Hamas: Negotiations a waste of time - Democratic Underground

bemildred

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Sat Oct-22-05 05:30 PM
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Hamas: Negotiations a waste of time

Edited on Sat Oct-22-05 05:32 PM by bemildred

Edit: I put this up because one rarely gets to hear a Hamas
big shot in his own words, at least in the English press.

Born in al-Zaitun district in Gaza City in 1945, al-Zahar graduated with a master's degree in general surgery from Ein Shams University in 1971 and went on to help establish the resistance movement in 1988.

In 1992, Israeli forces expelled al-Zahar and dozens of other Hamas activists, who went into exile in Lebanon.

On 10 September 2003, an Israeli air strike on his home killed his wife and severely injured his daughter. He survived with a leg wound.

Al-Zahar says he is committed to resisting Israeli occupation through military means, but he also believes Hamas has a strong role to play in the Palestinian political process.

al Jazeera

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Jim Sagle

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Sat Oct-22-05 06:14 PM
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1. Kill Hamas.

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bemildred

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Sat Oct-22-05 06:26 PM
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2. You go right ahead. I'll just stay here and keep an eye on things. nt

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Jim Sagle

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Sat Oct-22-05 11:04 PM
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3. You started this thread. Too bad if you don't like the response.

As for Hamas, all I'm saying is, take them at their word.

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bemildred

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Sun Oct-23-05 09:53 AM
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5. I have no problem with your response.

I appreciate your taking the time to comment on my post.

All I'm saying is "Go right ahead, I'll just stay here and keep an eye on things while you are busy killing Hamas."

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Englander

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Sun Oct-23-05 02:48 AM
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4. Kill Likud.

-- Kill (kil) {ME. killen < ? OE cwellan}

2. a) to destroy the vital or active qualities of
b) to destroy; put an end to

Collins Eng. Dictionary.

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bemildred

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Sun Oct-23-05 10:09 AM
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6. kill -6 `ps -ao pid,command | grep Likud | perl -ane 'print $F[0]'`

That should do the job.

I suppose to satisfy Jimbo we could also do:

kill -6 `ps -ao pid,command | grep Hamas | perl -ane 'print $F<0>'`

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Jim Sagle

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Sun Oct-23-05 01:24 PM
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10. Hey, I'm a COBOL programmer, don't overtax my brain with these hi-tech

languages. ;-)

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Jim Sagle

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Sun Oct-23-05 11:22 AM
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7. Hamas is a terror org, Likud is a political party.

Most Democrats (or democrats for that matter) don't support killing of political parties.

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Englander

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Sun Oct-23-05 12:16 PM
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8. I'm not really suggesting that Likud should be destroyed.

If you suggest that Hamas, who as well as being a paramilitary
organisation, are a political party, should be destroyed, then
why not Likud? You advocated the destruction of a political party-
why not Likud? They're partially corrupt, they make decisions that
result in the deaths of an occupied civilian populace, in the full
knowledge that the decisions made will result in the death of
innocents, they partially ignore the laws of the state, &tc. Do you
see where I'm going with this? I'm not advocating the destruction
of any political party, but one can easily make such a case.

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Jim Sagle

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Sun Oct-23-05 01:27 PM
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12. Hamas, by trumpeting their "Negotiations are futile" line, are turning

their backs on conventional politics.

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bemildred

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Sun Oct-23-05 12:24 PM
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9. So, you agree with this fellow? About negotiations being futile? nt

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Jim Sagle

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Sun Oct-23-05 01:26 PM
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11. When the negotiating partner feels that way, they are.

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bemildred

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Sun Oct-23-05 02:05 PM
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13. Undoubtedly true. nt

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