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Originally posted by sonnny1
Hamas doesn't care about the People of Palestine. They care about how the World views Israel.
Its a game played with Lives.
S&F
Originally posted by ausername
Originally posted by sonnny1
Hamas doesn't care about the People of Palestine. They care about how the World views Israel.
Its a game played with Lives.
S&F
There are groups on both sides that do not want peace.
Hamas and other Islamic groups, and even Islamic countries in the region believe that only the complete destruction of Israel can liberate the Palestinians, and believe that their religion calls for nothing less. The Israelis can make concessions, they can attempt to make peace and it will be seen as weakness. The Israelis have to deal with local and regional threats, and international pressure while also accepting the fact that no matter how they got there, or how this crisis evolves they are going to have to fight for their existence in the region.
Provoking the Israelis to attack Gaza provides Hamas propaganda to manipulate world opinion of Israel, they cannot attack terrorists and militants in Gaza without the deaths of innocents.
Israel authorizing new settlement construction in contested areas is no less an act of provocation.
Unless there are major changes, there is really only one way this can all end ultimately.
Maybe it is time for the rest of the world to remove themselves from the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and let them either find a path to peace, or a war that will end it one way or another?
Originally posted by ManBehindTheMask
Originally posted by DeadSnow
reply to post by DarthMuerte
It's not like we get them from super powers like the good U.S of A for example.
Not to be nit picky here, but deflecting onto the US doesnt address the issue of THEIR country, nor the topic posted by the OP.......
Originally posted by xXxinfidelxXx
reply to post by ModernAcademia
I honestly think the Israeli gov will never let the Palestinians have peace. They've spent the last few years and well over 2 billion dollars walling them in. They've had since the '50s to make peace, with numerous peace accords broken by themselves with blame placed elsewhere. They're no better than Hamas.
Originally posted by ManBehindTheMask
Originally posted by xXxinfidelxXx
reply to post by ModernAcademia
I honestly think the Israeli gov will never let the Palestinians have peace. They've spent the last few years and well over 2 billion dollars walling them in. They've had since the '50s to make peace, with numerous peace accords broken by themselves with blame placed elsewhere. They're no better than Hamas.
actually Israel has tried many many many times to make peace with them, offering back land and many other concessions only to have it thrown back in their face......
And if you actually look at the facts.....its been Hamas/palestenian side that has been breaking the ceasefires etc......
the sanctions against them would not be in place if it were not for the actions of Hamas and its recruitment of suicide bombers/rocketing/ground force attacks and promotion of destruction of Israel.....period......
Sure you can go ahead now and say "it was probably mossad" but thats ..disengenuous
If you want to debate, debate with the facts.........israel has tried countless times to make peace....
Hamas doesnt allow this, because Hamas isnt interested in peace, Hamas is interested in the destruction of the jewish state.......period ......full stop........
It has no other goal, and it doesnt matter the means which to come by them, if it means sacrificing the people of palestine it will do so.......and its proven this through its actions repeatedly........
this does NOT mean that the palestenian people in general feel this way, however they have chosen to let Hamas lead the way for them......
To deny any of the above is to be willfully ignorant of the history and the facts
Originally posted by ManBehindTheMask
actually Israel has tried many many many times to make peace with them, offering back land and many other concessions only to have it thrown back in their face......
And if you actually look at the facts.....its been Hamas/palestenian side that has been breaking the ceasefires etc......
the sanctions against them would not be in place if it were not for the actions of Hamas and its recruitment of suicide bombers/rocketing/ground force attacks and promotion of destruction of Israel.....period......
Sure you can go ahead now and say "it was probably mossad" but thats ..disengenuous
If you want to debate, debate with the facts.........israel has tried countless times to make peace....
Hamas doesnt allow this, because Hamas isnt interested in peace, Hamas is interested in the destruction of the jewish state.......period ......full stop........
It has no other goal, and it doesnt matter the means which to come by them, if it means sacrificing the people of palestine it will do so.......and its proven this through its actions repeatedly........
this does NOT mean that the palestenian people in general feel this way, however they have chosen to let Hamas lead the way for them......
To deny any of the above is to be willfully ignorant of the history and the facts