Israel's long term strategy involves radicalizing opposition to Israel.
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Submitted by Matt C., Sep 21, 2013 02:00

In the past, Israel supported Hamas against Fatah. Indeed, in the 1970s and 80s, Israel played a not insignificant role in encouraging Hamas's emergence in the belief that such an Islamist group might help rupture support for the mass nationalist movement of Fatah. Israel has a long term strategy of radicalizing it's opposition, which makes it much more politically acceptable to use more violent means to fight them. A secular, or more western appealing opposition is what Israel fears. Israel wants its opposition to look like Bin Laden, and be classified as terrorists by the west. That's why Israel makes no attempt to counter radicalization in its prisons, but instead encourages it. An example is secular Syria is seen as a much larger threat than a radical Islamic government in Syria, which is why Israel supports the radical jihadi fighters in Syria, even when the Assad government has been incredibly predictable for and non-threatening. It shows that Israel's long term strategy is one of destabilization for purposes of expansion.


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