But Tell Us, Hamasniks, What Do You Really Think?
The Hamas leadership -- which is apparently still drunk on Abbas's total capitulation -- just can't seem to shut up.
Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh (on the left in the photo) said this weekend that he expects the PLO (i.e., Abbas and the Palestinian Authority) to annul its recognition of Israel's right to exist. This would be appropriate punishment, apparently, for Israel's unconscionable refusal to welcome Fatah's unity deal with Hamas. One might argue that it's a bit rich to expect Israel to cheer Fatah's abdication of the peace process to ally with a body that remains hellbent on Israel's total destruction, but those kinds of Talmudic distinctions are beside the point. “We are moving in a way that serves the interests of our people," Haniyeh explained, with his characteristic pithy clarity. "We don’t care much about the Israeli positions.”
Ahmed Bahr, meanwhile, who is a senior Hamas official in Gaza, advised Abbas to jettison the American and Israeli financial lifelines that have been keeping the PA afloat. “The Israeli and American threats – especially those calling for cutting off financial aid – have no practical or political value,” Bahr said. Abbas has already indicated he's receptive to the notion of forgoing the money for the sake of the unity deal, which should give you some idea how prostrate he is before Hamas. He must certainly be aware that about two-thirds of the PA's GDP comes from foreign donations, so the abrupt loss of large chunks of said money will hasten Palestine's already near-inevitable collapse into the status of a failed state.
It will be up to the members of the General Assembly to decide in the fall whether they wish to be a party to the creation of such a state, particularly one run by a group that hailed bin Laden as "a Muslim and Arab warrior" and condemned his assassination yesterday as "the continuation of the American oppression and shedding of blood of Muslims and Arabs.”
The more these fellows talk, the safer I feel.
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Aug '10
Re: But Tell Us, Hamasniks, What Do You Really Think?
For years we have been told by many (Robert Fisk comes to mind) to respect the democratic choice of the Palestinian people to vote for Hamas in their last election. Now that we know beyond doubt the nature of what they were voting for, isn't it time to treat the electorate as we would any other which chose such a desopicable leadership? Not necessarily by sanctions that would hurt the minority who voted otherwise (not that Fatah are so great), but perhaps by more scrutiny of how funding is spent; downgrading rather than upgrading of diplomatic missions;outlawing of blockade-busting (including the funding thereof) and a lot less credulousness of anything Hamas or
Edited on May 3, 2011 at 1:26amit's sympathisers say against Israel.(And on a similar topic, didn't the Palestinians throw in their lot with Hitler in WW2?)
Judith,This was my attempt to start a conversation on Member Feed-it might fit in better here.
Feb '11
Re: But Tell Us, Hamasniks, What Do You Really Think?
Charles Mark: And on a similar topic, didn't the Palestinians throw in their lot with Hitler in WW2?) · May 3 at 1:24am
Edited on May 03 at 01:26 am
Absolutely. Haj Amin al-Husseini spent much of the war as an honored guest in Berlin, planning the slaughter of the Jews of Palestine. Try this - http://www.tellthechildrenthetruth.com/gallery/ - or just google haj amin berlin.
Edited on May 3, 2011 at 3:15amMar '11
Re: But Tell Us, Hamasniks, What Do You Really Think?
My non-expert's guess is that Abbas will stop just short of adopting fully the Hamas position that the destruction of Israel is the only road to "peace". This way they can continue to engage gullible or willfully blind Europeans and (thankfully fewer) Americans by enabling the various useful idiots to harbor the illusion that if they talk to the "moderate" Palestinians they can isolate the less moderate ones. And then it's the money...
Re: But Tell Us, Hamasniks, What Do You Really Think?
And hey, what can you say about the AP's treatment of this?
That makes it ever-so-distant, doesn't it, Israelis?
May '10
Re: But Tell Us, Hamasniks, What Do You Really Think?
What are they going to do for money? Now with the possible removal of Syria's support for Hezbollah, Israel's coming out of this looking more secure. If it weren't for that darned Egypt. Maybe time to send some Zionist-trained sharks to the Egyptian coast, just as a warning.
Jun '10
Re: But Tell Us, Hamasniks, What Do You Really Think?
The various Palestinian factions are more akin to competing mafia families than any sort of legitimate government. They should be treated as such. Interdict their cash flow which comes mainly from contraband, kidnapping, car jacking, money laundering, gun-running and the like. You might remember that the US Treasury Department forced the Norks to the table by freezing Kim Jong Il's accounts in Macau. Hit 'em in the pocket.
Dec '10
Re: But Tell Us, Hamasniks, What Do You Really Think?
Hmmm. Well, in an ironic twist, funds to Fatah being cut off could wind up reducing contributions to Obama's relection campaign.