{"id":2616,"date":"2022-04-24T14:21:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T14:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=2616"},"modified":"2022-05-12T20:11:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T20:11:41","slug":"with-jerusalem-ablaze-hamas-double-dealings-are-in-plain-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=2616","title":{"rendered":"WITH JERUSALEM ABLAZE, HAMAS’ DOUBLE-DEALINGS ARE IN PLAIN SIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Israel In The Last Days - Jerusalem<\/div>\n\n
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trembling STONG\u2019S NUMBER: 7478 <\/font> a reeling (from intoxication):\u2014trembling.<\/font>\n<\/span><\/div> unto all the people round about,when they shall be in the \n
seige STONG\u2019S NUMBER: 4692 <\/font> matsuwr, maw-tsoor\u00b4; from 6696; something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness:\u2014besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.<\/font>\n<\/span><\/div>\n both against Judah and against Jerusalem.\u201d\n\n \u2014 Zechariah 12:2 <\/blockquote><\/strong><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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With two tense weeks remaining until the end of Ramadan, Hamas is playing a duplicitous game by stoking Jerusalem flames and permitting rocket fire from Gaza \u2013 all the while saying it doesn’t seek escalation<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The longer the tension in Jerusalem and the West Bank continues, the more apparent becomes the duplicitous game played by Hamas leaders. While the organization has become more dominant in leading the incitement and fomenting violence on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, it seems it is also giving more slack to smaller Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, which have returned to a nightly drizzle of rocket fire aimed at communities close to the border, following a long period of quiet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Despite the accelerated pace of incidents, there has so far been no direct collision between Israel and Hamas, with the latter continuing to transmit messages indicating its\u00a0wish to avoid escalation\u00a0in the Gaza Strip. And yet, it appears that Israel will find it hard to prevent a wider conflagration if the number of casualties rises, especially around Temple Mount.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Israel has for years been adopting a declared policy of distinguishing between the West Bank and Gaza. However, Hamas punched a big hole in Israel\u2019s strategy last May with the rockets it launched toward Jerusalem following tension in the city, creating an impression of a united Palestinian struggle that includes Arab residents of East Jerusalem. The organization chalked up another gain on the backdrop of the tempestuous riots in mixed Jewish-Arab cities within the 1967 borders. Part of what we\u2019ve seen over the last few weeks is an attempt by Hamas to reconstruct last year\u2019s achievement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The ongoing conflagration on the Temple Mount makes this easier for Hamas. A dangerous mixture of fake news dissemination on the Palestinian side, along with provocations by Israel\u2019s extreme right keep the flames stoked. Two days ago there was a serious incident on the mountain, when a young Palestinian was\u00a0gravely injured during a clash\u00a0with policemen. According to the police, the man tripped and hit his head. Palestinians say he was hit by a sponge-tipped bullet fired at close range. It\u2019s clear to anyone following the events in Jerusalem that if the man dies, things will get worse.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The latest Flag March, followed by the wounding of the demonstrator, served as a pretext for the firing of a few\u00a0rockets from Gaza\u00a0over the last few nights. The first one was by Islamic Jihad activists, ordered by that organization\u2019s senior [overseas] officials.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The subsequent rockets were fired by local activists from that organization. Israel\u2019s defense establishment believes that these launchings were not carried out with the blessing of Hamas, noting that Hamas security forces arrested dozens of Islamic Jihad activists after the rockets were fired. Hamas also sent messages to Israel, through Egyptian intelligence officers serving as mediators, indicating that it was not interested in an escalation. However, one should remember that Israel\u2019s intelligence services often claim that Hamas does not want rockets to be fired, only to have these claims upended by reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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