Radical Islam behind Tensions in the Region

Although no official sources have declared this assertion, Radical Islam may be celebrating the disruption of peace in Egypt, and bringing the region to its everlasting melody of uprisings and violence. Since the victory of Hamas in 2006 in the Gaza Strip, strange things had to be taken place in the boundaries of Egypt and Israel beside the armament smuggling and secret tunnels, which has always been Israel’s main concern. The inadequate restriction and control of traffic between these two lands has been criticized by many scholars and the Israeli government. Thirty years of diplomacy and built relations between the United States and Egypt brought some peace in the region, at least between Egypt and Israel as a result of the acceptance and recognition of the Israeli State by the Arab nation of Egypt. Uncle Sam has injected billions of dollars per year to the Egyptian government and its military forces to preserve stability in the region. Multi-national forces in assignment as observers have also maintained an open eye from the Sinai to ensure peaceful living in the region. It seems that financial support from Washington blinded the American governments from the Carter administration to the Obama’s by feeding dollars in exchange for good relations with Israel. Let’s not forget that Egypt is an Arab nation and as such its population has exploded into an unbelievable uprising demanding the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. People on the streets are shouting for big changes, food, and attention to their needs and they are done in seeing their government with ties to the United States and both nations protection to the State of Israel. Very simple, Arab nations are meant for the destruction of the Israeli nation and prosecution of Jewish communities. What happened in November of 1977, when Egyptian President Anwar Sadat made a stunning trip to Jerusalem as result of the Carter administration efforts to negotiate with Israel is backfiring now to the region, and to the United States. The return of the Sinai Desert to Egypt was a disgrace to the 7,000 Jewish people whom resettled themselves someplace else as part of the peace agreement plus the injection of billions of dollars to Egypt to stay away from Jewish land and to stop participating in the Arab League to boycott Israel. Maybe this will be the same scenario we confronted during the Persian Gulf War. America injected billions of dollars and armaments to Iraq to confront Iran and to position Baghdad on a victorious stand. Years later we fought them and confront them aiming at us with our own M-16 rifles. Are we ready to face the same scenario if Mubarak steps down from government? Besides the accusations of corruption that most likely great percentage of the injected money to Egypt had to be secluded somewhere else but Cairo, the faith of the peace processes is important and unpredictable at this point. Israel is at danger with the spread of the cancerous violence of Radical Islam as well as the United States. What Anwar Sadat agreed in 1977 paid with his own life in 1981 when he was assassinated by the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, which opposed any sort of reconciliation with Israel. It is time for Mubarak to step-down, he has no choice. The Egyptian people are determined to put an end to thirty years of nothing but recession, unemployment, and hunger. We must be aware that Radical Islam is already in the veins of the nation system by birth and that diplomacy may not be the route to take when dealing with this Arab nation that sooner or later will rejoin its position to boycott Israel. A characteristic that shall not be overlooked is that it didn’t matter all the diplomatic relations, peace treaties, and good-faith promises between Egypt and Israel seasoned with promotion of tourism, trade, and agricultural benefits between these two nations when in fact anti-Israel propaganda pervades the Egyptian media as well as their educational system. The future of stability in the region is very unpredictable at this time. We wish for the prevalence of peace but we cannot overlook the decisive move of a corrosive Radical Islam in the region.

HAMAS: Jihad Remains Alive

Already known for being an unpredictable and ruthless terrorist organization, the Harakat al Muqawana al Islamiyyah –HAMAS has been responsible for numerous attacks on Israeli soldiers and innocent people.
The essence of its existence is to carry on with the destruction of the Israeli government, the eradication of the Jewish people and the reinforcement and establishment of Islam in the region. Its essence is similar to the Palestine Liberation Organization terrorist organization and it also rejects politics and diplomacy between Washington and the Palestinian Authority in regards to the acceptance of the Jewish State, its people safety and security, land demarcation and control over settlements, and the frustration of continuing with the existence of a Jewish world.
Hamas has been very inpatient with the prolonged efforts of the PLO to free the occupied territories by diplomatic means generating a coalition between Hamas and the Iranian government of Almadinejhad opposing to any peace treaty agreement between Israel and the PLO.
Hamas should not only be seen as a terrorist organization trying to destabilize peace in the region and should not be underestimated as a threat to the United States of America. Instead, Hamas should be given the necessary attention for its members’ commitment to self-immolation and its member’s sense of belonging to a large socio-religious movement, and its massive grass-roots support in the region. Its military body preserves the young life of its members for self-immolation, a very respected and glorified act to become a martyr. The Iranian monetary support for the families of the martyrs is essential to gain acceptance and more recruitment to include the expenses for resettlement of all suicide bomber families who lose their homes as a result of Israeli retribution.
The United States of America not only deal with Iraq and Afghanistan in the war against terrorism but with the constant Arab unification in their desperation to destroy Israel. After the PLO elections, Hamas was empowered itself by assuming high control of the PLO and has established better relations with Iran. Isn’t this a radical religious coalition we must give the necessary attention?
While we are fighting a war in Baghdad and Kabul trying to establish democracy we are lacking attention to terrorist organizations such as PLO and Hamas plus the Iranian aggression dressed diplomatically to avoid detection. The war in Iraq has benefit Iran in many aspects, leaving it as the only regional power that was endowed with both a large population and plentiful natural resources, and increased state power and control over minor states breathing radical and fanatical oxygen. With the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan by the extremists of Al Q’aeda, as pointed out, and with the terrible outcome of the war against terrorism in Iraqi soil, the United States of America is far from winning this war and it is provoking the regrouping of not only Al Q’aeda but other terrorist organizations in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen, and Sudan, for example, to minimize its vulnerabilities and somehow upgrade their underground operations, all as part of a well organized military body.
Allahu Akbar, and Mawt lil-Yahud greeted all the speakers in a 1995 Hamas rally in Gaza. It means: “God is Great, Death to the Jews”, as reported by Steven Emerson to the US House of Representatives early 1996. Their jihad spirit has not died; it still vivid and we must do something about it. We have to dismantle terrorist organizations from its roots, every single one, every single terrorist, every single organization committed to interrupt or threat world peace. In other words, have a real war against terrorism without taking in consideration any type of interests. There is a new era of Palestinian self-rule with the addition of Hamas influence, this injection of venom is prepared to deliver the most outrageous and sanguinary terrorist attacks in the promised-land and abroad, and the increment in proliferation of weapons, explosives, and terrorist training is backing up their commitments. Hamas was hungry for power and right after its political triumph in 2006, less than a year after Israel’s withdrawal from this coastal enclave, the terrorist organization has been meticulously observing Israeli security to obstruct peace and continue with their bloody agenda. It doesn’t matter if Sunnis and Shiites are not in agreement with everything, but be sure that they both agree in wiping out Israel from the face of the world.
Hundreds of treaties, pacts and diplomatic conversations were delivered during the Arafat era. Have those been any good? He always tried to keep the Israeli-Palestinian relations at a “manageable level” as expressed by Steve Emerson in his report, but there was never a real commitment to stop PLO aggression, or to condemn Hamas death squads operations in the region. Internal PLO corruption entertains its members when they don’t think in attacking Israel, which it tell us that some kind of weak foundation brick is about to collapse if not completely, but at least sporadically. The tinted spirit of the organization is tarnished a little bit if not a lot of the new Hamas majority, source of full commitment to eradicate Israel and recuperate land in the region. They are so involved and determined to do so that they are currently looking foreign contributors to compensate for any cutoff of Western donor funds. So lets pay attention to Iran, Saudi Arabia, and other Arab state in the Gulf region.

HAMAS: Against Israel and Fatah

Between the State of Israel, The Palestinian Authority, and Hamas relies the complicated formula for peace in the region. As easy as it may sound, it is not. Mr. Abbas, the leader of the PA and head of the Fatah political has been trying to negotiate more with Israel to obtain better treatment, more opportunities, and less hectic measurements to avoid crippling the PA finances.
The West Bank, for example, has demonstrated more progress, if this is the right word, than in Gaza Strip. Productive Israeli-Palestinian meetings may have been the reason for it as well as less firm checkpoints and roadblocks that cripple the economy. Abbas has full control of the West Bank but cannot impose the same in Gaza Strip; the main reason is Hamas. International aid agencies put Gaza’s poverty rate at 80 percent, and most Gazans survive on United Nations handouts and aid from Hamas’ patrons, such as Iran (Foreign Affairs, Volume 89, No. 5, page 50).
Hamas still broadcasting to the Palestinians in Gaza that the Fatah political strategy is too open to communication with Israel even though Israeli rockets damaged their soil. Hamas try to disintegrate all diplomatic relations between Palestine and Israel but encounter Abbas in the middle. Hamas obtained more power since they are the majority in congress after the 2006 victory and are always pushing for the continuance of violence against Israel as well as maintaining vivid the desire of the complete destruction of the Jewish state.
The alternatives for peace include more effective communication and diplomatic resolutions between Hamas and Israel’s National Security Council, retake Gaza before Hamas get any stronger, or increase economic pressure and military operations to preempt terrorist attacks from Gaza into Israel. The most desirable event is to turn Hamas to be more cooperative with the PA and support Abbas rather than be against him. However, as the days pass by, Israelis still fear that Hamas continue building its capabilities, obtaining more economic support from other Arab nations, and deal with the reality that in Gaza Strip other minor terrorist organizations start to flourish, like the Salafi jihadist terrorist group. In the meantime, Washington will continue to broker peace talks and diplomatic encounters, a well-known melody nobody is willing to dance. President Obama will continue pressing Israel to ease the blockade, elimination of some of the restrictions, and to trust the United States for help when needed. History can show us that Hamas does not welcome diplomatic negotiations. They are willing to die for the cause and for the destruction of the State of Israel. One thing is for sure, Hamas is growing militarily and in members committed without hesitation to destroy Israel, and if possible, any Palestinian not focused on the same objective. Iran is behind the curtains shuffling money, armament, and providing training to its members. Hamas has diminished and almost stopped attacking Israel not because it is abiding by any diplomatic agreement but because the benefits overweight the cost, at least for now. Hamas also admits that hitting more Israeli civilians, especially with the longer-range Katyusha rockets it will give Israel an excuse to hit Gaza and kill 2,000 people according to Hamas top leaders.