RESUPPLIED? 1/4: Gaza Conflict 2021, by Jonathan Schanzer @JSchanzer @FDD (Kindle Edition)
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🗓️ 1 October 2023
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The May 2021 conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas generated headlines around the world. However, much of the reporting ignored the history, funding, political dynamics, and other key components of the story. Hamas initiates conflict every few years, but the reporting rarely improves. Social media has only further clouded the picture. Hamas is rarely held responsible for its use of "human shields," blindly firing rockets at civilian areas in Israel, or diverting aid that should benefit the people of Gaza.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism, has been the primary patron of Hamas since the group's inception in the late 1980s. Hamas has received additional assistance over the years from Qatar, Turkey and Malaysia. These countries are fomenting conflict, while others, such as Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, have tried to minimize it. Gaza is therefore ground zero in a struggle for the future stability of the Middle East.
The Biden administration has important choices to make. Its intent to re-enter the Iran nuclear deal could have significant consequences, given that sanctions relief to Iran will likely yield a financial boon for Hamas, along with other Iranian proxies. The Biden administration must also come to terms with "The Squad," a small but loud faction of the Democratic Party that seeks to undermine US-Israel relations.
Jonathan Schanzer @JSchanzer @FDD, Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS Eye on the World with John Bacheler. Here's John Bacheler. |
| 0:12.4 | I welcome the author, Jonathan Schanzer, his new book is Gaza Conflict 2021. Hamas, Israel, |
| 0:20.2 | and 11 Days of War. Jonathan is at the foundation for the defensive democracies where his |
| 0:25.4 | Vice President for Research in this book contains a deal of research and the chronology of the |
| 0:31.9 | conflict between Hamas and the state of Israel and the rest of the planet, or at least the last |
| 0:39.4 | 30 years since the birth of Hamas in the late 80s, early 90s. We begin, however, in a date that is |
| 0:46.0 | near at hand, May 10th, 2021, Jerusalem Day. It is a celebration at the Western Wall, dancing |
| 0:55.7 | and graduation and joy for Israel, but it's involved certainly in maintaining the continuity that |
| 1:04.4 | Israel has been obliged to maintain against its adversaries since the independence in the 1940s. |
| 1:11.4 | But this is 2021 and suddenly rockets fly. Jonathan, a very good evening to you. That day, |
| 1:19.2 | Hamas opens fire with its new round, its new arsenal of rockets. Why that day? Well, that particular |
| 1:26.5 | day with the celebration going on in Jerusalem. Good evening to you. Good evening, John. Yeah, |
| 1:32.1 | that was an important day for Hamas, an important day in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It's a day |
| 1:37.8 | in which the Israeli celebrate what they describe as the reunification of Jerusalem. |
| 1:44.7 | It harkens back to the day that the Israelis liberate the city during the 1967-06 day war, |
| 1:52.2 | and they continue to celebrate their eternal capital as they describe it. |
| 1:58.4 | And they often celebrate in front of the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism. |
| 2:05.5 | And it's a moment of dancing and singing and celebration. But of course, this is something |
| 2:13.6 | that is roundly jeered by Hamas. Hamas, of course, is an organization that is dedicated to the |
| 2:20.4 | destruction of the state of Israel, but also is infused with Islamist and religious ideology. |
| 2:26.7 | And so they oppose Israel's very presence in Jerusalem. And so this is always a contentious day. |
| 2:34.4 | In the city of Jerusalem. But I think in this case, it was even more contentious amidst a number of |
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