Hamas took over Gaza by force. Gave Israel a one year extension of the truce (probably to solidify their position more) Refused to honor any past treaties or agreements between the Palestine goverment and Israel. The EU, U.S. and Israel cut off all aid to Hamas. The EU, U.S. and Israel also began arming Fatah. So we didn't cut off aid to Gaza, just the Hamas goverment,
Your 'probably' statement is 'probably ' in error. They are determined to have the UN rule on events starting back as far as Nov '47. They have that right to peruse such action, that Israel and the US is blocking them just means they have a strong case. Honor agreements that Israel is free to break whenever they wish, you really are in dreamland aren't you. You are starting to sound like the ones JFK warned us about. Whole lot of statement very little fact.
Hamas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After winning a majority of seats in the
Palestinian Parliament in the January 2006
Palestinian parliamentary elections,
[7] and defeating rival Palestinian party
Fatah in a
series of violent clashes, since June 2007 Hamas has governed the
Gaza portion of the
Palestinian Territories. The
European Union,
[8] Israel,
[9] Japan,
[10] Canada,
[11] and the
United States[12] classify Hamas as a
terrorist organization. Hamas was created in 1987 by Sheikh
Ahmed Yassin,
Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi and
Mohammad Taha of the Palestinian wing of
Egypt's
Muslim Brotherhood, at the beginning of the
First Intifada, an uprising against Israeli rule in the Palestinian Territories. Through its funding and management of schools, health-care clinics,
mosques, youth groups, athletic clubs, and day-care centers, Hamas by the mid-1990s had attained a "well-entrenched" presence in the West Bank and Gaza.
[13] An estimated 80-90% of Hamas revenues fund health, social welfare, religious, cultural, and educational services.
[14][15][16] On the military side, Hamas launched numerous
suicide bombings against Israelis,
the first in April 1993.
[17] Hamas ceased the attacks in 2005, and renounced them in April 2006.
[18] In recent years Hamas has mainly attacked Israel with
rocket and mortar fire.
[19][20]
After Hamas's election victory, conflicts arose between Hamas and Fatah.
[21][22] Following the June
2007 Battle of Gaza, Hamas retained control of Gaza and its officials were ousted from positions in the
Palestinian National Authority government in the
West Bank.
[23][24] Israel then imposed an
economic blockade on Gaza.
[25] In June 2008, Hamas ceased rocket attacks on Israel following an
Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, but attacks by other organizations continued despite Hamas efforts to prevent them.
[26] Two months before the end of the six-month
ceasefire the conflict escalated, after a November 4 Israeli incursion into Gaza killed seven Hamas militants, and this led to a renewal of Hamas rocket attacks.
[26][27] In late December 2008,
Israel attacked Gaza,
[28] withdrawing its forces from the territory in mid-January 2009.
[29] Despite ceasing military hostilities, Israel maintained a blockade of Gaza's border and airspace.
I'll even bold the last line for you.
Fired into Israel or fired at Israeli occupational settlements in Palestine? Would those be offensive or defensive?
If they were being shot into a area that in 1848 belonged to Gaza they are shooting at themselves.
