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Hamas calls Israel approval of peace plan a trick
Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin said on Wednesday Israel's acceptance of the U.S.-backed road map to peace was ''a trick'' and warned that Washington could not be an honest peace broker.
Now that doesn't seem real helpful, does it?
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, who has called on militants to end the armed struggle against Israel, has accepted the road map, which calls for an end to 32 months of violence and the establishment of a Palestinian state by 2005. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's cabinet approved the staged peace plan on Sunday, but with reservations, primarily on security issues. ''Sharon is a liar...(the road map) is a trick,'' said Yassin, whose group has spearheaded a bombing campaign that has killed scores of Israelis since the start of a Palestinian uprising for independence in September 2000.
''They want to throw the ball into our court,'' he added, voicing concern that Israel could try and provoke Hamas by targeting leading militants.
Nice - wrong metaphor, dumbass
Sheikh Yassin (and the rest of Hamas) sounds pretty panicked. Maybe he should have said "They want to throw the grenade into our livingroom."
Asked if Hamas might consider taking a wait-and-see attitude, the 65-year-old Yassin said: ''Maybe, everything is under discussion.''
Wait and see if a IDF helicopter is following your car, jerk
Yassin said that Hamas stood behind its offer to suspend attacks inside Israel in exchange for an end to an Israeli military crackdown on the Palestinians and the release of some 7,000 prisoners, a proposal Israel has dismissed.
Not gonna happen
Israel says its military measures are necessary to stop militants from carrying out attacks against Israelis. Sharon and Abbas are due to hold their second meeting to discuss the road map ahead of a planned summit next week with U.S. President George W. Bush in Jordan. Yassin said Washington's traditional backing of the Jewish state did not bode well for any talks. ''I have no hopes. America works for the interest of Israel, it cares about Israeli security and Israel's existence at our expense,'' he said.
Uh, and the reasons we should care about you are....? This pinhead needs a hellfire in the rearview mirror
Posted by: Frank G 2003-05-28
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=14808