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Originally posted by dontreally
reply to post by snapperski
Agreed Hamas is loathsome, but so is Netanyahu Likud party. Both have right wing extremist Idologies.
Don't you think it's Hamas' extremism and the likelihood of them winning a majority in a new Palestinian state that motivates Likud's refusal to stop building settlements?
Think of it from both sides. This isn't a game. If Israel plays by Hamas' rules, that could turn into a second holocaust for them.
In March 2005, Israel publicly honored the surviving operatives, and President Moshe Katsav presented each with a certificate of appreciation for their efforts on behalf of the state, ending decades of official denial by Israel
Israeli supposed 'theft' of land for settlement building is just another pathetic excuse by Hamas and genocidal supporters to kill all jews.
That few kilometres of landspace will not make Israel any bigger. The bigger issue one should ask is why would Israel do such a thing?
As long as the palestinian REFUSED to sit down, negotiate for peace and end their policy of death to jews, the west bank and gaza is still technically the land owned by Israel when the foolish palestinians who abandoned their lands for believing that their arab brothers will kick all jews into the sea during those wars.
However, Israel had already given back both west bank and gaza to the palestinian for SELF RULE in return for a lasting peace treaty which never happened, as Hamas insisted on the precondition of death to all jews before they would even consider sitting down negotiations.
Thus the reason for blockades and trade restrictions, as Hamas had proven that instead of using world's aid donation to build up social infrastructure, it spent on ammunitions, weapons of war, troops and funding of suicide bombers.
So long as Hamas and their supporters continue to act as spoilt brats, refusing to come to realities, demanding for genocide of both innocent jews and palestinians, that land still belongs to Israel who will equally be brutal if fight is what Hamas wants.
May Hamas and their supporters grow up, sit down for negotiations, end the death to jews policy, sign a lasting peace treaty and independence for Palestine will come, which will not only be voted by the whole world, but by even Israel.
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Both the rulling government in Israel as well as in Palestine must be removed and replaced with proper moderate governments that actually represent the people of both nations.
Israel should work with the opposition party in Palestine to strenghten it's position that's the only thing I can see that would help them.
~Tenth
Originally posted by DerepentLEstranger
reply to post by dontreally
This thread is dedicated to those credulous believers who think Hamas has "evolved" into a potential peace partner.
well, i certainly am not one of them, and actually agree with the TITLE of the OP
not the spin you're giving it.
because:
Hamas is a Creation of Mossad
globalresearch.ca...
How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas -
online.wsj.com...
Ron Paul - Israel Created Hamas 01-09-09 - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb3vF6Vcjr0
Mossad Created Hamas”A Story You Must Read, with photos”
[ Just like the CIA Created Al-Qaeda, the Mossad Created Hamas]
______beforeitsnews/israel/2012/07/mossad-created-hamasa-story-you-must-read-with-photos-2387777.html
enjoyingthejourney.blogspot.com...
From what I understand, that is not true. Hamas believes in retaining what land was given to the Palestinians after the UN booted them in the 40's.
"Palestine is our land and nation from the [Mediterranean] sea to the [Jordan] river, from north to south, and we cannot cede an inch or any part of it," he said.
"We fight Zionists, not Jews. We fight whoever occupied our land, regardless of religion ... Statehood will be the fruit of resistance, not negotiations," Meshaal told cheering fans.
As long as the palestinian REFUSED to sit down, negotiate for peace and end their policy of death to jews, the west bank and gaza is still technically the land owned by Israel when the foolish palestinians who abandoned their lands for believing that their arab brothers will kick all jews into the sea during those wars.
'Whatever the reasoning and attitude of the Arab states' leaders, I have found no contemporary evidence to show that either the leaders of the Arab states or the Mufti [Hajj Amin al-Husseini] ordered or directly encouraged the mass exodus during April [1948].
It may be worth noting that for decades the policy of the Palestinian Arab leaders had been to hold fast to the soil of Palestine and to resist the eviction and displacement of Arab communities'.
Benny Morris
"The story which Jewish publicity at first persuaded the world to accept , that the [Palestinian] Arab refugees left voluntarily, is not true. Voluntary emigrants do not leave their homes with only the clothes they stand in. People who decided to leave house do not do so in such a hurry that they lose other members of their family -- husband losing sight of his wife, or parents of their children.
The fact is that the majority left in panic flight, to escape massacre. They were in fact helped on their way by the occasional massacres--not of very many at a time, but just enough to keep them running."
Denied Inheritance & Bitter Harvest
Similar scenarios were enacted, as Morris shows, in central Galilee, Upper Galilee and the northern Negev, as well as in the post-war expulsion of the Palestinians of Al Majdal (Ashkelon). Most of these operations (with the exception of the latter) were marked by atrocities - a fact which led Aharon Zisling, the minister of agriculture, to tell the Israeli cabinet on 17 November 1948:
"I couldn't sleep all night. I felt that things that were going on were hurting my soul, the soul of my family and all of us here (...) Now Jews too have behaved like Nazis and my entire being has been shaken ."
source
Netanyahu told the Cabinet, "Has no intention of ever reaching a compromise with us. They want to destroy Israel. The State of Israel will overcome this enemy, but it was interesting to see how Abu Mazen (Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas) didn't condemn the statements calling for Israel's destruction – just like he never condemns rocket fire.
"Unfortunately he is striving for unity with Hamas, which as we know is backed by Iran."
The Israeli government, he added, "Has no illusions. We want true peace with our neighbors but we are not oblivious to reality. We won't make another mistake like a unilateral withdrawal – the kind that has landed Hamas in power in Gaza.
"I'm always astounded by other people's illusions that say that they are willing to continue this process and call it 'peace.' Giving these people any control of Judea and Samaria will have only one result – Gaza on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, Hadera and Kfar Saba.
"This is why we have to stand up to international pressure, and that's what the Israeli leadership should be – devoid of illusions and protective of Israel's interests."
Not only does the Hamas charter promote a religious hatred of Jews, not only does Hamas' Al Quds TV (which is a state propaganda device) train its citizens to hate Jews
Originally posted by dontreally
If Jerusalem post is in the same category of "state propaganda" as the former, then so is virtually everything else. You've broken down all distinctions. CNN, Foxnews, BBC, everything can be seen as a "propaganda device".