Israel Helped Spawn a Larger, More Violent Hamas in Order to Counter Arafat’s PLO

I originally posted the following information and statement onto my Facebook wall…

Blowback: Did Israel Help To Create Hamas?

Here’s a very informative article on the topic:

How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123275572295011847.html

Well… I guess we should just be glad that the Israeli government didn’t fund, train and arm Hamas, the way the America government did with the Mujahideen, the MAK, and Al Qaeda:

OPERATION CYCLONE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone

Bin Laden Comes Home to Roost:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3340101/
(note that this article is from 1998! All of the politics and emotions of 9/11 are nonexistent)

Terror ‘Blowback’ Burns CIA:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/terror-blowback-burns-cia-1182087.html
(note that this article, too, is from 1998)

Bin Laden, Taliban Created During Cold War Era:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0110/S00004.htm
(note that this article is from Oct. 2001, right after 9/11)