On 25 Jan, 06:13, "B'inyamin Cramer" <notayidinsi...@noyidshere.cam>
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A Reuters interview with Syrian-based Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has
generated some excited headlines implying a softening of Hamas' position
regarding recognition of Israel. Needless to say, this was not the case.

Stating a "clear break with previous position", the Times of London
headline
reads "Hamas leader accepts the 'reality' of Israel", while the
Independent
says "Hamas softens Israel stance in calls for Palestinian state".

Reason for optimism? Not if you follow the news. Only one hour after the
full interview was published by Reuters, Hamas government spokesperson
Ghazi
Hamad told Ha'aretz that Meshaal said, "Israel exists - and that's a
fact."
However, Hamad maintained that "there was no change in our stance that
Hamas
does not recognize Israel."

Salah Bardawil, head of Hamas's parliamentary faction, told Ha'aretz
that
after checking with Meshaal, it seems to be that his words were twisted
and
distorted.

"He didn't speak about any recognition of Israel, only a cease-fire with
Israel," Bardawil said.

The Jerusalem Post also quotes a senior Hamas official in Gaza City who
says
"acknowledging that Israel exists does not mean recognizing its right to
occupy the land of Palestine, which belongs only to the Moslems."

The bottom line - despite the Reuters interview and some resulting media
reports, Hamas has not fulfilled the three basic criteria of the
international community for lifting financial sanctions on the
Palestinian
government - recognition of Israel's right to exist, forswearing
terrorism,
and accepting previous Israeli-Palestinian agreeements.

Why does the media rush to portray Hamas as "moderate" despite the
organization's own declarations to the contrary?

http://www.honestreporting.com/articles/45884734/critiques/Hamas_Unre...

That type of double-speak is what Arafat was so good at doing. Tell the
foreign media that they want peace and recognize Israel in English, and
tell the Arab press that Israelis must be pushed into the sea in Arabic.

Hamas is a whole organization of Arafats?HAMAS, you fuckwit, is much more than the militant wing.

HAMAS has been acting as a de-facto welfare organisation for the
Palestinians for decades, you fucking fool.

THATS WHAT YOU SAY FUCKFIT BUT WE KNOW THEY ARE ALL TERRORISTS!