Hamas creates equal job opportunities for women in the Gaza Strip

Those who favoured the disengagement from Gaza often cite the rational that the disengagement will result in an increase of security for all Israeli citizens so this article from the Jerusalem Post caught my eye.

Hamas revealed over the weekend that dozens of women in the Gaza Strip have joined its armed wing, Izzaddin Kassam, and were preparing to carry out attacks on Israel. Pictures posted on the Hamas-affiliated Palestine Information Center Web site showed masked women, dressed in military fatigues and armed with Kalashnikov rifles and pistols, receiving training at a secret location in the Gaza Strip.

According to Hamas, the women were being trained in planting roadside bombs, firing rockets and mortars and infiltrating Jewish settlements. "Jihad has been imposed on all Muslims, males and females alike," one of the women explained. "This is particularly true in Palestine, and here we are obeying the call for jihad. We have the honor to compete with men in the jihad."

The piece goes on that the women who took part in this job training initiative did so with the full approval of their husbands, fathers and brothers just in case you wondered.