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Originally Posted by Undertoad
As co-founder of Hamas, what is his motivation to say he was under direction of Arafat?
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It is called hate. Lie about Arafat to create hate. Hate is necessary to empower extremists and to make life difficult for moderates - the world's best people. Hate means his followers are inspired. We see same every day from Limbaugh, Beck, and Hannity. Disparage the bourgeois and intelligencia. Then extremists easily recruit followers.
Why would you even ask such a question? Hate is why extremism exists. Hate is why moderate Jews and Arabs could no longer remain moderates. Hate is what Sharon did on Temple Mount. Hate is what inspires the least intelligent humans to *know* how to think and what to do.
A senior Saudi diplomat was blunt about how to defang Hamas. Ignore them. It could happen. But you just empowered Hamas. You gave Mahmoud Zahar credibility. You did exactly what Zahar needs you (and the world) to do to empower Hamas.
Zero facts support Zahar's hearsay. Even the AP will not confirm such claims. Underlying hate feeds what Zahar needs. Zahar hopes most people think and do what you posted. Those myths only promote more hate. People giving credibility to unsubstantiated accusations and extremist leaders even makes recruiting easier. Ignore bogus accusations that are contradicted by so many facts and chronology. As the Saudi diplomat said, a best way to undermine Hamas is to ignore it. You did the opposite.