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| Hamas: Zionist voters have elected a 'troika of terrorism' |
| 2009-02-12 |
| "This shows that the Zionist voters clearly start choosing the one who is most extreme in his speech, the one who wants war with the Palestinians," Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas official, told Al-Jazeera. "This troika, this trio of terrorism of Lieberman, Livni and Netanyahu chose the dramatic development in Israeli society towards terror." Speaking from Beirut, Osama Hamdan, another senior Hamas official, said "both sides are working against Hamas, against the Palestinians", but Netanyahu and the right-wing was doing it in a way "that cannot be defended." He said that Livni was doing it in a "very soft way so it can be defended by the West and the United States". A right-wing Israeli government could dampen prospects for Egyptian-led attempts to broker a truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers after Israel's devastating offensive in Gaza last month. It is also likely to delay the possibility of a lasting settlement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. President Mahmoud Abbas said that however far-right the Israeli government were to go, pragmatism would trump ideology. "The ascent of the Israeli right does not worry us," he told Italy's La Repubblica newspaper. "In whatever form, the government, once in power, will ultimately end up with responsibility, pragmatism prevailing." Saeb Erekat, a top negotiator for the PA, told Al-Jazeera that there was little chance of a peace deal with a government comprising the parties elected on Tuesday. "Any form of government as a result of these elections will not accept the two state solution, they will not accept the agreements signed, they will continue with the settlements activities and the incursions and the attacks," Erekat said. "I think we will conside them an un-partner," he said. It is up to President Shimon Peres to decide whether Livni or Netanyahu should have the first shot at forming a government. Peres will meet with party leaders to hear their recommendations, and then has a week to make up his mind. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Bad day for vermin. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-02-12 21:57 |
| #2 Arafat Ali: Would you say they have a troika of terrorism? Mushid: A what? Arafat Ali: A *troika*. Mushid: Oh yes, they have a troika. Arafat Ali: Jefe, what is a troika? Mushid: Why, Arafat Ali? Arafat Ali: Well, you told me they have a troika of terrorism. And I just would like to know if you know what a troika is. I would not like to think that a person would tell someone that the juice (sic) have a troika of terrorism, and then find out that that person has *no idea* what it means to have a troika of terrorism. Mushid: Forgive me, Arafat Ali. I know that I, Mushid, do not have your superior burrowing or goat selection abilities. But could it be that once again, you are angry at something else, and are looking to take it out on me? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-02-12 17:13 |
| #1 Let us hope that Hamas is right about this. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-02-12 10:29 |