[lit-ideas] Re: Palestine and Hamas

Omar: I agree that it might be a good idea to listen to what the Hamas actually says.

Eric: Part of the problem might be that people are listening too closely.

Amusing to me at the moment is Hamas' characterization of EU and USA withholding aid (until Hamas renounces terrorism) as "blackmail."
Mr. Khalid Mish'al, in the article Omar cited, calls the terms of this request, "humiliating conditions."

This of course is answered by their own kind of blackmail, namely "Unless you give us money, we'll get it from Big Bad Old Iran and Saudi Arabia."

Mish'al goes on to suggest that Hamas has thrown so many martyrs down the drain, they can't just pack up their suicide belts now for a losing proposition--such as peace, stability, national sovereignty, and the prospect of economic revitalization of the Palestinian lands.

Yep, it's going to be a long year I think.


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