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2005-01-14 Israel-Palestine

Abbas is not empowered to reach ceasefire: Hamas

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Posted by Steve White 2005-01-14 1:03:24 AM|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I am sure if Abbas want to declare a ceasefire he will. The truth is he will not be able to enforce one. He may start wacking Hammas members to get their attention.

Hammas gets no say they boycotted the election,

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-01-14 2:19:14 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-01-14 2:19:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Italic: The senior leader of the terrorist movement, Mahmoud al-Zahar told movementâs website that Hamas will not hand over its arms to the Palestinian Authority. âNo one can take away our arms from us, as long as there is occupation,â he said.

Mahmoud, remember the late Ahmad Yassin your mentor ???
The message is : My name is IDF, You killed my brother. Prepare to die !

Posted by EoZ 2005-01-14 4:00:06 AM|| 2005-01-14 4:00:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Abbas is not a good guy - he's the same old shit, different day.

Posted by .com 2005-01-14 4:35:16 AM|| 2005-01-14 4:35:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Eventually, Israel shall have to imitate the Romans --- make a solitude and call it peace.

Posted by gromgorru 2005-01-14 4:55:43 AM|| 2005-01-14 4:55:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Rome was the largest state in the world at the time (except maybe Han China, which was so far away as not to matter, given the tech of the time) Israel is a small country, and trade dependent at that.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-01-14 9:44:03 AM|| 2005-01-14 9:44:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I dont need a Pal whos a good guy. I need one whos not clueless. Who actually wants to be president of an independent Palestine, and knows that peace with Israel is the ONLY way to get there. The problem with such clever pragmatists, though, is that while they may not be suicidal for death and destruction, like Arafart, they arent suicidal for peace either, and will weave, and tack, and avoid action till pressed.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-01-14 9:46:48 AM|| 2005-01-14 9:46:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 "and avoid action till pressed."

You quit too soon...

"and avoid action till pressed, then revert to form."

We'll be right here, in this same situation of murderous hate versus self defense 5 yrs, 10 yrs, even another 60 yrs from now. Paleo State or no. Fence, wall, or no. Nothing changes except the weaponry and methodologies.

Go ahead an be optimistic, that's cool. I just see no reason to be, myself. We are treading water until the day that the bad guys (And they're not clueless, they are smart murderous asshats who want to kill you, that's all.) get their hands on something that will kill a lot of Israelis and, possibly, cause the dissolution of the Israeli State by rendering much of the land uninhabitable. That would make them happy, for awhile, anyway.

Posted by .com 2005-01-14 9:58:19 AM|| 2005-01-14 9:58:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 He may start wacking Hammas members to get their attention.

This I'd have to see.

The chance of that happening? Very slim.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-14 10:33:21 AM|| 2005-01-14 10:33:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 May I recommend the Bangladeshi "crossfire" treatment for any recalcitrant Hammas leaders. It's really quite effective.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-01-14 10:45:47 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-01-14 10:45:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 seeing as how the hatred has spread from breast to baby for thousands of years, I know it's unlikely things will change during our small tear drop in the ocean of time. But a moment of optimism after the death of The Wicked Warafat, is only proper.

Posted by 2b 2005-01-14 12:18:18 PM|| 2005-01-14 12:18:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 But a moment of optimism after the death of The Wicked Warafat, is only proper.

(pause)

Okay, optimism's over. Now back to reality. :)

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-14 2:43:50 PM|| 2005-01-14 2:43:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Sure sounds as if Hamas is running the Paleo show over dem dare.

Posted by Captain America 2005-01-14 5:53:04 PM|| 2005-01-14 5:53:04 PM|| Front Page Top

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