and the complexities of the situation. Israel&#8217;s actions against \u200cHamas were driven by the\u200b need to protect its \u200ccitizens\u200d and combat terrorism, not by a desire to support or create a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>of the most misleading talking points is the claim that Israel &#8220;supported&#8221; and &#8220;created&#8221; Hamas, spread by both pro-Hamas right and left. This contextless argument is akin to blaming someone today for not arresting OJ Simpson in 1986. The myth gained traction through a former Qatari propagandist, now discredited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":831,"featured_media":2068477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2068476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2068476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2068477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2068476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2068476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2068476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}