Tunnels were dug by the resistance to smuggle arms, medicine and food etc just like the resistance did in the Warsaw Ghetto.

When Hamas were voted into power i was optimistic. They were powerful and popular. They had the potential to guide the Palestinians toward a prosperous democratic future. Unfortunately Hamas chose death and destruction over peace and growth. There is still a choice. And it's one for Hamas to make. I'm not so optimistic any more though.

There is just no comparison between Warsaw and Gaza.
The Jews were being systematically eliminated in a Nazi anti Jew Holocaust.
Gaza however, was not under endless daily attack, and had been given regional autonomy, by an evacuating occupational army!
These are the historical facts, the Gazans were just not being similarly systematically decimated!
And they simply had no problem getting adequate food, fuel and medicine, through the border with Israel! Moreover, they had plenty of weapons for peaceful policing purposes, and just didn't need any more!
That is, until they decided to suicide bomb/fire rockets at Israel.
What did anyone seriously logically think?
That Israel would not respond with tighter border controls, which are the only reason that the cement, that could have been used to build civilian shelters and facilities, was diverted into tunnel construction, by mad hatter Hamas! And or, not respond to thousands of rockets, financed with a diverted aid budget, being fired daily into Israel?
End of story!
Rhrosty.

hey Adammmm

this is true

'When Hamas were voted into power (in Jan 2006)I was optimistic. They were powerful and popular. They had the potential to guide the Palestinians toward a prosperous democratic future...'

I felt the same but what happened after the election in 2006 when Hamas won?

It wasn't as you said.

Israel, the EU and the USA in 2006 refused to recognise Hamas right to govern. Israel blockaded and attacked Gaza in 2006.

In 2007 Hamas undertook to form a government of national unity with Fatah. Israel, the EU and the USA refused to recognise this government. In 2008 Israel attacked Gaza.

In 2014 Hamas undertook to form a government of national unity with Fatah. The EU and the USA did not respond. The Israelis did. They attacked Gaza.

Throughout this whole period both Israel and Gaza undertook retaliatory attacks on each other with warplanes, bombs, shelling and rockets.

Don't ask the Israeli's and their propagandists, they will lie and not tell you Hamas was ready to accept a peace treaty with Israel based on 1967 borders.

Hamas still want a peace treaty and a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders plus the blockade being lifted. The dirty mongrels.

They other dirty mongrels will tell you Hamas, with their massive cache of rockets and tunnels, intend to erase Israel and the disproportionate Israeli attacks on Gaza are defence attacks that mistakenly kill indiscriminately huge numbers of women and children.

Now watch who are the merchants of hate.

Hamas has one constantly stated aim "Israel shall exist until Hamas completely eradicates it down to the very last Jew!" This is not hidden but freely available for all to read in it's charter. No amount of rationalisation stating that USA and EU and Israel failed to negotiate with it in it's various so called unity government guises, can stand against that central aim of Hamas. A country that negotiates with a terrorist entity soon finds it's citizens being beheaded. Hamas is evil, as much as IS or Boku Haram. Hamas is anti-Israel, anti- Semitic, anti-Western terrorist organisation which continues to target innocent civilians both in Israel and in Gaza. It must be defeated before it's apocalyptic vision of the future for Israel can be realised using Palestinians as fodder for it's war machine. Israel would only be a stepping stone on it's way towards the Great Satan. The world needs to be aware of the danger of Hamas!

Shazz

Fatah was part of that government of national unity and still your mates would not give peace and forgiveness a chance.

Tell me what has being peaceful and not resisting the occupation done for the West Bank Palestinians?

Their legitimate lands have been progressively stolen by illegal settlements.

Your heroes were terrified Hamas would have given the Palestinians on the west bank the resolve to resist your heroes illegal occupation and land stealing.

You are squealing now because you know Hamas has defeated your heroes and you cannot understand how. So you run your heroes propaganda and lie about events to justify and hide the obvious criminality against an enemy that lacks any sort of military might to accomplish your hysterical 'apocalyptic vision'.

Your heroes will just 'turn the region to glass' if that looks like occurring according to one of your genocide supporting olo mates.