by: Michael D. Evans
If you read the papers or listen to the secular, Liberal Left media, you would conclude that poor Hamas is the victim of the war in Gaza. The terrorist government that has fired thousands of missiles into Israel, that has sent a plague of suicide bombers to blow up Jews, whose own charter calls for the destruction and elimination of the State of Israel. A spokesman for this same organization, Hamas, recently announced that it would arm its youth with hand grenades instead of stones to fight against Israel.
America received a wake-up call from hell on 9/11 and in response waged a war against radical Islam in Afghanistan and Iraq for more than a decade. America’s wars are near conclusion, but fanatical Islamists’ hundred years’ wars have just begun. The media in America is feeding and fueling terror by providing free coverage to Hamas. Terrorism is the only enterprise worldwide that does not have to pay for commercials. The truth is: Terror would dry up if it did not have free publicity.
The wars of the twenty-first century are mostly conducted by proxies and the media, and are controlled by economics. Hamas, a proxy of a Persian Gulf oil-rich Sunni fundamentalist state, would be out of business without the media and money. In essence, Hamas is in the blockbuster business. Its objective is to place children in harm’s way by positioning its missile launchers in schools, hospitals, and homes hoping that Israel will inadvertently kill children. When that happens, those videos are used to raise money for its cause.
Hamas, a radical Islamist terror organization, is an acronym for Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmiyah (Islamic resistance movement.) The overall leader is Khalid Meshaal who is based in Qatar. Not only is his base far removed from the war in Gaza, virtually the entire leadership of Hamas and its command and control center is there as well. No, Hamas’ leaders are not fighting in Gaza; they are hiding behind the safety of a rich Gulf Oil state that boasts the world’s third largest natural gas and oil reserves—in excess of 25 billion barrels.
The videos shown on nightly television news programs are designed to appeal to Muslims allowing Hamas to raise billions of dollars from Islam-based charities in Canada, Western Europe, the United States, and throughout the Gulf Oil states. This does not include $20 to $30 million yearly from Iran. All told the annual donations to Hamas total nearly $500 million dollars.
Hamas’ unapologetic goal is to liberate Jerusalem and annihilate Israel. Lest you forget, Qatar is also the home base for Al Jazeera. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani not only founded the news organization, which is now a member of the US media market, but has also personally pledged $500 million to Hamas. The best friend Hamastan could hope for is the Liberal Left media in the United States.
In 2013, former Vice President Al Gore opted to sell his Current TV network to Al Jazeera despite an offer from Glenn Beck to purchase Gore’s network. This might have raised some red flags as to Gore’s decision, but the Liberal Left media opted to ignore the transaction. Mr. Gore’s move should have, at the very least, raise questions concerning his moral clarity and subjugation to an organization that publicizes terrorist activities.
Donations made to Hamas include a Qatar charitable society also controlled by the Al Thani family. Osama bin Laden touted Qatar’s charity in 1993 as an important fundraising source for al Qaeda, underscoring its long history of funding terrorism. Qatar now has the world’s largest natural gas and oil reserves—in excess of 25 billion barrels.
There are more than seventeen major terrorist organizations operational in the Middle East, including the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) which is crucifying Christians and making life an unspeakable hell for others. These organizations have two things in common: Hatred for Israel and the United States and an undying commitment to an Islamic caliphate. None of them care about the Palestinians who are simply pawns to be exploited. The last triangle of family-owned thugocracies (countries) in the region is simply a terrorist cartel much like the Mafia.
The way these thugocracies keep these fanatical organizations from turning on them is by paying them off by funding their armies. It takes the presence of an enemy to require an army, and Israel qualifies as an adversary to terrorists worldwide.
These secular humanists despise America; they believe Hamas is basically good and should not be held accountable for the wrongs it does. There is no moral clarity for they are moral relativists that reject standards of good and evil, right and wrong. They make excuses for evil and worse, deny it exists. They coddle malevolence by refusing to confront it. A desire to negotiate no matter the cost gives rise to those in the West to become willing cohorts to the jihadists.
Rather than believing that Hamas waging war is evil, they believe that Israel is evil for retaliating. In their view, self-loathing replaces righteous indignation and begets appeasement.
Now that the US has left the Middle East, there is only one ally in the crosshairs of terrorists: Israel, the “Little Satan.” If Hamas wins, then Hamastan and its jihadist brothers will not be just a threat to Israel, but an existential threat to the West—soon appearing on an Al Jazeera newscast near you.
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Dr. Michael Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. His book, Persia: The Final Jihad, is available at www.TimeWorthyBooks.com.
