Spanish Economist Daniel Lacalle, MEMRI Board of Advisors Member: Hamas Is 100% Responsible for What Is Happening in Gaza; It Uses Civilians as Human Shields, Using Schools as Ammunition Depots and Hi
On May 24, 2005, Spanish economist Daniel Lacalle, a member of MEMRI's Board of
Advisors, said that Hamas was 100% responsible for what was happening in Gaza. 'Hamas
is a terrorist organization, which has a dictatorship in Gaza, which executes homosexuals,
represses women, and uses women and children as human shields,' and was 'using
schools as ammunition depots and as hiding places for terrorists,' he said, speaking on the
Spanish Cuatro TV channel's Horizonte program.
Lacalle said that the humanitarian aid was being funneled by Hamas to repress the civilian
population and finance terrorism. He rejected the use of the word 'genocide,' which he said
was a 'falsehood,' pointing to the IDF's advance warning to civilians to evacuate places
about to be targeted and saying that the presence of women and children in military
locations was due to Hamas using them as human shields. He said that the word 'blockade'
was another falsehood. 'How come no humanitarian aid enters via the Egyptian border, and
nor do they permit refugees to go into (Egypt)?' Lacalle asked rhetorically, saying that 'Egypt
knows that Hamas hoards the humanitarian aid in order to finance terrorism.'
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