Had by HAMAS

Henry Siegman, writing for the Financial Times (FT), pens a piece titled "Sharon’s gamble could trigger holy war." He ends his piece on this note.

"The insistence by Mr Sharon and so many Israelis that Sheikh Yassin deserved his fate is beside the point. To be sure, Hamas had no right to demand immunity for someone who provided religious legitimacy for the brutal killing of Israeli civilians. But if the assassination is transforming Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians into a religious war, the Israeli civilians in whose name Mr Sharon carries out these extra-judicial killings may yet pay a far more bitter price."

I’ve got news for Mr. Siegman.  To HAMAS, the conflict they have with the Israelis is, and always has been, a holy war.  Sure, HAMAS, and other Palestinian factions, know the politically correct phrases to throw around about pre-existing borders, Palestinian sovereignty and what not, but when the sauce pan is on the stove, reducing to the correct consistency, HAMAS is exhorting death to Israelis based on religion not borders.  There is no “could trigger a holy war” to what is happening in Israel and Palestine, the trigger is taped down on full automatic holy war already.

You can read Siegman’s entire piece at Liberty & Power: Group Blog, FT is by subscription only.

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