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Hamas Set to Win Palestinian Election: Government Resigns (pg. 2)
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| Purple |
| quote: | Originally posted by NeoPhono
I don't think anyone is questioning whether Hamas won, they're questioning if there should be relations on a political level with them, and how much good those relations would really bring. |
The deeper question anyone should ask is whether 'Hamas' will keep civilised relations on a political level with anyone.
I feel Hamas is one typical corrupted party, who will do anything to win vote from its fellow illiterate poor Palestinians. They said they are committed to wipe of Israel and I dont think Hamas will in anyways will cooperate with anyone; whether US talks to them or not.
Edit: Hamas is responsible for what Palestine is today and I am saying it in a good way. If their was no Hamas Palestinians would have never got land back or the international media attention they are getting.
But I feel after this big Ego boost for Hamas, it will only go downwards and corruption will set is. You see when they can kidnap fellow UN people/journalist/protestors who are in their to help them out, they can go to any other lengths. |
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| St_Andrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by NeoPhono
I don't think anyone is questioning whether Hamas won, they're questioning if there should be relations on a political level with them, and how much good those relations would really bring. |
Well they are the representatives of the Palistinian ppl, so if you wanna negotiate with the Palistinians you also have to do that with Hamas. Many seem to have a problem with this though, which I can understand but I still think it is important to have political relations with them, it will force Hamas to reform eventually. |
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| Lepanto |
| I don't think that one party represents the good of a country. Much less if the majority of the country is "illerterate" or "uneducated" then the majority wouldn't really knwo what's good for them or not because they wouldn't even understand how stuff works, as simple as i've expressed the idea it's not far from the truth. Same way as how people blame "rednecks" who can't even spell their own name for electing Bush. |
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| hardcore trancer |
| U.S. is really ed now!!!If Hamas does win,the world should accept it,after all the Palestinian people are the ones that voted for them.Looks like things wont be going so well for Bushy in that region.:D |
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| Purple |
| I guess Bushy is pawned one more time.:toothless |
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| hardcore trancer |
| quote: | Originally posted by Purple
I guess Bushy is pawned one more time.:toothless |
lol yup.
Iran with nukes,Iraq with an Islamic government and Palestine with Hamas governemnt. :D |
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| Lepanto |
Didn't I say that you're a terrorist ;)
We'll see who's going to be ed in the end. |
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| stevieboy32808 |
| What a noob. I don't know what is Hamas.:nervous: |
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| Purple |
| quote: | Originally posted by stevieboy32808
What a noob. I don't know what is Hamas.:nervous: |
Get your Info about Hamas Here
Check out its activities and list of its founders killed by Israili Millitary action.
| quote: | Hamas:
"There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors." |
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| Renegade |
| quote: | Originally posted by Purple
I feel Hamas is one typical corrupted party, who will do anything to win vote from its fellow illiterate poor Palestinians. |
The irony is that Fatah party were actually voted out partly because of the widely-held suspicion of mass corruption within the party (I'm not sure how substantial these suspicions are though). This isn't so much a vote of confidence in Hamas, I think, as a vote of no-confidence in Fatah.
| quote: | | Edit: Hamas is responsible for what Palestine is today and I am saying it in a good way. If their was no Hamas Palestinians would have never got land back or the international media attention they are getting. |
Hamas have always been active in within the Palestinian community, apparently (helping to build homes and schools etc.), so it's no suprise that they've looked upon favourably in comparison to the Fatah party here. The only problem is that this positive impact in Palestine is somewhat negated by their propensity to, you know, blow lots of up in Isreal.
| quote: | Originally posted by stevieboy32808
What a noob. I don't know what is Hamas.:nervous: |
Good article about them here on Al Jazeera:
http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/re...ervice_ID=10217
What I didn't realise is that they were being funded by fundamentalist, Islamic groups to counter the Fatah movement in the 1970s and by Isreal to counter the PLO movement at the same time. Yet more proof that the enemy of your enemy isn't necessarily your friend... :-/ |
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| Renegade |
Well Time seem cautiously upbeat about it all:
| quote: | | Dealing with Israel — in either sense of that term — is not a priority for Hamas, right now, nor will it be for some time to come. Instead, the radical Islamist group that appears to have won Wednesday's Palestinian Legislative Council election will focus on its stated priority of "cleaning the Palestinian house." What this means, concretely, is ridding the Palestinian Authority of rampant corruption, and establishing law and order on the chaotic streets of the West Bank and Gaza. Ironically, that means that a Hamas government, despite its opposition to previous peace efforts by the U.S. and Israel, may nonetheless end up carrying out precisely the reforms in the PA long demanded by the the U.S. and Israel — ensuring accountability and transparency in government, and reining in the militias. |
http://www.time.com/time/world/arti...1153223,00.html |
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| occrider |
| Dare I say it, but this might be a good thing. Hamas will now be the official voice of the Palestinian people. It isn't an 'out control milita' that the PA is trying to reign in, it is the PA. As such it's going to have to justify its use of force and negotiations with Israel to the rest of the world. |
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