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American Pravda: Israel, Gaza, and Broader Issues   RON UNZ   TABLE OF  CONTENTS A Sudden Attack by Hamas and Its Consequences The Surprising Elements of Traditional Judaism Understanding Anti-Semitism The Hidden History of Zionism and Nazi Germany Controlling the Narrative While the World Changes Audio Player 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. A Sudden Attack by Hamas and Its Consequences EPub Format A couple of weeks ago, the smoldering political landscape of the Middle East suddenly exploded as the Hamas militants of Gaza launched a surprise attack against Israel, unprecedented in its size and success. News reports now place Israeli fatalities at around 1,400, more deaths in a single day than the country had ever suffered in any of its previous wars, and greater losses than in all of those conflicts combined since 1973, while as many as 200 Israelis were captured and taken back to Gaza as prisoners and hostages. In recent years, Israel h...

  Why Israel Created Hamas Israel, Hamas, and the United States ( Revolver News ) Insider insights into the creation of Hamas – and other designated terrorist groups. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas.” – Benjamin Netanyahu ( 2019 ) Why Israel helped create Hamas Since the  founding  of Hamas in 1987, Israeli, American and Palestinian officials have repeatedly acknowledged that Israel did indeed help create and fund the Islamist group. The point made by many of these officials is not that Israel “allowed” the rise of Hamas or that Hamas emerged in response to Israeli “occupation” of Palestine. Rather, their point was and is that Israel’s intelligence agencies actively helped create and finance the Hamas group. As the officials cited below make clear, the overall goal of supporting Hamas has been to thwart the creation of a Palestinian state and avert the implementation of a ...