On Tuesday, leading Arab columnist Shamsan al-Na’ai took Hamas to task for putting its interests “as a political movement” above that of the Palestinian people. “Hamas would have done better to tackle the task of improving the lives of the people,” he writes. “Instead it has spent resources on rockets and missiles that are like children’s toys in the face of Israel, which is the region’s major military power.” He castigates Hamas’ leaders for exposing “the ordinary people of Gaza” to the violence of war while they themselves are “hiding in the security in their secret bunkers.” Another columnist, Amal al-Hazani, notes, “I have a difference with Israel on a number of issues, but agree with it on a number of other issues, including the Iranian nuclear program and Bashar al-Assad’s crimes.” She continues: “Hamas doesn’t care what human cost its missiles might inflict. Its sole aim is to fan the fires of war.” She then recalls that Hamas has been caught red-handed placing 20 missile launchers in a school run by the UN refugee organization. Abdul-Rahman al-Rashed, CEO of the satellite TV network al-Arabiyah, also hits Hamas for “deliberate provocations without regard to the human cost of its policies.”
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:25:33 +0000
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