Root Cause : Will HAMAS cease to exist ?

Harakat Al Muqawama Al Islamiyya - HAMAS, has been under seige and attack by the Israelis. Scores of people have been killed, the latest count saying around 1300, with half of them being civilians - including hundereds of children and women. Even an U.N. centre was not spared in Gaza, with the Israeli spokesperson saying fire was returned from militants hiding in there.

A profound analysis would unravel things, which always have been made murkier by the media - by hiding them and clouding them with suppression and tampering with them.


Just because Israel has an army of its own, whatever acts of atrocities it commits become acts of 'protection' and 'courage'. Palestine does not have an army of its own - as West Bank is ruled by Fatah, and Gaza by Hamas - two opposing parties - and hence do not have the political will to come together and work on critical issues.

There have been reports that Israel was the provocateur in this case - just like it was in the war with Syria for Golan Heights. The six month truce between Hamas and Israel ended - and Israel got a legitimate right for attacking Palestinians.

But is it really having an impact on Hamas ? No. Here are the reasons. Hamas has got two leadership centres - one in Damascus, Syria and the other in Gaza. The external leadership - in Damascus, is the Majlis al-Shura, which is the consultative concil and oversees all major decisions and activities. The internal leadership oversees daily activities, day to day execution, disbursement of funds and other operational exercises.

Hence, despite the internal leadership being mauled, the external one is safe and sound, and will strike back.

Also, Hamas is not just a 'military organization', as branded by Western media. It has got 3 wings - Political, Military & Social. The social wing - also called Dawa - engages in community welfare, establishing schools, sports clubs, hospitals etc. Though the acts of the military wing of Hamas - Qassam Brigaes is despisable, Hamas banks on the ingrained thought of dispossesion in the Palestinian mentality. And as long as something is embedded in the psyche of the common people, its difficult to change or remove it by acts of suppression.

Hence, Hamas, more than being an organization, is an ideology. It offers a platform for the common people to fight for their just cause. A banana republic like Israel keeps on committing acts of violence against innocent Palestinians, and still the U.N. and saviour-of-all U.S. just sit ducks. U.S. does not condemn Israel because of two reasons - a very stron AIPAC Israeli lobby in the U.S., and Israel being of strategic importance in midst of the Arab world.

And the U.N. does not act because its also another Banana organization. The media always portrays Israelis as the sufferers, and the Palestinians as the perpetrators. And it's all a web of deceit.

Hamas, inspite of all that is going on, and inspite of all that may come, will continue to exist. May it win in it's agenda for a Palestinian sovereign state. Ahem !