RESUPPLIED? 3/4: Gaza Conflict 2021, by Jonathan Schanzer @JSchanzer @FDD (Kindle Edition)
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🗓️ 1 October 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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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.
1890 Cairo
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBSI on the World. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm John Bachelor with Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. |
| 0:11.6 | The author, John Schanzer, the new book is Gaza Conflict 2021, Hamas, Israel, and 11 |
| 0:17.9 | days of war. |
| 0:19.1 | Jonathan gives us a very large view of 30 years in which Hamas has been gaining in |
| 0:25.5 | strength. |
| 0:26.9 | There were obstacles that Hamas had to overcome. |
| 0:30.4 | One of them, surprisingly, was Yasser Arafat, who launched serial operations on the West |
| 0:36.0 | Bank. |
| 0:37.2 | When I was first introduced to Israel, it was during the siege of Bethlehem, an operation |
| 0:42.7 | launched by Yasser Arafat. |
| 0:44.6 | However, he is to die soon enough. |
| 0:48.5 | And that, to my reading of Jonathan's book, opens up a road for Hamas that might not |
| 0:55.0 | have been possible otherwise. |
| 0:57.0 | However, the Palestinians are going to hold an election. |
| 1:00.0 | I believe it's 2006. |
| 1:02.0 | They're going to hold an election. |
| 1:04.0 | What does that mean to Hamas? |
| 1:05.8 | Why do they, at that time, say they will participate on it? |
| 1:10.4 | Okay. |
| 1:11.4 | So, the story is that Arafat is faced with a faithful decision in 2000. |
| 1:16.6 | You've got Bill Clinton and A. Hood Baroque, then Prime Minister of Israel. |
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