Hamas top dog Haniyeh: "Israel screamed with pain from what the resistance did to it. I thank everyone who provided us with arms and money, especially Iran."

Thanks, once again, to Barack Obama. "Gaza leader Haniyeh thanks Iran for helping make Israel ‘scream with pain,’" by Aaron Kalman in the Times of Israel, November 22:

After emerging unscathed from eight days of fighting with Israel, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh thanked Egypt and Iran on Thursday for their support in helping make “Israel scream with pain,” he said.
Haniyeh, who heads Hamas in Gaza, hailed the previous night’s ceasefire as a victory, despite what Israel called heavy losses for the terror group during Operation Pillar of Defense.

Though it had been threatening a ground operation, Jerusalem said Wednesday night it would give an Egypt-brokered truce a chance to work, ending a week of heavy rocket fire on the south of Israel.

It was “the resistance and strength of the Palestinian people that stopped Israel from sending troops into Gaza,” Haniyeh said at a celebration in Gaza Thursday, which was declared a holiday for Palestinians.

“The idea of attacking Gaza is gone and, with the help of God, will never return,” Haniyeh said.

During Operation Pillar of Defense, Israel struck some 1,500 targets and killed some 170 Palestinians, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Over 1,500 rockets were launched from Gaza to Israel’s southern city, and six people were killed.

The strength of the Palestinians was the basis for the latest victory, and now “it’s a sign of pride to the whole world,” Hamas’s leader said. We “did not raise a white flag. Israel screamed with pain from what the resistance did to it. I thank everyone who provided us with arms and money, especially Iran.”

Haniyeh also thanked Egypt for aiding the Palestinians. Egypt of today was not like that of yesterday and “Israel was mute in face of Egypt’s position” during the fighting, he said.

“Israel entered this war with the intent of preparing the ground for a regional war” which would help its leaders during the upcoming elections, Haniyeh said, but added that Jerusalem was ill-prepared to face down Gazan fighters. “Israel was surprised at the response of the resistance movements, their accuracy and the ability to strike in the center of the country with such force.”

“The enemy was hit and shocked because it thought [killing Ahmed Jabari] and attacking from the air would be a surprise — but the surprise was that of the resistance, the depth and determination in the field up until the last minutes,” Haniyeh told the crowd.

“The resistance changed the rules of the game, and the idea of invading Gaza is gone forever,” Hamas’s leader said. ”The resistance can stand even stronger. Our enemy doesn’t know our character. Today a new stage has started in the victory of this people and nation,” he said.

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Meryl Petkoff | November 22, 2012 10:35 AM | Reply

Casus belli.

tanstaafl | November 22, 2012 10:50 AM | Reply

Translation: the Israelis didn't kill me.

Kepha | November 22, 2012 10:50 AM | Reply

And Haniyeh fouled his breeches when an Israeli bomb went off to close to his rathole.

salah | November 22, 2012 11:54 AM | Reply

"Israel screamed with pain from what the resistance did to it."

Listen to Muhammad screaming with pain from what a Jewish woman did to him:

' The apostle of Allah lived after this three years till in consequence of his pain he passed away. During his illness he used to say, "I did not cease to find the effect of the (poisoned) morsel, I took at Khaibar and I suffered several times (from its effect) but now I feel the hour has come of the cutting of my jugular vein*." '
The Major Classes, by Ibn Sa'd, v. 2, p. 202 الطبقات الكبرى لإبن سعد

http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2011/03/muhammads-death.html

dumbledoresarmy | November 22, 2012 1:48 PM | Reply

From the article:" After emerging unscathed from eight days of fighting with Israel..".

That probably ought to read - 'crawling out from his underground bunker deep underneath a kindergarten or a maternity hospital, where he had spent the eight days of hostilities..".

dumbledoresarmy | November 22, 2012 1:51 PM | Reply

I was reading the Israeli English-language news outlets on line, and I was also reading the MSM reports which were *full* of stuff about the Poooor 'Palestinians' in Jihad Fortress/Military Base Gaza.

I got the distinct impression that the Mohammedans spent much more time weeping, wailing, whining, screaming and generally crying 'victim', than did the ordinary Israelis that they were firing at.

fitna | November 22, 2012 7:56 PM | Reply

It's like living in a bizzaro world, the US gets attacked by muslims and then elects a muslim president, not just for one term but two.

And this muslim presidents goes on to undermine non-muslim interests and uses his office, the most powerful in the world to prevent non-muslims from defeating their ardent Islamofascist enemies bent on their destruction.

I don't know who's more evil, muslims or leftists who stupidly and cheerfully voted for their own demise along with the rest of us.

Liberalism is a mental disorder. But let's not leave others off the hook either who deserve it. Pacifists of every religion and political orientation are as much to blame, along with those who are apathetic.

Seems like millions will need to die first (perhaps in a nuclear holocaust carried out by muslim terrorists) before the threat of Islam is taken seriously.

lookmann replied to comment from dumbledoresarmy | November 22, 2012 10:44 PM | Reply

actually Israel, though halted mid-way, must have silently relished its success,going by these figures;

According to a flyer released by the IDF these are some of the figures:
1,500 terror sites hit including:

· 30 senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists
· 19 high-level command centers
· 980 underground rocket launchers
· 140 smuggling tunnels
· 66 tunnels used for terrorist operations
· 42 operation rooms and bases owned by Hamas
· 26 weapons manufacturing and storage facilities
· Dozens of long-range rocket launchers and launch sites.

http://www.jwire.com.au/news/gaza-analysis/30059

gratitude | November 23, 2012 1:40 AM | Reply

Only fools would believe that Hamas scored a victory. When Israel is once again hit with rockets we'll see a ground attack. This is a certainty.
One thing that has come out of this is an open admission by Hamas as to who is providing them with weapons.
Keeping the rockets in their court is something Hamas will not be able to control and then there will not be a moment's hesitation by Israel to finish the job.
These cockraoches (Hamas) will take the bait. I wonder how brave they will claim to be when tanks and troops roll across the border.
I haven't heard a peep from the US condemning Iran "in the strongest possible language."
Hamas and Iran are not just enemies of Israel, but a threat to humanity.
When is the west going to take off the gloves and bring these guys to their knees.
The only surrender from these clowns must be an "unconditional surrender" where they cannot then espouse a hollow victory.

Jacob | November 23, 2012 5:38 PM | Reply

Hamas has claimed victory! Huh?

Looking at the devastation Israel inflicted on the Hamas infrastructure, sending a number of Hamas senior commanders for dates with 72 Virgins and the abject failure to cause any significant damage in Israel with over 1,000 rockets, I am really glad that Israel lost.

gravenimage | November 25, 2012 6:27 PM | Reply

Haniyeh, who heads Hamas in Gaza, hailed the previous night’s ceasefire as a victory, despite what Israel called heavy losses for the terror group during Operation Pillar of Defense.
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Hard to know if Hamas is claiming victory simply because this is what Muslims always do, even when they are going down in flames; or whether this "ceasefire" that Israel has agreed to, which opens up Gaza's abilities to smuggle in even more weaponry to be used against Israel, really does represent a long-term victory for Jihad.

It was “the resistance and strength of the Palestinian people that stopped Israel from sending troops into Gaza” Haniyeh said...
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What crap. Israel accepted the ceasefire because they are decent people who wanted to avoid further bloodshed—even of their enemies. The same cannot be said for the savage "Palestinians".

During Operation Pillar of Defense, Israel struck some 1,500 targets and killed some 170 Palestinians, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Over 1,500 rockets were launched from Gaza to Israel’s southern city, and six people were killed.
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Good thing the vicious "Palestinians" are so inept...

Haniyeh also thanked Egypt for aiding the Palestinians. Egypt of today was not like that of yesterday and “Israel was mute in face of Egypt’s position” during the fighting, he said.
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Grotesque that Egypt is posing as the "neutral third party" brokering the ceasefire—*of course* it favors Hamas...

“Israel entered this war with the intent of preparing the ground for a regional war” which would help its leaders during the upcoming elections, Haniyeh said, but added that Jerusalem was ill-prepared to face down Gazan fighters.
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What crap. This implies that Israel started the war, rather than Hamas lobbing rockets at Israeli civilians.

Of course, as Muslims see it, Jews started this war by simply failing to live as dhimmis under their Muslim overlords. A confident and free Israel will always serve as an "incitement" to pious Muslims...

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