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In 2006, Hamas ran openly for the first time in legislative elections and won the largest number of seats—over Arafat’s Fatah and other secular parties—in the Palestinian Authority’s legislature. It wrested physical control of Gaza away from the PA a year later, thereby cementing its political and military control of an area that is about the size of Philadelphia. Its statements since then have often sounded contradictory—in one moment calling for liberation of all the lands that were part of historic Palestine and in another moment claiming Hamas could live alongside another state based on the 1967 borders, when Israel seized Gaza from Egypt. In December 2012, Khaled Mashaal, a leader in exile, reflected the traditional Hamas hardline, “The state will come from resistance, not negotiation. Liberation first, then statehood. Palestine is ours from the river to the sea and from the south to the north,” he said in a speech. “There will be no concession on any inch of the land. We will never recognize the legitimacy of the Israeli occupation, and therefore there is no legitimacy for Israel… We will free Jerusalem inch by inch, stone by stone. Israel has no right to be in Jerusalem.”
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In Hamas TV show, Gaza children sing praises of suicide bombing
Grandchildren of late Islamist MP extol virtues of jihad and sacrificing one's life for the homeland
By TOI STAFF
24 April 2013, 11:30 pm
www.timesofisrael.com...
originally posted by: Danvero
That is true, there is no tribe called "The Palestinian Tribe", similar to Saudi Arabia. There was no Saudi nation, but a group of tribes where each tribe has ruled part of the kingdom then merged into one country. There are no Saudis but that doesn't mean that the people living in Saudi Arabia didn't exist before creation of kingdom.
originally posted by: RAY1990
Just a tongue in cheek play on narrative. In the past when I've mentioned US revolutionaries/rebels were practically terrorists the answer I always got was "Hell Yeah!" So I do hope you see the comedy in my post and don't take it seriously. In poor taste I know but then again so is people from a nation that believes in sovereign self-determination and religious freedom saying "because they're Muslim!" wouldn't you think?
originally posted by: Xtrozero
Remember in your tongue and cheek all those refugees got their land through wars taking it from others and everyone is OK with that.
originally posted by: Daughter2v2
If we are going to be ranking killings for religion Christianity is #1 ...
Really what's your point about bringing up all these bad thing about Muslims
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Danvero
That is true, there is no tribe called "The Palestinian Tribe", similar to Saudi Arabia. There was no Saudi nation, but a group of tribes where each tribe has ruled part of the kingdom then merged into one country. There are no Saudis but that doesn't mean that the people living in Saudi Arabia didn't exist before creation of kingdom.
True, so where is the land for these people? Jordan was to be the Muslim Palestine and Israel was to be the Jewish Palestine. The Brits and French picked what they saw as a strong ruling party, and put them in charge. What we see in The West Bank and Gaza are refuges that neither Egypt or Jordan took in as part of their country. Those two nations ran both places and it wasn't until the Wars that they basically dumped them on Israel and walled off their side in each case.
This is not a problem for only Israel to fix, it is a problem for the ME to fix, but too many countries like the way it is as they use them as cannon fodder to sway world views on Israel.
You claimed at some point you didn’t need history from 29 years ago, but you want to post about the 1800’s.
originally posted by: Danvero
That basically means, not because someone is Jew, he must belong to land of Israel. Any convert to Judaism by Israeli law is considered a citizen of Israel and can travel anytime to Palestine to receive his new home and job.
originally posted by: jofafot
a reply to: Lazy88
I am not the one who claimed muslims can't be peaceful.
Quote where I posed that.
Quote where I posed that.
originally posted by: [post=27378786]jofafo
I didn't say you did. I was talking about another user.
I didn't say you did. I was talking about another user. That's what happens when you get confused and think of two different conversations as one.
In one of those conversations you were arguing with me about how "all palestinians are terrorists" by saying "there are so many of those terrorist groups" while including those that aren't active anymore and in another I was arguing with someone else who claimed "muslims can't be peaceful"
You claimed at some point you didn’t need history from 29 years ago, but you want to post about the 1800’s.
*I* am not the one who claimed muslims can't be peaceful. I only said it is not true and presented the part of the history when they were peaceful.