(Ha'aretz) Ze'ev Schiff - An intensive public relations campaign has been conducted on behalf of Hamas in various parts of Europe and the U.S. of late, and not necessarily by Muslims. Among those active in this campaign is Alistaire Crooke, formerly of British intelligence, who worked on behalf of EU foreign policy coordinator Javier Solana. Even the PA regarded Crooke as a security risk because of his contacts with Hamas, and his work on behalf of the EU has been halted. Lately, he has linked up with other former intelligence officials to act in support of Hamas. At a conference at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, IDF Brigadier General Michael Herzog reminded Crooke of a conversation that he had with the late Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. The sheikh told Crooke not to forget that Hamas' position is that Israel won't exist, even within the 1949 borders. Hamas is in many ways similar to bin Laden's organization, and like it, employs terror. That's how it should be treated and it must be fought aggressively, unless it changes its goals and methods. The former CIA station chief in Israel, Stan Moskowitz, asked the conference attendees: can the American president view a terrorist attack that blows up a bus full of passengers in Tel Aviv differently from an attack that blows up a bus full of passengers in London?
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