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2004-12-04 Israel-Palestine

Hamas will accept Palestinian state in West Bank, Gaza

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Posted by Fred 2004-12-04 11:51:08 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Is that a cake?

Posted by Fred 2004-12-04 12:13:20 AM|| 2004-12-04 12:13:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Might as well be; anyone want a slice of Israel?

Photo caption:
Palestinian supporters of the Islamic Hamas group, holding a big map of what is now Israel and the Palestinian Territories, including the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, as they participate in the campaign for studentsâ council elections in Al-Najah university in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday Nov. 28, 2004. The map reads in Arabic: âMuslim Palestine.â The elections will take place Monday. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

I must note, however, that the Fatah supporters were overwhelming victors in the student council elections.

Posted by Seafarious 2004-12-04 12:19:35 AM|| 2004-12-04 12:19:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah, yes. International sanctions. I'm sure that has Hamas shaking in their kaffiyehs.

Posted by Desert Blondie 2004-12-04 12:28:35 AM|| 2004-12-04 12:28:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 In an apparent change in longstanding policy, a top Hamas leader said on Friday the militant group would accept the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as well as a long-term truce with Israel.

Eh??? What about Israel? Does Israel have a right to exist or not?

And a "truce"? I seem to remember that a truce is basically only a temporary thing. What about permanent cessation of hostilities?

Nothing new being served up here, as far as I can tell.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-04 1:35:29 AM|| 2004-12-04 1:35:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 So Hamas wants to declar a hudna. Yawn. That's a sure sign that it's time for Israel to turn up the heat and do some real damage to the organization.

Posted by AzCat 2004-12-04 5:53:53 AM|| 2004-12-04 5:53:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Is that a cake? - Posted by: Fred -
yummy I hope so , cake solves most of my problems , wonder if it will help the Paloes

VOTE FOR CAKE !!

Posted by MacNails 2004-12-04 8:26:00 AM|| 2004-12-04 8:26:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 "please stop the helizapping while we rearm!"

Posted by Frank G 2004-12-04 8:47:31 AM|| 2004-12-04 8:47:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Another offer hudna as if they are doing the Israelis a favor. A hudna so can go hide with their tail between their legs, lick their wounds, rearm, and start the genocide all over again. I truly doubt there exists a word or concept in the Muslim world for what the rest of the world calls "peace", living without conflict, secure as general equals. If the Israelis have any sense of self preservation, they should deport the Palestinians past the Jordan river and the Egypt border.

Posted by ed 2004-12-04 12:10:11 PM|| 2004-12-04 12:10:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Islamists ONLY take a Rest or have a TRUCE when they are losing. Lying is REQUIRED of all Islamists. There is NOT NOW, there HAS NEVER been and there NEVER WILL BE an Islamic agreement, or an Islamist that can be or will be trusted. They are required to lie to you until they can kill you.

That is the basis of the Koran. Therefore, we in the Western world shall take the rest periods to grow stronger also. The next time they attack us, Good Bye.

Posted by leaddog2 2004-12-04 1:30:50 PM|| 2004-12-04 1:30:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Anyone else get a sense that Hamas is merely preening itself to assume the same sort of corrupt and dead-end political control that Arafat recently had pried out of his cold, dead, rigormortised hands?

Posted by Zenster 2004-12-04 1:48:02 PM|| 2004-12-04 1:48:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 This is a culture that haggles. If they accept a slice, then they only accept it as an intermediate position before grabbing the whole cake. Hamas has clearly stated for years that they really want the whole cake.

Posted by Tom 2004-12-04 2:17:35 PM|| 2004-12-04 2:17:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 If they are stronger, negotiate. Offer them anything --- Allah will absolve you.

Posted by gromgorru 2004-12-04 2:53:05 PM|| 2004-12-04 2:53:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 That cake needs some additional baking. I suggest napalm, in large quantities.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-12-04 4:16:36 PM|| [http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2004-12-04 4:16:36 PM|| Front Page Top

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