Does anyone really believe these people any more:
Gaza Strip-based Hamas chief Dr. Mahmoud Zahar said in remarks broadcast Wednesday that he does not rule out the possibility of negotiations with Israel should it serve Palestinian interests, Zahar, speaking to Israel Radio in English, said “Negotiation is not our intention. Negotiation is a method. If the method is to liberate our land, to liberate our people from the Israeli jails, to reconstruct what was destroyed by the long-standing Israeli occupation, at that time, we can discuss.”
Turns out yes: lots of people believe him. Memo to international press: when Hamas says “liberate our land”, they mean all of Israel:
Hamas, which has vowed to destroy the Jewish state, envisages having Israel and the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip as part of a Palestinian state. It rejects the U.S.-sponsored “road map” peace plan which calls for establishing a Palestinian state next to Israel by 2005.
Of course they’ll use negotiations to undermine Israel – weakening Israel through land-for-peace deals in anticipation of a final military blow is an old and successful tactic for Palestinian terrorist groups. Its illustrious history – many White House visits, international credibility, a Nobel Peace Prize for Arafat – doesn’t make it any less of a tactic.
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