Hamas Terror Plot Revealed: Missile To Be Shot Into Israeli Soccer Stadium

Cross Posted from Holger Awakens

I guess anyone that might foolishly hold out any hope for an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement EVER might want to read this story from YNET that describes a terror plot that Hamas had hatched to strike an Israeli soccer stadium. Obviously, this plan of evil shocks or surprises me not one iota and in my view, simply reinforces the lunacy of any sort of peace talks with the Palestinian Authority when you have this terrorist organization in the mix of things.

The details of the plot and its discovery are here from the article:

Two Hamas members from east Jerusalem were indicted Sunday on suspicion of planning to fire a missile at Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium during an Israeli premier league soccer match. Their remand was extended by two weeks.

According to a Shin Bet investigation, the two men – Moussa Hamada of Sur Baher and Bassam Omri of Beit Safafa – began planning the terrorist activity after the Israeli operation in Gaza. One of their plans was to fire at missile at the stadium during a soccer match.

The two visited a hill overlooking the stadium in order to locate the best place for the attack and collected information on the area. However their plan did not materialize into action.

The investigation revealed that the two – who were also active in the Muslim Brotherhood movement – purchased a number of guns and attempted to buy rifles and explosive devices. Moussa's cousins, Mahmoud and Amer Hamada, were involved in the weapons' purchase and in attempts to hide them.

The guns were bought from Balal Bahtan, who lives in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina. All the suspects were arrested, questioned and confessed to their involvement in purchasing the weapons.

One can only imagine the carnage such a terror attack would have wrought on the Israelis and one can also imagine what the response would have been from Israel. But this is further evidence, in my view, the error the Israelis made in Operation Cast Lead of not finishing the job - for me, it was the best opportunity ever for the Israelis to literally wipe out Hamas and remove any leaders that were still left in Gaza. The world's fake outrage over Operation Cast Lead had waned towards the end and extending the operation by a month would have been more than feasible. But they ended it.

And the lesson of it all was that the Israelis received no more "accolades" for halting Operation Cast Lead than if they had continued for another month and wiped up the rest of Hamas.

Hamas is no mystery - their intent no surprise. At what point in time is it right to simply exterminate that terror organization?

Hamas plan: Missile at soccer match


Two Hamas members from east Jerusalem were indicted Sunday on suspicion of planning to fire a missile at Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium during an Israeli premier league soccer match. Their remand was extended by two weeks.

According to a Shin Bet investigation, the two men – Moussa Hamada of Sur Baher and Bassam Omri of Beit Safafa – began planning the terrorist activity after the Israeli operation in Gaza. One of their plans was to fire at missile at the stadium during a soccer match.

The two visited a hill overlooking the stadium in order to locate the best place for the attack and collected information on the area. However their plan did not materialize into action.

The investigation revealed that the two – who were also active in the Muslim Brotherhood movement – purchased a number of guns and attempted to buy rifles and explosive devices. Moussa's cousins, Mahmoud and Amer Hamada, were involved in the weapons' purchase and in attempts to hide them.

The guns were bought from Balal Bahtan, who lives in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina. All the suspects were arrested, questioned and confessed to their involvement in purchasing the weapons.

Moussa Hamada visited Saudi Arabia several times in the past two years for meetings with a Muslim Brotherhood representative. During one of the meetings, the Saudi gave him money to purchase the weapons in return for collecting information on places in Jerusalem.

The investigation also uncovered extensive Hamas activity in Jerusalem in general, and on the Temple Mount in particular, including maintenance activities on the Mount and bringing groups of students and other visitors to the al-Aqsa mosque – all subsidized by Hamas.

The indictments, filed with the Jerusalem District Court, accuse Moussa Hamada and Bassam Omri of being members and supporters of a terrorist organization, committing weapon offenses and conspiring to commit a crime. The other suspects, who aided the two men, were indicted for arms dealing and other offenses.