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by Khaled Abu Toameh
• November 24, 2014 at 5:00 am
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only option Hamas faces, therefore, is to attack Israel again as a way of
ridding itself of the severe crisis in the Gaza Strip and the growing
frustration among the Palestinians living there. Hamas's biggest fear is
that this frustration will be translated into disillusionment with its
regime. That is why Hamas is now seeking to direct the anger on the
Palestinian street toward Israel.
Hamas
is also hoping that another war will further increase anti-Israel
sentiment around the world and earn the Palestinians even more sympathy.
Hamas's
threats should be taken seriously.
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A destroyed building in Gaza. (Image source:
UNRWA/Shareef Sarhan)
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Hamas is once again threatening to attack Israel, this time over the
failure of the international community and the Palestinian Authority to
fulfill their promises to rebuild the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of
Operation Protective Edge.
Hamas leaders are particularly angry with the Palestinian Authority
[PA] and its president, Mahmoud Abbas, whom they accuse of hindering
efforts to rebuild hundreds of destroyed homes in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas is also angry with the Egyptians for closing the Rafah border
crossing after a terror attack in Sinai in which 32 Egyptian soldiers
were killed.
Moreover, Hamas has rejected the United Nations plan to reconstruct
the Gaza Strip on the pretext that it "sidelines" the Islamist
movement and allows Israel to decide who would benefit from the work.
"The UN plan is unacceptable and ineffective," said Hamas
spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri.
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