Comments on: The Hamas moderation line, fisked http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2991 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:14:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lefty http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2991/comment-page-1#comment-25649 Lefty Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:10:07 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2991#comment-25649 "They [Hamas] won’t refer to Israel by name, even in an article where the angle is their 'moderation,' the writer clearly knows this, and points to Barghouti’s wordplay as some kind of proof that Hamas acknowledges Israel’s existence, when clearly, it is the opposite." Alternatively, it may suggest that Hamas rejects Israel in principle but might be able to tolerate Israel in practice, at least in the near term. (Sort of the way hardcore IRA types refer to Northern Ireland as "the Six Counties".) Hamas would certainly destroy Israel if they could, but some signs suggest that a moderate Hamas faction has emerged, one that recognizes that Hamas won't be able to get rid of Israel any time soon. I write "suggest", not "prove", because maybe all the more moderate sounding Hamas members really are lying just to "Get Gaza and the West Bank, arm them to the teeth, and then try to destroy Israel from the fledgling Palestinian state." Well, if Hamas seriously thinks they can do what the rest of the Arab world couldn't do in 60 years, they'll be in for a rude awakening. “They [Hamas] won’t refer to Israel by name, even in an article where the angle is their ‘moderation,’ the writer clearly knows this, and points to Barghouti’s wordplay as some kind of proof that Hamas acknowledges Israel’s existence, when clearly, it is the opposite.” Alternatively, it may suggest that Hamas rejects Israel in principle but might be able to tolerate Israel in practice, at least in the near term. (Sort of the way hardcore IRA types refer to Northern Ireland as “the Six Counties”.) Hamas would certainly destroy Israel if they could, but some signs suggest that a moderate Hamas faction has emerged, one that recognizes that Hamas won’t be able to get rid of Israel any time soon.

I write “suggest”, not “prove”, because maybe all the more moderate sounding Hamas members really are lying just to “Get Gaza and the West Bank, arm them to the teeth, and then try to destroy Israel from the fledgling Palestinian state.” Well, if Hamas seriously thinks they can do what the rest of the Arab world couldn’t do in 60 years, they’ll be in for a rude awakening.

]]> By: Paul http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2991/comment-page-1#comment-25641 Paul Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:58:13 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2991#comment-25641 Meryl the word PEACE should not be mentioned in the same breath as HAMAS !!! Hamas wants the destruction of Israel and the liquidation of the Jews and anyone else who disagrees with them. Meryl the word PEACE should not be mentioned in the same breath as HAMAS !!! Hamas wants the destruction of Israel and the liquidation of the Jews and anyone else who disagrees with them.

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