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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 04:25 AM
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Obama camp 'prepared to talk to Hamas'
Edited on Sat Jan-10-09 04:35 AM by elleng
Source: Guardian/UK

'Incoming administration will abandon Bush's isolation of Islamist group to initiate low-level diplomacy, say transition sources.'


edit: 'There is ­growing agreement, among Republicans as well as Democrats, on the need to engage Hamas to achieve a sustainable peace in the Middle East – even among Obama's close advisers. In an article published on Wednesday on the website Foreign Affairs, but apparently written before the fighting in Gaza, Haass, who is president of the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote: "If the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues to hold and a Hamas-PA reconciliation emerges, the Obama administration should deal with the joint Palestinian leadership and authorise low-level contact between US officials and Hamas in Gaza." The article was written with Martin Indyk, a former US ambassador to Israel and an adviser to Hillary Clinton.'


Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/08/barack-obama-gaza-hamas
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 04:58 AM
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1. that will change in the next few months
they`ll go through the motions and nothing much will change. israel will never answer for her crimes
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whirlygigspin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 05:31 AM
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2. that's a good step
...now how about talking to the left?

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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 07:30 AM
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3. But Not Prepared To Talk To Howard Dean
And other Democrats.
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JayMusgrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 07:39 AM
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4. Obama Team Denies Report That He Seeks Talks With Hamas
Hey I only report what I find.

No, I don't watch or listen to this source, but I found this link on another message board, so I am passing it along.

Obama Team Denies Report That He Seeks Talks With Hamas

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/09/report-obama-advisers-urge-talks-hamas/
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Political Heretic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 07:53 AM
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5. plenty of crimes to go around. I think the only slim hope there is....
...is in trying to move forward by engaging both sides, not try to rectify the overwhelming sins of the past all around.
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