COME CELEBRATE Front Lines 2 0- C)Por ptiv€01,0;- EDITOR'S LE TER 2ND ANNIVERSARY Hamas' Harness T he people of Gaza have suf- fered intentionally under the rule of Iran-backed Hamas, which violently took control of the beleaguered strip on Israel's southern border in a showdown with the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in 2007. Hamas is a U.S.-declared terrorist orga- nization that has deprived its subjects of basic rights — all to keep street conditions desperate so the Zionist "enemy" could more easily be blamed. For four years since its deadly coup against the P.A., Hamas has held the upper hand against Israel. Formally the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas not only has fired missiles at Sderot and the surrounding Negev area, but also has held kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in captivity and has refused to let the International Committee of the Red Cross visit him in violation of the Geneva Convention. The Washington–based Israel Project, which monitors the accuracy of disseminated information about the Middle East, gives five cogent reasons why life for Gazans is so poor. July 29-Aug. 4, 2010 THURSDAY, AUGUST 12TH. EVERYTHING IN THE STORE The reasons bear repeating: • Hamas' relentless air assaults on Israel, spurring loss of Palestinian lives and property as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) responded. Hamas' campaign of rocket, missile and mortar attacks forced Israel to unleash Operation Cast Lead as a defensive response in Gaza during December 2008 and January 2009. More than 1,300 Palestinians were killed and 2,600 buildings in Gaza were destroyed or damaged. Despite efforts by the IDF to minimize civilian casualties, Hamas made the operation more dangerous for Palestinians through widespread use of civilians as human shields. • Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza and its persecution of political opponents. During Hamas' overthrow of Fatah, P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas' political party, 150 Palestinians were killed and 700 were wounded. During and after Operation Cast Lead, Hamas intensified its war on Fatah, executing and torturing Fatah activists believed to be collaborating with Israel. • llamas' indoctrination of kids to hate Jews and their ancestral home- land. Each summer, Hamas organizes children's camps to instill such hatred wrapped in a murderous ideology. These military-like camps teach kids to embrace guns and rockets, to march and rally, to sing anti-Zionist and anti- West songs and to idolize "martyrdom" for Allah, a euphemism for murdering Al CONTENTS FRESH MARKET Israeli Jews in hopes of destroying the Jewish state and making it part of "Palestine." • Hamas' enforcement of strict Islamic morality and repression of women. In keeping with its roots as a fundamentalist religious movement based on the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas has gradually imposed shariah, Islamic religious law. For example, Hamas has closed Internet cafes, movie theaters and bars frequented by young people in Gaza in contrast to Ramallah's burgeoning nightlife in the West Bank. • llamas' repeated attempts to block humanitarian aid from reaching ordinary folks under the regime's reign. Israel has delivered more than a million tons of food and other supplies to Gaza since January 2009. Still, Hamas has sustained its attack on Israel-Gaza border crossings, including Kerem Shalom — passage- way for 200 truckloads of aid per week. Israel offered to deliver aid from an illegal Gaza-bound, Turkish-launched flotilla it intercepted on May 31, but Hamas turned away the shipment, stall- ing delivery for a month. There's nothing new in this grim assessment. 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