Israel has dismantled Iran's cash distribution channels by the removal of Haniyeh, Nasrallah and Sinwar- Gerald Templer's methods proving as effective in Gaza as they were in Malaya,,as anticipated

 by Ganesh Sahathevan

Head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, left, and Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar, at a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the terror group, in Gaza City, Dec. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

The removal of Yahya Sinwar from his central position in HAMAS's operations may be considered the latest in one of many disruptions by the IDF of the financing of terrorism in Gaza.

The IDF has in fact a history of effectively combating the financing of terrorism and Sinwa's removal, coming soon after the removal of Haasan Nasrallah and Ismail Haniyeh from their positions of leadership is likely to have significantly disrupted Iran's capacity to distribute cash and other material to HAMAS and Hezbollah. 

These three  men would have been channels for hundreds of millions if not billions for decades, and replacing them would not be as simple as finding the next man, woman or child jihadi martyr for these are positions of trust.  Bluntly, money is thicker than blood, and not even the Iranians would want to be cheated of their money.

Continued destruction of HAMAS and Hezbollah infrastructure in Gaza, the West Bank, Beirut and anywhere else in Lebanon can cause permanent damage to Iran's capacity to attack Israel via its proxies. That was in fact the experience of Britain and her allies in Malaya,against the Communist Party China sponsored Malayan Communist Party.

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Gaza can be conquered , controlled and turned into another Singapore using the methods of Sir Gerald Templer, and in particular his techniques of intelligence gathering and application

Gaza can be conquered , controlled and turned into another Singapore using the methods of Sir Gerald Templer, and in particular his techniques of intelligence gathering and application

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

                                                                              

Writing in Newsweek Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid declared that Gaza could have been Singapore but HAMAS turned it into ISIS.

Given Israel's war on HAMAS Gaza may yet be turned into a Singapore by applying the methods employed by the  Tiger Of Malaya, Sir Gerald Templer. . Templer used a network of "new villages" to ensure that Chinese villagers in then Malaya were prevented from providing supplies to  Communist terrorists, and also gather  information about their movements.  His appreciation of intelligence, and in particular human intelligence is not a surprise , given his experience in army intelligence during World War II.

These two newspaper reports  from the mid-1950s illustrate his methods, which  history shows successfully turned Malaysia's Chinese away from the Communist Terrorists and into highly productive units of production and entrepreneurship for the Malaysian economy. 

Indian Daily Mail, 14 November 1952

And also 

The Straits Times, 28 July 1953

Some have attempted to reimagine Templer's methods as a hearts and minds approach to insurgency  but the newspaper reports above show that that was not the case.While the situation faced by Israel is of course not precisely that which Templer faced in Malaya,  his methods can probably be adapted and applied successfully with regard to the conditions and circumstances in Gaza to achieve the same if not better economic outcomes. 

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Saturday, October 14, 2023

Malaysians would be familiar with Israel's Gaza strategy -it is like that employed by Gerald Templer against Communist Terrorist during the Malayan Emergency