Hamas gunmen execute six ‘Israeli spies’ as Netanyahu hints at cease-fire

[oberliner]

Witnesses say masked gunmen have publicly killed six suspected collaborators with Israel at a busy Gaza City intersection.

The Hamas military wing claimed responsibility.

Witnesses said the six men were pulled out of a van Tuesday, forced to lie face down on the street and then shot dead.

Five bodies lay in a pile as a mob stomped and spit on them. A sixth body was tied to a motorcycle and dragged through the streets as people screamed, “Spy! Spy!”

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/11/20/hamas-gunmen-execute-six-israeli-spies-on-busy-gaza-street-corner/

[patrice]

1. .

[Loudly]

2. Wow. What a bunch of assholes Hamas is.

The mob in the street are assholes too, of course.

[Mosby]

3. hamas is getting desperate

Murdering people in the streets, shooting missles at the "holy city of Jerusalem".

What happens if a rocket hits a religious site like al aksa?

Crazy.

[holdencaufield]

31. If a Hamas rocket were to hit Al-Aqsa ...

... I guarantee you Hamas would call it an "Israeli False Flag" -- and I know of many in here would would believe it unquestioningly.

[Historic NY]

4. Killing their own..

nothing would please them more than Israel rolling in full force.

[oberliner]

5. I guess they don't mind "extrajudicial killing" when they are doing the killing

Very revealing.

[azurnoir]

27. so the people of Gaza control this? is that what your saying?

cause here you are saying that the people of Gaza have control over Hamas

oberliner

The people of Gaza have complete say in what Hamas is doing and have every way to stop it

The people of Gaza voted for Hamas.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=22715

I'll happily discuss this with you here or on the thread where you made the statement

[oberliner]

30. Of course they do

The people in Israel have responsibility for what their government does, and the people in Gaza have responsibility for what their government does.

Did you know that Hamas was democratically elected?

[King_David]

6. They add these murders to civilian count

That Israel is responsible for ?

[Scootaloo]

10. Second time you've claimed this. Do you have a source?

[Mosby]

12. looks to me like he is asking a question. nt

[Scootaloo]

14. Ah yes.

Make a statement, toss a question mark at the end, and go "mwuh I'm just askin', is all!"

Okay then. I'm still curious where Dave gets this notion, though.

[hack89]

7. It must unnerve Hamas to realize how many of their own people

are willing to finger them to the Israelis.

[oberliner]

8. Risking their lives in the process

You might call them martyrs.

[Igel]

9. That assumes that the dead are guilty as charged.

Sometimes the "guilty" are simply from families with opposing business ventures or political opponents, or even just from tribes that those fingering them have a grudge against.

Never let a crisis go to waste.

[oberliner]

24. Right - who knows

Once Hamas labels you a "collaborator" you are pretty much screwed.

[Scootaloo]

11. As Igel says, the odds of these people "collaborating" are pretty slim

More likely they're just scapegoats, or the victims of some other agenda, being labeled as "collaborators" for PR purposes within Gaza.

[hack89]

15. I wasn't referring to these poor unfortunates specifically

it is pretty clear that Israel has a wide web of spies, paid informants and collaborators in Gaza as evidenced by the very accurate and timely information they seemed to be getting on Hamas leaders and facilities.

Hamas has made many enemies in Gaza - in a clan based society where protecting honor is so important, I suspect we are seeing many personal retributions being play out.

[Scootaloo]

16. I think Israel's spy drones might have a bigger impact than informants

But then, we'll probably never know Kind of the point, that.

[hack89]

18. When they know who is in specific cars or buildings

then you have to think it is more than drones.

[Lars77]

13. I bet Netanyahu loves this

He needs Hamas as a boogeyman. The only problem is, how will he play it if the seacefire goes into effect? He will be dissapointing many of his most bloodthirsty, racist supporters. The man has an election to win, after all.

[cali]

19. that's your reaction to this. yikes.

just yikes.

[Lars77]

20. It's pretty obvious that it's disgusting behaviour.

I genuinely thought it was self-evident and my judgement was not required.

What is controversial about what i said?

[Kurska]

21. We thank you for your brave and gutsty denoucation of Netanyahu

In a thread about Hamas executing their own civilians.



Maybe you should try actually talking about the content of the OP instead of looking for every opportunity to denounce the other side.

[Lars77]

22. I can chew gum and walk at the same time.

Not sure why these things should be kept separate..

[oberliner]

23. Where's the post where you chewed the gum?

Must've missed that one.

[Lars77]

28. This is really stupid

I see these posts in the larger context of other posts and the conflict in general. I think you actually understand that too, but for some reason it's just easier to make snarky comments.


DU makes me lose faith in humanity sometimes.

[cali]

26. If you don't get it, you don't get it, dear.

[Lars77]

29. Yeah who am i to argue with someone who's pushing 76.000 posts..

[Fozzledick]

25. Not nearly as much as you, it seems.