Is Hamas a terrorist organization?

BTW, roudy-boy, the Goldstone Report did find 4 instances where the Israeli's used Palestinian human shields.

10. The use of Palestinian civilians as human shields

55. The Mission investigated four incidents in which Israeli forces coerced Palestinian civilian men at gun point to take part in house searches during the military operations (Chapter XIV). The Palestinian men were blindfolded and handcuffed as they were forced to enter houses ahead of the Israeli soldiers. In one of the incidents, Israeli forces repeatedly forced a man to enter a house in which Palestinian combatants were hiding. Published testimonies of Israeli soldiers who took part in the military operations confirm the continued use of this practice, in spite of clear orders from Israel's High Court to the armed forces to put an end to it and repeated public assurances from the armed forces that the practice had been discontinued. The Mission concludes that this practice amounts to the use of Palestinian civilians as human shields and is therefore prohibited by international humanitarian law. It puts the right to life of the civilians at risk in an arbitrary and unlawful manner and constitutes cruel and inhuman treatment. The use of human shields also is a war crime. The Palestinian men used as human shields were questioned under threat of death or injury to extract information about Hamas, Palestinian combatants and tunnels. This constitutes a further violation of international humanitarian law.
Read it and weep, bee-otch!
Not in the retracted final version though. Hamas and Muslims in general have no qualms about using mosques, hospitals, schools, their own kids...basically anything goes. We don't need a "Gallstone" report to tell us that. It is a proven fact and US troops got to experience the depth of their depravity. Hamas are no different. Same shit different location. This is how they fight.
 
Not in the retracted final version though. Hamas and Muslims in general have no qualms about using mosques, hospitals, schools, their own kids...basically anything goes. We don't need a "Gallstone" report to tell us that. It is a proven fact and US troops got to experience the depth of their depravity. Hamas are no different. Same shit different location. This is how they fight.
Justice Goldstone's comments were done in an op-ed published by the Washington Post, there was no "retracted final version". The "Report" still stands in its entirety. In addition, Goldstone was only commenting on one incident the IDF investigated about deliberately targetting civilians as a matter of policy.
In a personal op-ed, Justice Goldstone contrasted the investigations conducted by the Israeli military into alleged violations by Israeli forces with the Hamas de facto administration’s failure to investigate alleged violations by Palestinian armed groups in Gaza. He also commented that the Israeli military investigations indicate that civilians in Gaza “were not intentionally targeted as a matter of policy” by Israeli forces.
That was just one incident in an op-ed, that's not a retraction of the UN report. It should also be noted, that the other two members that co-authored the report, have not retracted anything.

While Justice Goldstone’s comments question one of the Fact-Finding Mission’s conclusions – that certain Israeli attacks during Operation “Cast Lead” intentionally targeted civilians – the op-ed in no way constitutes a retraction of the entire Fact-Finding Mission report. The other three members of the UN Fact-Finding Mission have not issued similar public comments questioning any of the report’s conclusions.
So the original report stands and you're as guilty as sin.

BTW, Goldstone did say the report would've been more accurate, if the Israeli's would've cooperated with the Mission and allowed access to IDF personel who took part in the operation. But they wouldn't allow access. Which means, they have something to hide.

If it will make you feel any better, Hamas was just as bad on the cooperation scale.
 
BTW, roudy-boy, the Goldstone Report did find 4 instances where the Israeli's used Palestinian human shields.

10. The use of Palestinian civilians as human shields

55. The Mission investigated four incidents in which Israeli forces coerced Palestinian civilian men at gun point to take part in house searches during the military operations (Chapter XIV). The Palestinian men were blindfolded and handcuffed as they were forced to enter houses ahead of the Israeli soldiers. In one of the incidents, Israeli forces repeatedly forced a man to enter a house in which Palestinian combatants were hiding. Published testimonies of Israeli soldiers who took part in the military operations confirm the continued use of this practice, in spite of clear orders from Israel's High Court to the armed forces to put an end to it and repeated public assurances from the armed forces that the practice had been discontinued. The Mission concludes that this practice amounts to the use of Palestinian civilians as human shields and is therefore prohibited by international humanitarian law. It puts the right to life of the civilians at risk in an arbitrary and unlawful manner and constitutes cruel and inhuman treatment. The use of human shields also is a war crime. The Palestinian men used as human shields were questioned under threat of death or injury to extract information about Hamas, Palestinian combatants and tunnels. This constitutes a further violation of international humanitarian law.
Read it and weep, bee-otch!
Not in the retracted final version though. Hamas and Muslims in general have no qualms about using mosques, hospitals, schools, their own kids...basically anything goes. We don't need a "Gallstone" report to tell us that. It is a proven fact and US troops got to experience the depth of their depravity. Hamas are no different. Same shit different location. This is how they fight.

There is no retracted version. There have not been any official changes.

The rest of your post is just propaganda, Israel sings that same song every time it murders civilians.
 
No terrorist actions are excusable regardless of reason, religious faith, country or organization but you can't deny that the Islamists and/or Palestinians are just as extreme as the the Israelites. Personally i don't think either side is good both sides are only still fighting because the enemy is still fighting and sense thats the case it will never end until one side is the victor and each side will do whatever takes to become that Victor.
 
No terrorist actions are excusable regardless of reason, religious faith, country or organization but you can't deny that the Islamists and/or Palestinians are just as extreme as the the Israelites. Personally i don't think either side is good both sides are only still fighting because the enemy is still fighting and sense thats the case it will never end until one side is the victor and each side will do whatever takes to become that Victor.

Well put, Neo T - nice to see a voice of sanity amidst the partisan cat fights here!
 
But of course it is new age peace drivel.
Not really its just common sense and history
of peace drivel, of course.

So says the one trick people :badgrin: war is war regardless of the reason why your fighting because you want your enemy dead and it won't end until he either gives up or dies. The problem is in this case neither one is willing to give up, so its going to go on until one side wins, personally i'd rather it be the Jews then the Muslims.
 
If Israel wanted peace it would have stopped its war a long time ago.

My entire point is neither side wants peace until the other is dead PERIOD!

The problem with the neither side argument is that the Palestinians were at home, minding their own business, when the Zionists invaded and took over the country.

It is totally a one sided war.

Oh here we go again with the lies and halftruths galore
 
My entire point is neither side wants peace until the other is dead PERIOD!

The problem with the neither side argument is that the Palestinians were at home, minding their own business, when the Zionists invaded and took over the country.

It is totally a one sided war.

Oh here we go again with the lies and halftruths galore

So, did the Palestinians go to Europe and attack the Zionists?
 
The problem with the neither side argument is that the Palestinians were at home, minding their own business, when the Zionists invaded and took over the country.

It is totally a one sided war.

Oh here we go again with the lies and halftruths galore

So, did the Palestinians go to Europe and attack the Zionists?

Whew! It doesn't seem to matter how often the truth stands in stark contrast to your silliness. The Palestinians didn't have to go anywhere to attack the Zionists ... they simply turned on their neighbors.
 

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