Monday, 7 June 2010


By Ted Belman

Pres Obama is not letting the flotilla crisis go to waste. He is using
it as a springboard to change US policy regarding Hamas. In his words,
uttered in a recent interview by Larry King, ‘Time to move forward
and break out of the impasse’ and “the status quo is
unsustainable.” Totally aside from whether it is really
unsustainable, one need not wonder how he intends to break out of the
impass. He will bring Hamas in from the cold.

It was recently disclosed by Aaron Klein
 that,

 “The group behind the Gaza flotilla that engaged in deadly clashes
with Israeli commandos today counts among its top supporters the
friends and associates of President Barack Obama, namely the founders
of the Weather Underground terrorist organization, William Ayers and
Bernardine Dohrn, as well as Jodie Evans, the leader of the radical
activist organization Code Pink.” 
 Barack Obama should be included in this cast of characters.

 went so far as to report:

 “A top adviser to President Obama, (John O Brennan), is the contact
person within the White House for communications with the Free Gaza
Movement over plans to challenge Israel’s blockade of the terrorist
Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, according to a reputable source close to
the Netanyahu government.
 The anti blockade movement was promoted by a Turkish “charity”
IHH which has been designated as a supporter of Hamas by both Israel
and the US. One of the backers of this “charity” is Tariq Ramadan
who had been banned from entering the US due to his financial support
of Hamas. Yet Obama believes that “Turkey can have a positive voice
in this whole process.”

 In April of this year, Obama’s administration lifted the ban on
Ramadan. A week ago, the Guardian reported “Hamas leader says
American envoys making contact, but not openly.” And this was before
the crises.

 But the Obama-Hamas connection goes way back.

 Two years ago

 “From BizzyBlog comes evidence that Obama’s church not only has
anti-white, anti-American feelings, but may also have a pro-Hamas
bias.
 The July 22, 2007 Trinity United Church of Christ bulletin reprinted
an article written by Mousa Abu Marzook, deputy of the political
bureau of Hamas. Originally printed in the LA Times as “Hamas’
stand“, Pastor Wright added a new title, “A Fresh View of the
Palestinian Struggle”. The Times was criticized for giving a
“Platform To Genocidal Terrorist.” Where does that leave Obama’s
church? Marzook is a known terrorist and created an extensive Hamas
network in the United States.”

 Indeed, where does that leave Obama himself?

 During Obama’s election campaign he was aided by Hamas-controlled
Palestinians manning a phone bank from Gaza. Al Jazeera reported on
the story.

 Seven days later, on January 27/09, Obama allocated
$20.3 million for Palestinian migration and refugee assistance. Quite
a reward. Why was he bringing Hamas terrorists to the US?

 But his gratitude didn’t end there. One month later, in the middle
of a great economic crunch, Obama sent $900 million
to Gazans or should I say Hamas.

 So how does Obama intend to end the impass? An indication may be in
Pres Carter’s written initiative
, which he delivered to Hamas a year ago. In it, he proposed talks
between the Islamist group and the U.S. without Hamas having to accept
all conditions previously laid out for dialogue by the American
government.

 After the Hamas take over of Gaza three years ago, the US and Israel
decided to impose a blockade on Gaza to bring Hamas down. Hamas
started firing rockets at Israel over the next few years to force a
change in this policy. This resulted in Cast Lead in which the IDF
attacked Hamas and delivered a major blow. Israel shocked everyone by
ending the operation before Hamas was annihilated. It was reported
that she did so at the request of President-elect Obama who was about
to be inaugurated.

 For the time being, the rockets being fired by Hamas are few and far
between perhaps because Hamas has a friend in the White House.
Instead, Hamas has been planning, along with friends of Obama above
mentioned and Brennan, deputy national security adviser for homeland
security and counterterrorism, to break the siege with a flotilla. And
to make sure to create a sufficient crises to enable Obama to chart
another course more favorable to them, they planned a violent
confrontation.

 “Ending the impass”, means lifting the blockade. Netanyahu in a
recent speech gave Israel’s bottom line saying, “Israel cannot
permit Iran to establish a Mediterranean port a few dozen kilometers
from Tel Aviv and from Jerusalem”. The same, I am sure, goes for an
airport in Gaza.

 Let’s see how Obama squares the circle. No doubt he will propose
some international inspection of cargo, certainly arriving from the
Mediterranean and possibly from Egypt. But Israel need look no farther
than UNSC Res 1701 which ended Lebanon War II. That resolution was to
put a stop to the rearming of Hezbollah. It failed miserably. Why
should better results be expected in Gaza.

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