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Is it wise for the West to offer Gaza economic aid while Hamas is in charge?

A 29 July 2014 article by Efraim Inbar on the Middle East Forum looks into the wisdom of sending more economic aid to Hamas-controlled Gaza. The Executive Summary the article starts with states:
"The developing international consensus to offer Gaza economic aid in exchange for a ceasefire is a moral and strategic mistake. As long as Hamas rules Gaza, funds sent to Gaza are likely to be used for aggression against Israel and the personal use of Hamas leaders. The world should not be rewarding the most extreme Palestinians for violence and terror." 
Source: No Economic Aid To Hamas-Ruled Gaza, Middle East Forum

The article itself looks at Hamas rule in Gaza and what supporting continued Hamas rule through economic channels would mean for Gaza, for Palestine and for the world. Hamas is not a political party or a just, honest and democratic government. Hamas is an internationally recognised terrorist organisation intent on destroying Israel, exterminating the Jewish people and building a world-wide Islamic state. Personally, I don't want any of those things to happen. That is why I keep writing about Hamas, hoping to reach people, hoping to show the world that we need to support the Palestinian people by not supporting Hamas or what they stand for.
 





The Israel Defense Forces state that each individual tunnel costs $3 million dollars. So far a minimum of thirty - you read that right, THIRTY - tunnels have been discovered. The IDF's YouTube channel has several videos of these tunnels, showing the effort - and the money - that went into building them. Thirty tunnels equals $90 million dollars.

Imagine what a responsible, caring government could have done for Gaza with $90 million dollars. 
Imagine what honest and just leaders could have achieved for Gaza and for all the Palestinian people with all the resources that $90 million dollars can buy. 
Imagine the peaceful coexistence of two peoples, side by side yet united as the children of two brothers, that could have been a done deal years ago if only the Palestinian leadership had chosen to spend their money on building for peace, instead of tunnelling for war. 
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