I consider Israel to be a genocidal, terrorist, apartheid, war criminal and rogue state with an active Biological WMD program (1 of only 10 rogue states which refuse to sign or ratify the convention) but I did not and do not stand with Hamas. The deliberate targeting of civilians and indiscriminate use of artillery / rockets are wrong in any circumstances; regardless the provocation.
The Hamas act of so-called ‘resistance’ came about because of an apparent ‘intelligence failure’ much-promoted by the media. At the very least there was a gross and criminal dereliction of duty within the Israeli administration. When one considers the decision to permit a music festival within 3 miles of the Gaza blockade in an area with woefully-inadequate defensive-readiness there can be no other conclusion.
The defensive-readiness failings included drone vulnerability, seemingly oblivious to the war in Ukraine; with intelligence-gathering assets left wide open to top attack. That they could conduct drone operations on top of an Israeli installation betrays a total lack of electronic warfare capability. There also appeared to be no Quick Reaction Force readiness in the areas attacked. The lack of readiness is apparently due to a religious festival, according to the media. How would Israeli intelligence and academia not be alert to the significance of the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War when they were attacked on the date of the same religious festival? Was this criminal lack of defensive readiness and public safety by default, as a consequence of corrupt negligence, or something more designed? The decision to permit a music festival three miles from the Gaza blockade in such a security-compromised blockade sector also containing senior officers and an apparent Holocaust survivor is questionable to say the least.
Hamas is a theocratic, patriarchal and socially-retrograde organisation; which suppresses dissent and apparently persecutes the LBGTQ+ community. They deliberately target civilians. They indoctrinate young workers into martyr mindsets and send them to their deaths. They use indiscriminate artillery (rockets) in the same manner as Russia in Ukraine. What Hamas did when they exploited the glaring vulnerabilities was no more 'resistance' than the Omagh or Enniskillen bombs. Deliberate targeting of civilians was wrong in Dresden, Derry and Dublin-Monaghan and it's equally wrong either side of the Palestine conflict. Hostagetaking was as wrong in Patsy Gillespie's house as it is in a Kibbutz. Inhumanity is inhumanity regardless the provocation. There is no moral or strategic capital to be gained from 'returning the serve'; only the perpetuation of trauma, demonisation and genocide.
If our own history teaches us anything Hamas has been significantly-penetrated and compromised by Mossad. Mossad is one of the most sophisticated global intelligence agencies and certainly the most ruthless. It is illogical to believe Mossad doesn't have coercively-controlled assets within Hamas and did not have forewarning. It is also illogical to believe an attack of this size with all its logistical and planning requirements could have gone off with complete operational security. The Egyptian Government has claimed to have passed on warnings. It is also reasonable to expect that Mossad has orchestration and misdirection potential within Hamas and with those with whom they collaborate internationally.
Ukrainian intelligence is apparently claiming Wagner trained Hamas in drone operations. No side will be remiss when it comes to propagandising carnage so such claims, while plausible, require further scrutiny complicated by the liquidation of the Wagner chain of command.
What is absolutely true is the nature of Hamas 'resistance' is unjustifiable violence which in turn results in grossly disproportionate response from Israel. War crime begets war crime and the Palestinian people continue to suffer. Imprisoned and under siege, how much more 'resistance' retribution can they withstand? The people of Palestine need freed from both Israel and Hamas; who appear to me to be little more than a genocide-facilitation vehicle.
The Hamas act of so-called ‘resistance’ came about because of an apparent ‘intelligence failure’ much-promoted by the media. At the very least there was a gross and criminal dereliction of duty within the Israeli administration. When one considers the decision to permit a music festival within 3 miles of the Gaza blockade in an area with woefully-inadequate defensive-readiness there can be no other conclusion.
The defensive-readiness failings included drone vulnerability, seemingly oblivious to the war in Ukraine; with intelligence-gathering assets left wide open to top attack. That they could conduct drone operations on top of an Israeli installation betrays a total lack of electronic warfare capability. There also appeared to be no Quick Reaction Force readiness in the areas attacked. The lack of readiness is apparently due to a religious festival, according to the media. How would Israeli intelligence and academia not be alert to the significance of the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War when they were attacked on the date of the same religious festival? Was this criminal lack of defensive readiness and public safety by default, as a consequence of corrupt negligence, or something more designed? The decision to permit a music festival three miles from the Gaza blockade in such a security-compromised blockade sector also containing senior officers and an apparent Holocaust survivor is questionable to say the least.
Hamas is a theocratic, patriarchal and socially-retrograde organisation; which suppresses dissent and apparently persecutes the LBGTQ+ community. They deliberately target civilians. They indoctrinate young workers into martyr mindsets and send them to their deaths. They use indiscriminate artillery (rockets) in the same manner as Russia in Ukraine. What Hamas did when they exploited the glaring vulnerabilities was no more 'resistance' than the Omagh or Enniskillen bombs. Deliberate targeting of civilians was wrong in Dresden, Derry and Dublin-Monaghan and it's equally wrong either side of the Palestine conflict. Hostagetaking was as wrong in Patsy Gillespie's house as it is in a Kibbutz. Inhumanity is inhumanity regardless the provocation. There is no moral or strategic capital to be gained from 'returning the serve'; only the perpetuation of trauma, demonisation and genocide.
If our own history teaches us anything Hamas has been significantly-penetrated and compromised by Mossad. Mossad is one of the most sophisticated global intelligence agencies and certainly the most ruthless. It is illogical to believe Mossad doesn't have coercively-controlled assets within Hamas and did not have forewarning. It is also illogical to believe an attack of this size with all its logistical and planning requirements could have gone off with complete operational security. The Egyptian Government has claimed to have passed on warnings. It is also reasonable to expect that Mossad has orchestration and misdirection potential within Hamas and with those with whom they collaborate internationally.
Ukrainian intelligence is apparently claiming Wagner trained Hamas in drone operations. No side will be remiss when it comes to propagandising carnage so such claims, while plausible, require further scrutiny complicated by the liquidation of the Wagner chain of command.
What is absolutely true is the nature of Hamas 'resistance' is unjustifiable violence which in turn results in grossly disproportionate response from Israel. War crime begets war crime and the Palestinian people continue to suffer. Imprisoned and under siege, how much more 'resistance' retribution can they withstand? The people of Palestine need freed from both Israel and Hamas; who appear to me to be little more than a genocide-facilitation vehicle.
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| Gavin Casey is an independent Republican from County Tyrone who has also lived in the USA and Asia. |
Right to protest absolutely sacrosanct but on social media victims of the Troubles who were retraumatised by watching the atrocities play out on TV were sickened by the idea of the rally. Not making any political point but the shock impact of such horrors should always be factored into any response to them. 48 hours an ideal time relapse-response.
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