The Oxford Dictionary defines terrorism as “the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims”

If one adheres to this definition, a strong case can be made that Hamas, the controlling factor in the Palestinian Parliament since the Palestinian elections in 2006
* At against the civilian population in Judea, Samaria and Gaza
*Participates in acts of terrorism including
*Does not impede the movement of the population from combat to safe zones,
*Does Impede civilian access to food and other humanitarian supplies,
*Endangers civilians by locating weapons caches and other military supplies and embedding operational units in or near civilians and civilian infrastructure.

In a real way, Palestinian civilians are victims of Hamas terrorism.

Hamas has violated international law including several sections of the Geneva Conventions on Armed Conflict by a) recruiting, training and deploying child soldiers, and b) failing to ensure combatants are distinguished from civilians through the use of distinctive uniforms.

These two facts are the principal contributing factors in both the number of civilian deaths and especially the number of children killed.

There is no reason to trust the Hamas statistics.

However, The government and its spokespeople should be emphasizing these points as well.

The PR machine of UNRWA, the Fatah and Hamas convinced the world media that Israel has caused the humanitarian crisis faced by the Palestinian people.

That is an old tactic of the KGB, which trained Palestinian leader ABU MAZEN:

HOW DD THE KGB WORK? AFFLICT YOURSELF WITH SUFFERING AND PROjECT GUILT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

IN THE CASE OF GAZA;SPREAD DISEASE AND MALNUTRITION AND TELL THE WORLD THAT ISRAEL STARVES THE POPULATION,

AND UNRWA SUPPLIES POTS AND PANS FOR THEIR VIGILS

NOW WE KNOW HOW UNRWA USES ITS 1.6 BILLLION DOLLAR BUDGET. ; A PRESS CAMPAIGN FOR 190 UN MEMBERS,

190 SETS OF POTS AND PANS CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE.

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