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No discourse with Hamas

Reader comment on item: Business as Usual in the Palestinian Authority [after Arafat's Death]

Submitted by Octavio Johanson (Italy), May 17, 2005 at 11:58

Daniel Pipes sounds a bit pessimistic about Abbas, but then, he knows the subject better than myself. I was one of those optimists who trusted the new Palestinian leadership to be different, better qualified than Arafat to reach peace with Israel.

If things are like Daniel Pipes has explained, if we are going back to "Business as Usual in the Palestinian Authority", then I got it all wrong.

In particular, if Hamas wins the Palestinian council elections, all my dreams for negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will vanish.

Hamas and its killers are not a valid counter-part for negotiations. Nor is it morally acceptable for the Israeli administration to negotiate with Hamas and its killers.

I am from Europe, but I don't share European views about appeasement of Militant Islam.

I know there are a lot of good people living in the Middle East, but you cannot appease Hamas who kills innocent civilians.

If the new Palestinian leadership is not committed to peace, if they don't reject violence, then the Israeli government cannot negotiate with them under any circumstances.

Europeans who see Israel as racist should ask themselves how the murder of civillians can be justified. It cannot.
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Title Commenter Date Thread
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a money-making business for the Palestinians. [157 words]VeterMay 24, 2005 17:5022386
Dan, Have Faith in the Fighting Jew [119 words]Dave M. O'NeillMay 21, 2005 10:0922270
Augean Stables [69 words]Peter J. HerzMay 19, 2005 08:3022178
The futility of negotiation [170 words]Arvind MadhavanMay 19, 2005 04:2422173
Re: Carol McNeill's comment, "Who is creating the violence?" [63 words]Leo TokmanMay 18, 2005 17:2022153
Question. [15 words]Monty PogodaMay 18, 2005 15:0222148
Support of your position and the truthfuness of your reporting [128 words]Annette DoverMay 18, 2005 08:2522139
Who is creating the violence? [58 words]Carol McNeillMay 18, 2005 04:4522137
Why can't they see what's in front of their eyes? [413 words]yonasonMay 18, 2005 02:2222136
The renewal of the war against Israel [248 words]Janet BuschMay 17, 2005 18:1722128
Bush and the disengagement [125 words]Lori-AnnMay 17, 2005 14:3522127
Military force - not appeasement - will bring peace to Israel and safety to its citizens [98 words]Ralph C. Whaley MDMay 17, 2005 13:3222126
ONLY DIVINE INTERVENTION [554 words]Cliff Kelly, Ph.D.Jul 1, 2006 13:0522126
Abbas more dangerous than Arafat [264 words]Lloyd KleinMay 17, 2005 12:4022125
Gaza Withdrawal [46 words]Alan WilliamsMay 17, 2005 12:1022124
No discourse with Hamas [198 words]Octavio JohansonMay 17, 2005 11:5822123
Disengagement means disengagement [196 words]Boris GalinskyMay 17, 2005 11:5422122
All players are listed but one: The Jews [147 words]Andras BerenyMay 17, 2005 11:4422121

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