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| 2006-02-08 |
| The political leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas has said the group is willing to take a serious step towards peace if Israel does the same. Khaled Meshaal told the BBC that Hamas would not renounce violence, saying resisting an occupation was legal. But he said a long-term truce would be possible if Israel accepted conditions including a return to its 1967 borders. Israel's acting PM said if he won next month's poll, Israel would retain West Bank settlement blocs and Jerusalem. However, Ehud Olmert said Israel would be prepared to give up parts of the West Bank where most Palestinians were living. His interview on Israel television was his first since taking power a month ago following Ariel Sharon's massive stroke. No salt on my popcorn please. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 This proposal isn't even worth thinking about. However, Ehud Olmert said Israel would be prepared to give up parts of the West Bank where most Palestinians were living. No more land for peace. The Gaza settlements have been vacated, yet what is there to show for it? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2006-02-08 20:43 |
| #2 What I've read elsewhere on these pages is that Hamas is willing to have a hudna, a temporary cease fire to allow Muslim forces to regroup and rearm against an enemy, but not to give up plans for the conquest of the entirety of the land between the Jordan River and the Meditteranean, between Syrian and Lebanon to the north and Egypt to the south, and the deaths of all the Jews of Israel. *shrug* That was Arafat's plan, too, and remains the of Abbas, although Abbas would prefer to accomplish that by wieght of world opinion and population pressure, rather than dirtying his hands with weapons and Jewish blood. I only hope Olmert continues to work toward defensible borders behind the security fence, to enable the IDF to fight, unencumbered, the war the Palestinians insist on waging. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-02-08 19:29 |
| #1 I have not seen the film, but if the TV clips are any indication, and these were the only 2 choices, I suppose it is understandable. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-02-08 17:35 |