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| Hamas: war not over until demands met |
| 2014-08-08 |
| Gaza City –- A senior Hamas official told supporters at a Gaza City rally on Thursday that the war with Israel won't be over until the group's demands for a lifting of the Gaza blockade are met, insisting that its fighters would never give up their arms. "Our fingers are on the trigger and our rockets are trained at Tel Aviv," the official, Mushir al-Masri said, as Egypt struggled to broker a lasting truce between Israel and Hamas, with an Egyptian official saying that Gaza-based militants were refusing to compromise. Hamas has demanded the lifting of an Israeli and Egyptian blockade imposed on the coastal territory after the Islamic militant group seized power in 2007. Israel has said the militants must disarm first, which al-Masri insisted was out of the question. "The war is not over yet. Our men are still in the field, manning forward positions, our fingers are on the trigger, and our rockets are trained on Tel Aviv, and Lod and beyond," he told several thousand supporters in the first mass rally since the fighting began on July 8. "It is out of the question that the weapons of the resistance should be on the negotiating table. They have not been put on the table, and God willing, they will never be." Al-Masri insisted fighters are "in good shape" despite the nearly monthlong war and still had tunnels extending into Israel that could be used for attacks if Hamas' demands are not met. The Egyptian security official said the Palestinian delegation's stance had hardened after the arrival in Cairo of Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders from the Gaza Strip. He said Azzam al-Ahmad, the leader of the delegation and the representative of Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, had threatened to withdraw from the talks if the two militant groups do not show more "flexibility," adding that the delegation, which was supposed to leave Cairo on Thursday, would stay through the weekend. Palestinian delegates could not immediately be reached for comment. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #15 This time, go in and begin flooding the tunnels with sea water. See where the water begins pouring out of buildings, and destroy those buildings. Every once in a while, run a 25KW current at 700 amps through the sea water and see what crawls out of the sludge. In the meantime, start sending the Gazans to Syria or Libya by ship, one-way (alternate destination would be the northern part of Chad or Mali, or to anywhere in Somalia). Tell Moon and sKerry to go play with themselves, but please, not in the same room. Ignore O'bumble, who hasn't gotten ANYTHING right in the last six years. Israel needs to tell Hamass that nukes are their weapon of last resort, but the ARE still on the list. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2014-08-08 18:42 |
| #14 |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-08-08 16:00 |
| #13 IDF to Hamas: challenge accepted. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2014-08-08 12:59 |
| #12 I'm hoping they resist until the last hamas cockroach dies |
| Posted by: Frank G on the road 2014-08-08 10:25 |
| #11 Obviously they haven't been 'educated' enough. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-08-08 10:22 |
| #10 The war won't be over until one side give up and reconciles itself to the conditions of the other. Like all wars end. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2014-08-08 07:53 |
| #9 Monty Python's Black Knight rises yet again. "It's only a flesh wound." |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-08-08 07:50 |
| #8 "Demands" from the Katakombe? Please disregard and finish the evil murdering bastids. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-08-08 01:48 |
| #7 The UN and John f'kin Kerry. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-08-08 01:37 |
| #6 Hamas: war not over until demands met Obviously counting on the UN to make this statement true. |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-08-08 01:36 |
| #5 German chocolate cakes are for bunker busting---not for eating, Besoeker. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-08 01:21 |
#4  Treat yourself to 'n Keurig. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-08-08 01:19 |
| #3 Note to self: don't make morning coffee and go posting while the grounds settle. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-08 01:09 |
| #2 Ooops. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-08 00:54 |
| #1 We too have ">demands. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-08 00:51 |