Words from the website listed above,
Hamas - Council on Foreign Relations wherein it is these words, quoted below, that far surpass the “humanitarian” action of hamas for their own people, considering that if they just accepted Israel’s right to exist and stopped the persecution and killing of Jews and real non-combatant innocents (people who are not carrying chains, and metal poles, and flash grenades, and knives…. using these things as weapons makes you an armed combatant, period), then the issues between Palestine and Israel would begin to smooth over and the two, Palestinians and Israelis, could find ways to work together, as this IS what Israel wants. If I were a tyrannical autocratic theocracy, using my people to shield me and to die for me and to “expose” my enemy as some ruthless tyrants I would want them to love me enough to at least make it look like I really give a shit about their welfare, when in actuality the only thing they care about is the destruction of Israel and all Israelis, and next all infidels who stand against the regimes based on extreme fundamental Islam.
Facts found within the above information;
1. Hamas is the largest and most influential Palestinian militant movement.
2. Since attaining power, Hamas has continued its refusal to recognize the state of Israel, leading to crippling economic sanctions.
3. The group has also operated a terrorist wing, carrying out suicide bombings and attacks using mortars and short-range rockets.
4. Hamas has launched attacks both in the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and inside the pre-1967 boundaries of Israel.
5. In Arabic, the word "hamas" means zeal. But it's also an Arabic acronym for "Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya," or Islamic Resistance Movement.
6. Hamas published its official charter in 1988, moving decidedly away from the Muslim Brotherhood's ethos of nonviolence.
7. The first Hamas suicide bombing took place in April 1993.
8. hamas has refused to eschew violence and remains adamant about reversing the decision by its rival faction, the more secular Fatah movement, to recognize Israel's right to exist.
9. In the summer of 2007, Hamas routed Fatah supporters, killing many and sending others fleeing to the West Bank.
10. Since coming to power in Gaza, rockets fired from the Hamas enclave have consistently landed on Israeli cities near the border.
11. Hamas called off the truce and resumed firing rockets into Israel. Which led to the dec08/jan09 invasion by Israel.
12. Hamas is believed to have killed more than five hundred people in more than 350 separate terrorist attacks since 1993.
13. Not all Hamas's attacks have been carried out by suicide bombers. The group has also accepted responsibility for assaults using mortars, short-range rockets, and small arms fire.
14. In 1996, Hamas bombings played an important role in undermining the election hopes of Labor Party leader Shimon Peres, who represented the succession to assassinated Oslo Accords signatory, Yitzhak Rabin. (Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu, who ran against the accords, won instead). Between 2001 and 2003, in particular, Hamas and its comrades of Palestinian Islamic Jihad carried out dozens of such attacks, ultimately leading Israel to begin construction of a barrier between itself and Palestinian regions.
15. The organization generally targets deeply religious young men—although some bombers have been older.
16. After a bombing, Hamas gives the family of the suicide bomber between three thousand dollars and five thousand dollars and assures them their son died a martyr in holy jihad.
17. The recruits undergo intense religious indoctrination, attend lectures, and undertake long fasts. The week before the bombing, the volunteers are watched closely by two Hamas activists for any signs of wavering, according to Nasra Hassan, writing in the New Yorker. Shortly before the "sacred explosion," as Hamas calls it, the bomber records a video testament. To draw inspiration, he repeatedly watches his video and those made by his predecessors and then sets off for his would-be martyrdom after performing a ritual ablution and donning clean clothes. Hamas clerics assure the bombers their deaths will be painless and that dozens of virgins await them in paradise. The average bombing costs about $150.
Yes, hamas are very good people, they treat their constituents well, they “fund” them and keep them feed and happy with their 70 million a year help, what good would being in Gaza do if they lost all there would be bombers er.. scratch that, “support.” How many suicide bombers at 3 to 5 thousand plus 150 dollars each, can 70 million buy? A lot!