The Humanitarian Gaza Flotillas Saga

I'm here to learn stuff and here's what I just learned about Haniyeh....

Ismail Haniya Fast Facts - CNN.com


May 2, 2011 - Condemns the assassination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, referring to him as a Muslim holy warrior and the victim of American oppression.

October 23, 2012 - Meets with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the first official head of state to visit since Egypt and Israel instituted a blockade in 2007.

April 4, 2013 - Haniya is appointed deputy head of Hamas, and Khaled Meshaal is re-elected chief.

There's your Hamas leadership P.F... Hudna or not Hudna? Condemning the USA for the assassination of bin Laden.. A GREAT Muslim holy warrior...

Did that cease-fire offer appear ANYWHERE other than the NYTimes Op Ed page??
Israel will make excuses against peace until they steal the rest of the land.
 
The Avalon Project Hamas Covenant 1988

Hamas Covenant 1988
The Covenant
of the
Islamic Resistance Movement

18 August 1988

Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it" (The Martyr, Imam Hassan al-Banna, of blessed memory).


Article Eleven:

The Islamic Resistance Movement believes that the land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future Moslem generations until Judgement Day. It, or any part of it, should not be squandered: it, or any part of it, should not be given up. Neither a single Arab country nor all Arab countries, neither any king or president, nor all the kings and presidents, neither any organization nor all of them, be they Palestinian or Arab, possess the right to do that. Palestine is an Islamic Waqf land consecrated for Moslem generations until Judgement Day. This being so, who could claim to have the right to represent Moslem generations till Judgement Day?

monte and Tinmore keep on saying that Christians are so integral to the Palestinians. Yet, in all their charters, I have only seen the words "Arab" and "Muslim".
That's to be expected. Two things to bear in mind when considering islamic ideology and the substance and mechanics of revulsion for the infidel which are: 1.) an integral, doctrinal element of Islamism, prescribed by mohammud (swish) in the koran and delineated in the sunnah of Mo'. (swish) in the hadith, to establish the supremacy of Mo's particular brand of fascism, and 2.) islamic doctrine has never been reformed and made compatible with the modern age through an enlightenment movement in the Moslem world. Islam has never taught equality as it relates to Moslems and the reviled kafir. Islam clearly demarcates between those two entities.

At no time in islamist history have Moslems equated non-Moslems as equals. In fact, Islamism has the dhimmi status, unknown in true religions.
 
I'm here to learn stuff and here's what I just learned about Haniyeh....

Ismail Haniya Fast Facts - CNN.com


May 2, 2011 - Condemns the assassination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, referring to him as a Muslim holy warrior and the victim of American oppression.

October 23, 2012 - Meets with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the first official head of state to visit since Egypt and Israel instituted a blockade in 2007.

April 4, 2013 - Haniya is appointed deputy head of Hamas, and Khaled Meshaal is re-elected chief.

There's your Hamas leadership P.F... Hudna or not Hudna? Condemning the USA for the assassination of bin Laden.. A GREAT Muslim holy warrior...

Did that cease-fire offer appear ANYWHERE other than the NYTimes Op Ed page??
Israel will make excuses against peace until they steal the rest of the land.
Israel has stolen no land. In fact, Israel has a demonstrated history of giving up land for peace.

Don't you feel like a fool for not knowing facts?
 
Bullshit.. Palestinians have MUCH work to do reconstructing their own political representation and process.
That's the LARGER part of the problem. Without organization and consensus -- all these actions that you think are so valiant -- are nothing but futile street theater. Street theater that ends in massive setbacks to the cause almost every time they are exercised. There needs to be more value on Pali quality of life TODAY and less on blaming others for their plight..

Fireworks rockets and floatytillas are not resistance. They are a demonstration that the Palis value perceptions over actual progress for their lives.. They think nothing of trading buildings, hospitals, infrastructure and lives for "publicity stunts"..

So when offering 5 and 10 year truces to the Zionists so they could "reconstruct their own political representation and process" was refused by the Zionists, when the the results of freest, most heavily monitored elections were disregarded by the U.S. and Zionist Israel in favour of a "more favourable" losing faction, what do you expect the Palestinian people to do? They have organisation and consensus, a viable working government infrastructure, as good as any in the West. Surround New York with razor wire fences and watchtowers, control everything and everyone that moves in or out, then when New Yorkers take a few pot shots over the fence use the USAF to carpet bomb Long Island; then repeat the process for 10 years and see how long the organisation, consensus and a viable working government infrastructure survives.

I have no idea what 5 or 10 yr truce you refer to.. But you're in total denial if you think the Palis have had any form of functional unified representation for the past 9 yrs or so.. No elections, no functioning central govt, no authority for diplomacy.. What kind of election ends in NO MORE ELECTIONS ? Or a purge of the losing party and one party control of Gaza? There are consequences to the choices the Palis made. And if you READ the Hamas Charter and the "platform" they ran on ---- YOU and your couch Palis here -- just need to ACCEPT those choices and realize the Palis don't value diplomacy, or functioning govt or infrastructure or commerce over symbolic resistance and perpetual setbacks in their sorry state of living.. That's not gonna end well.. Because lack of organization and planning and governance for the past 100 years is the sole reason for their situation today.




It was a proposal made by hamas for a one sided truce on their terms that stated that hamas could end the truce at any time with no warning given. They admitted this was so they could re-arm and re-equip the next generation of terrorists. They would be allowed to goad Israel into taking action that would also make the truce null and void. Of course the Israeli government refused to sign any such deal


Was this during the last Gaza incursion? During a time of open hostility? Or was this a serious strategic type of "truce" because Hamas was serious about governing.?
This is a ten year old offer.

A truce is referred to in Arabic as a “hudna.” Typically covering 10 years, a hudna is recognized in Islamic jurisprudence as a legitimate and binding contract. A hudna extends beyond the Western concept of a cease-fire and obliges the parties to use the period to seek a permanent, nonviolent resolution to their differences. The Koran finds great merit in such efforts at promoting understanding among different people. Whereas war dehumanizes the enemy and makes it easier to kill, a hudna affords the opportunity to humanize one’s opponents and understand their position with the goal of resolving the intertribal or international dispute.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/opinion/01yousef.html?_r=0






But only between two muslim parties, isn't that right. Between a muslim and non muslim the rules are very different
 
Christian Palestinians do not support Hamas they support the PLO. The Palestinian National Charter is what Christian Palestinians adhere to. The only mention of religion is in Article 6.

"Article 6:
The Jews who had normally resided in Palestine until the beginning of the Zionist invasion will be considered Palestinians."

The Avalon Project The Palestinian National Charter

35% of the Palestinians within Palestine and the Diaspora are Christians.






First Saturday, then Sunday........................
 
I'm here to learn stuff and here's what I just learned about Haniyeh....

Ismail Haniya Fast Facts - CNN.com


May 2, 2011 - Condemns the assassination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, referring to him as a Muslim holy warrior and the victim of American oppression.

October 23, 2012 - Meets with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the first official head of state to visit since Egypt and Israel instituted a blockade in 2007.

April 4, 2013 - Haniya is appointed deputy head of Hamas, and Khaled Meshaal is re-elected chief.

There's your Hamas leadership P.F... Hudna or not Hudna? Condemning the USA for the assassination of bin Laden.. A GREAT Muslim holy warrior...

Did that cease-fire offer appear ANYWHERE other than the NYTimes Op Ed page??
Israel will make excuses against peace until they steal the rest of the land.







What excuses have they made to date then, detail them from a reliable non partisan source
 
I'm here to learn stuff and here's what I just learned about Haniyeh....

Ismail Haniya Fast Facts - CNN.com


May 2, 2011 - Condemns the assassination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, referring to him as a Muslim holy warrior and the victim of American oppression.

October 23, 2012 - Meets with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the first official head of state to visit since Egypt and Israel instituted a blockade in 2007.

April 4, 2013 - Haniya is appointed deputy head of Hamas, and Khaled Meshaal is re-elected chief.

There's your Hamas leadership P.F... Hudna or not Hudna? Condemning the USA for the assassination of bin Laden.. A GREAT Muslim holy warrior...

Did that cease-fire offer appear ANYWHERE other than the NYTimes Op Ed page??
Israel will make excuses against peace until they steal the rest of the land.







What excuses have they made to date then, detail them from a reliable non partisan source
Fact is there is still no resolution but there should have been
 
I'm here to learn stuff and here's what I just learned about Haniyeh....

Ismail Haniya Fast Facts - CNN.com


May 2, 2011 - Condemns the assassination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, referring to him as a Muslim holy warrior and the victim of American oppression.

October 23, 2012 - Meets with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the first official head of state to visit since Egypt and Israel instituted a blockade in 2007.

April 4, 2013 - Haniya is appointed deputy head of Hamas, and Khaled Meshaal is re-elected chief.

There's your Hamas leadership P.F... Hudna or not Hudna? Condemning the USA for the assassination of bin Laden.. A GREAT Muslim holy warrior...

Did that cease-fire offer appear ANYWHERE other than the NYTimes Op Ed page??
Israel will make excuses against peace until they steal the rest of the land.







What excuses have they made to date then, detail them from a reliable non partisan source
Fact is there is still no resolution but there should have been






So detail the excuses made by Israel to halt the peace talks, it is that simple.
 
Nevermind.. I'll post it for you..

hamaslogo.jpg


Hamas - 2006 Electoral Campaign Platform - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - ProCon.org

1. Islam is our Reference.

2. Palestine is Arab and Muslim Land.

3. Palestinians are one nation regardless of location.

4. The Palestinian People are still in the process of National Liberation and have the right to use all means including armed struggle to achieve this goal.
5. The right of return to all Palestinians.

6. Adherence to the inalienable rights of the people.

7. Protect and cement National Unity as a priority.

8. The issue of prisoners and detainees tops the agenda ; on the internal policy level the C&R aims at achieving a great number of objectives - among them: Maintaining Palestinian fixed National Aims; Palestinian presence in Jerusalem; political freedom; dialogue as a means to solving internal differences; freedom of expression; assembling movement.

9. The platform of the C&R prohibits: Political detention; shedding Palestinian blood; protection of civil society; directing the security apparatus to safeguarding the security of the citizens.

Among other things the Platform calls for protecting the "Resistance" and enhancing its role to resist Occupation and achieve Liberation.


WEEELLLL .. So much for Palestinian unity or prohibiting "political detention, shedding Palestinian blood, or protection of civil society" ======= THAT -- was 2005. And in 2006, some assistant to the Prime Minister calls for peace and negotiations??????

I thought OUR foreign policy was schizophrenic.

Why did you omit these aspects of the platform?

"A number of measures, based on Islam are to be implemented. A new elections law is to be passed so as to ensure justice and fair representation of our people. All citizens are equal before the Law; arbitrary arrest is taboo. Dialogue should be encouraged and the respect of the other; point of view guaranteed for all; unions are to be independent and domination is unacceptable; political powers are recognized and their role is to be used for the sake of establishing of civil institutions; equal opportunities for all and the principle of the right man for the right job will be applied.

Out of our conviction of the vitality of building a well-rounded Palestinian individual, the C&R attaches great importance to education which will keep abreast of modern innovations. Islam of course will be the core of the Palestinian education philosophy - reforms are to be introduced to the current education system, the C&R details its policy in this regard in 17 items proposed to rehabilitate the system. C&R lists five measures to raise the efficiency of the clergy and regulate and care for mosques and emphasize their educational role.

The Palestinian family, as the nucleus of the Palestinian society, figures high in the C&R platform; 16 items detail the proposed suggestions that will strengthen the family and its role. Palestinian family Laws are to be derived from and conform to the Shari'ah law as far as the society is concerned; reconciliation committees should be activated in order to discharge their role as trouble-shooters.

Culture and media play a vital role in shaping the mentality and thought of citizens, and building up of the nation's personality. Freedom of thinking, expression and fairness and safeguarding the youth from external corruptible influence are chief among the C&R concerns. Official media should work for enhancing the people's steadfastness and resistance.

Women's rights will be guaranteed so that they can contribute to the building of society, socially, economically and politically. Women's organizations should be encouraged. The C&R enumerates the actions that they should take to raise the status of women. Youth care is among the aims to be achieved by the C&R - talents among the young are to be tapped and encouraged.

Public land should be taken care of so that they can be fully utilized to build villages and public housing to be distributed fairly and equally among those in need. Heath Care system is to be reformed and made available to all people, especially the needy. Health care centers will be built to serve all sections of the people wherever they live.

Public health and hygiene will also be taken care of. The environment is to be protected. Agriculture and animal husbandry will be encouraged. Small farms will get credits in order to effectively make use of the land. The use of insecticides should be regulated for full benefits.

On the economic level, the economy and monetary system should be independent from the Zionist entity and its economic and monetary system. The C&R will mint Palestinian currency; self-sufficiency is an ultimate objective to be worked for through a number of measures. International economic agreements will be reconsidered and revised so as to serve the interests of the Palestinian people, chief among them:

*The Paris Economic agreement.

*The Free Trade Agreement with the USA.

*Partnership Agreement with the EU.

*The Economic Agreement with Egypt and Jordan.

The Economic and trade relations with the Arab and Islamic world should be developed. The Palestinian economy should be helped to disengage itself from the dependency on Israeli economy. Income tax laws must be reconsidered and reformed. Labor and unions and occupational societies will be encouraged and developed; minimum wage limit should be established to guarantee a decent standard of living for all, wages and salaries should be linked to the index.

Roads must be updated and modernized; movement among cities and villages should be emphasized and smooth; opening of free crossings between Palestinian territory and Jordan and Egypt. Any foreign interference is rejected; the port and the airport are to be reopened."

Sounds like nation building to me.
 
montelatici, et al,

I DO NOT think you meant to say this; or meant something other then what you said.

In terms of the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS), the religion and cultural objectives of Islam is fundamental to the organizational core objectives. "The Islamic Resistance Movement adopts Islam as its way of life. Islam is its creed and religion."

It has only been, in the last decade or so, has Islam (as a religion) come not to be used as a fundamental guide for the Jihad of HAMAS.

This is not to say that HAMAS has an "Islamic warrior ethic" or actually follows the teaching of Islam.
To whoever, male or female, does good deeds and has faith,
We shall give a good life and reward them according to the best of their actions.”
(16:97)​

Christian Palestinians do not support Hamas they support the PLO. The Palestinian National Charter is what Christian Palestinians adhere to. The only mention of religion is in Article 6.

"Article 6:
The Jews who had normally resided in Palestine until the beginning of the Zionist invasion will be considered Palestinians."

The Avalon Project The Palestinian National Charter

35% of the Palestinians within Palestine and the Diaspora are Christians.
(COMMENT)

I Think religion is mentioned often in the Islamic Resistance Movement Covenant:

Article One:
The Islamic Resistance Movement: The Movement's programme is Islam.
Article Two:
It is characterised by its deep understanding, accurate comprehension and its complete embrace of all Islamic concepts of all aspects of life, culture, creed, politics, economics, education, society, justice and judgement, the spreading of Islam, education, art, information, science of the occult and conversion to Islam.
Article Five:
Time extent of the Islamic Resistance Movement: By adopting Islam as its way of life, the Movement goes back to the time of the birth of the Islamic message, of the righteous ancestor, for Allah is its target, the Prophet is its example and the Koran is its constitution. Its extent in place is anywhere that there are Moslems who embrace Islam as their way of life everywhere in the globe.
Article Six:
It strives to raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine, for under the wing of Islam followers of all religions can coexist in security and safety where their lives, possessions and rights are concerned.
In the absence of Islam, strife will be rife, oppression spreads, evil prevails and schisms and wars will break out.
Article Nine:
The Islamic Resistance Movement found itself at a time when Islam has disappeared from life. Thus, when Islam is absent from the arena, everything changes. From this state of affairs the incentives are drawn.
As for the objectives: They are the fighting against the false, defeating it and vanquishing it so that justice could prevail, homelands be retrieved and from its mosques would the voice of the mu'azen emerge declaring the establishment of the state of Islam, so that people and things would return each to their right places and Allah is our helper.
Article Seventeen:
They consider that if they are able to direct and bring her up they way they wish, far from Islam, they would have won the battle.
The day Islam is in control of guiding the affairs of life, these organizations, hostile to humanity and Islam, will be obliterated.
Article Twenty-Two:
These forces take turns in doing that. The day Islam appears, the forces of infidelity would unite to challenge it, for the infidels are of one nation.
Article Twenty-Eight:
They aim at undermining societies, destroying values, corrupting consciences, deteriorating character and annihilating Islam.
Article Thirty-Six:
The Islamic Resistance Movement adopts Islam as its way of life. Islam is its creed and religion. Whoever takes Islam as his way of life, be it an organization, a grouping, a country or any other body, the Islamic Resistance Movement considers itself as their soldiers and nothing more.
[/lndent]

Most Respectfully,
R​
 
So when offering 5 and 10 year truces to the Zionists so they could "reconstruct their own political representation and process" was refused by the Zionists, when the the results of freest, most heavily monitored elections were disregarded by the U.S. and Zionist Israel in favour of a "more favourable" losing faction, what do you expect the Palestinian people to do? They have organisation and consensus, a viable working government infrastructure, as good as any in the West. Surround New York with razor wire fences and watchtowers, control everything and everyone that moves in or out, then when New Yorkers take a few pot shots over the fence use the USAF to carpet bomb Long Island; then repeat the process for 10 years and see how long the organisation, consensus and a viable working government infrastructure survives.

I have no idea what 5 or 10 yr truce you refer to.. But you're in total denial if you think the Palis have had any form of functional unified representation for the past 9 yrs or so.. No elections, no functioning central govt, no authority for diplomacy.. What kind of election ends in NO MORE ELECTIONS ? Or a purge of the losing party and one party control of Gaza? There are consequences to the choices the Palis made. And if you READ the Hamas Charter and the "platform" they ran on ---- YOU and your couch Palis here -- just need to ACCEPT those choices and realize the Palis don't value diplomacy, or functioning govt or infrastructure or commerce over symbolic resistance and perpetual setbacks in their sorry state of living.. That's not gonna end well.. Because lack of organization and planning and governance for the past 100 years is the sole reason for their situation today.




It was a proposal made by hamas for a one sided truce on their terms that stated that hamas could end the truce at any time with no warning given. They admitted this was so they could re-arm and re-equip the next generation of terrorists. They would be allowed to goad Israel into taking action that would also make the truce null and void. Of course the Israeli government refused to sign any such deal


Was this during the last Gaza incursion? During a time of open hostility? Or was this a serious strategic type of "truce" because Hamas was serious about governing.?
This is a ten year old offer.

A truce is referred to in Arabic as a “hudna.” Typically covering 10 years, a hudna is recognized in Islamic jurisprudence as a legitimate and binding contract. A hudna extends beyond the Western concept of a cease-fire and obliges the parties to use the period to seek a permanent, nonviolent resolution to their differences. The Koran finds great merit in such efforts at promoting understanding among different people. Whereas war dehumanizes the enemy and makes it easier to kill, a hudna affords the opportunity to humanize one’s opponents and understand their position with the goal of resolving the intertribal or international dispute.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/opinion/01yousef.html?_r=0

Yeah... That's comical.. Combine that with the Hamas Charter and the Hamas 2005 "Platform" and these quotes from the guy's boss..

We promise you that we will not cede a single part of Palestine, we will not cede Jerusalem, we will continue to fight and we will not lay down our arms.
Ismail Haniyeh

Read more at Ismail Haniyeh Quotes- BrainyQuote

We repeat today that we are with the establishment of a Palestinian state on any liberated part of Palestinian land that is agreed upon by the Palestinian people, without recognizing Israel or conceding any inch of historical Palestine.
Ismail Haniyeh

Read more at Ismail Haniyeh Quotes- BrainyQuote

The Palestinian people do not beg the world for a state, and the state can't be created through decisions and initiatives. States liberate their land first and then the political body can be established.
Ismail Haniyeh

Read more at Ismail Haniyeh Quotes- BrainyQuote

You make Hudna with Diplomats and representatives of the people. Not guys like this...
Why don't you post that 2005 platform for Hamas AGAIN P.F.??? Just to remind yourself what a difference one year apparently makes in the "mood" of Hamas...
HAMAS has diplomats and are the legitimately elected government of Palestine, until the next elections, unlike Abbas whose term has long expired and who carries no legitimacy whatsoever and the Fatah faction who lost the last election. The British government ended up talking to the Provisional IRA and now we have peace. Churchill said "Jaw-jaw is better than war-war." Even the US State Department opened diplomatic links with Hamas when they were elected; that is until the Zionist Israel lobby and the Zionist Israeli governments blew their collective fuses and forced the US to declare HAMAS a terrorist organisation. Hamas wanted peace from the outset, Israel refused. after the 1948 war President Husni al-Za'im offered Ben-Gurion peace, full diplomatic recognition of the state of Zionist Israel and to absorb most of the Palestinian refugees in Syria as full citizens and to resettle them in the North of the country away from Israel's border, in exchange for a small parcel of some disputed land along the Syrian Israeli border which he could sell to his people as a "victory". Ben Gurion never bothered to reply and the Zionists have been refusing to negotiate in good faith ever since. The Zionists need war, need constant conflict in order to expand their state..."from the Euphrates to the sea."
 
Nevermind.. I'll post it for you..

hamaslogo.jpg


Hamas - 2006 Electoral Campaign Platform - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - ProCon.org

1. Islam is our Reference.

2. Palestine is Arab and Muslim Land.

3. Palestinians are one nation regardless of location.

4. The Palestinian People are still in the process of National Liberation and have the right to use all means including armed struggle to achieve this goal.
5. The right of return to all Palestinians.

6. Adherence to the inalienable rights of the people.

7. Protect and cement National Unity as a priority.

8. The issue of prisoners and detainees tops the agenda ; on the internal policy level the C&R aims at achieving a great number of objectives - among them: Maintaining Palestinian fixed National Aims; Palestinian presence in Jerusalem; political freedom; dialogue as a means to solving internal differences; freedom of expression; assembling movement.

9. The platform of the C&R prohibits: Political detention; shedding Palestinian blood; protection of civil society; directing the security apparatus to safeguarding the security of the citizens.

Among other things the Platform calls for protecting the "Resistance" and enhancing its role to resist Occupation and achieve Liberation.


WEEELLLL .. So much for Palestinian unity or prohibiting "political detention, shedding Palestinian blood, or protection of civil society" ======= THAT -- was 2005. And in 2006, some assistant to the Prime Minister calls for peace and negotiations??????

I thought OUR foreign policy was schizophrenic.

Why did you omit these aspects of the platform?

"A number of measures, based on Islam are to be implemented. A new elections law is to be passed so as to ensure justice and fair representation of our people. All citizens are equal before the Law; arbitrary arrest is taboo. Dialogue should be encouraged and the respect of the other; point of view guaranteed for all; unions are to be independent and domination is unacceptable; political powers are recognized and their role is to be used for the sake of establishing of civil institutions; equal opportunities for all and the principle of the right man for the right job will be applied.

Out of our conviction of the vitality of building a well-rounded Palestinian individual, the C&R attaches great importance to education which will keep abreast of modern innovations. Islam of course will be the core of the Palestinian education philosophy - reforms are to be introduced to the current education system, the C&R details its policy in this regard in 17 items proposed to rehabilitate the system. C&R lists five measures to raise the efficiency of the clergy and regulate and care for mosques and emphasize their educational role.

The Palestinian family, as the nucleus of the Palestinian society, figures high in the C&R platform; 16 items detail the proposed suggestions that will strengthen the family and its role. Palestinian family Laws are to be derived from and conform to the Shari'ah law as far as the society is concerned; reconciliation committees should be activated in order to discharge their role as trouble-shooters.

Culture and media play a vital role in shaping the mentality and thought of citizens, and building up of the nation's personality. Freedom of thinking, expression and fairness and safeguarding the youth from external corruptible influence are chief among the C&R concerns. Official media should work for enhancing the people's steadfastness and resistance.

Women's rights will be guaranteed so that they can contribute to the building of society, socially, economically and politically. Women's organizations should be encouraged. The C&R enumerates the actions that they should take to raise the status of women. Youth care is among the aims to be achieved by the C&R - talents among the young are to be tapped and encouraged.

Public land should be taken care of so that they can be fully utilized to build villages and public housing to be distributed fairly and equally among those in need. Heath Care system is to be reformed and made available to all people, especially the needy. Health care centers will be built to serve all sections of the people wherever they live.

Public health and hygiene will also be taken care of. The environment is to be protected. Agriculture and animal husbandry will be encouraged. Small farms will get credits in order to effectively make use of the land. The use of insecticides should be regulated for full benefits.

On the economic level, the economy and monetary system should be independent from the Zionist entity and its economic and monetary system. The C&R will mint Palestinian currency; self-sufficiency is an ultimate objective to be worked for through a number of measures. International economic agreements will be reconsidered and revised so as to serve the interests of the Palestinian people, chief among them:

*The Paris Economic agreement.

*The Free Trade Agreement with the USA.

*Partnership Agreement with the EU.

*The Economic Agreement with Egypt and Jordan.

The Economic and trade relations with the Arab and Islamic world should be developed. The Palestinian economy should be helped to disengage itself from the dependency on Israeli economy. Income tax laws must be reconsidered and reformed. Labor and unions and occupational societies will be encouraged and developed; minimum wage limit should be established to guarantee a decent standard of living for all, wages and salaries should be linked to the index.

Roads must be updated and modernized; movement among cities and villages should be emphasized and smooth; opening of free crossings between Palestinian territory and Jordan and Egypt. Any foreign interference is rejected; the port and the airport are to be reopened."

Sounds like nation building to me.

Sounds like building an Islamic terrorist network of criminals, social misfits and welfare cheats.

http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/583425

Senior Hamas leaders and their associates have grown rich smuggling arms and other material into the Gaza Strip, while the majority of the 1.8 million Palestinians living there subsist on incomes among the poorest in the Arab world.
 
I'm here to learn stuff and here's what I just learned about Haniyeh....

Ismail Haniya Fast Facts - CNN.com


May 2, 2011 - Condemns the assassination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, referring to him as a Muslim holy warrior and the victim of American oppression.

October 23, 2012 - Meets with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the first official head of state to visit since Egypt and Israel instituted a blockade in 2007.

April 4, 2013 - Haniya is appointed deputy head of Hamas, and Khaled Meshaal is re-elected chief.

There's your Hamas leadership P.F... Hudna or not Hudna? Condemning the USA for the assassination of bin Laden.. A GREAT Muslim holy warrior...

Did that cease-fire offer appear ANYWHERE other than the NYTimes Op Ed page??
Israel will make excuses against peace until they steal the rest of the land.

What does Israel have to do with the Hamas leader of Gaza PRAISING Osama Bin Laden and calling him a "victim of American aggression? How can you possibly skip right over that to blaming Israel for "iffy" ceasefire proposals?
You are buried in denial...
 
15th post
I have no idea what 5 or 10 yr truce you refer to.. But you're in total denial if you think the Palis have had any form of functional unified representation for the past 9 yrs or so.. No elections, no functioning central govt, no authority for diplomacy.. What kind of election ends in NO MORE ELECTIONS ? Or a purge of the losing party and one party control of Gaza? There are consequences to the choices the Palis made. And if you READ the Hamas Charter and the "platform" they ran on ---- YOU and your couch Palis here -- just need to ACCEPT those choices and realize the Palis don't value diplomacy, or functioning govt or infrastructure or commerce over symbolic resistance and perpetual setbacks in their sorry state of living.. That's not gonna end well.. Because lack of organization and planning and governance for the past 100 years is the sole reason for their situation today.




It was a proposal made by hamas for a one sided truce on their terms that stated that hamas could end the truce at any time with no warning given. They admitted this was so they could re-arm and re-equip the next generation of terrorists. They would be allowed to goad Israel into taking action that would also make the truce null and void. Of course the Israeli government refused to sign any such deal


Was this during the last Gaza incursion? During a time of open hostility? Or was this a serious strategic type of "truce" because Hamas was serious about governing.?
This is a ten year old offer.

A truce is referred to in Arabic as a “hudna.” Typically covering 10 years, a hudna is recognized in Islamic jurisprudence as a legitimate and binding contract. A hudna extends beyond the Western concept of a cease-fire and obliges the parties to use the period to seek a permanent, nonviolent resolution to their differences. The Koran finds great merit in such efforts at promoting understanding among different people. Whereas war dehumanizes the enemy and makes it easier to kill, a hudna affords the opportunity to humanize one’s opponents and understand their position with the goal of resolving the intertribal or international dispute.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/opinion/01yousef.html?_r=0

Yeah... That's comical.. Combine that with the Hamas Charter and the Hamas 2005 "Platform" and these quotes from the guy's boss..

We promise you that we will not cede a single part of Palestine, we will not cede Jerusalem, we will continue to fight and we will not lay down our arms.
Ismail Haniyeh

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We repeat today that we are with the establishment of a Palestinian state on any liberated part of Palestinian land that is agreed upon by the Palestinian people, without recognizing Israel or conceding any inch of historical Palestine.
Ismail Haniyeh

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The Palestinian people do not beg the world for a state, and the state can't be created through decisions and initiatives. States liberate their land first and then the political body can be established.
Ismail Haniyeh

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You make Hudna with Diplomats and representatives of the people. Not guys like this...
Why don't you post that 2005 platform for Hamas AGAIN P.F.??? Just to remind yourself what a difference one year apparently makes in the "mood" of Hamas...
HAMAS has diplomats and are the legitimately elected government of Palestine, until the next elections, unlike Abbas whose term has long expired and who carries no legitimacy whatsoever and the Fatah faction who lost the last election. The British government ended up talking to the Provisional IRA and now we have peace. Churchill said "Jaw-jaw is better than war-war." Even the US State Department opened diplomatic links with Hamas when they were elected; that is until the Zionist Israel lobby and the Zionist Israeli governments blew their collective fuses and forced the US to declare HAMAS a terrorist organisation. Hamas wanted peace from the outset, Israel refused. after the 1948 war President Husni al-Za'im offered Ben-Gurion peace, full diplomatic recognition of the state of Zionist Israel and to absorb most of the Palestinian refugees in Syria as full citizens and to resettle them in the North of the country away from Israel's border, in exchange for a small parcel of some disputed land along the Syrian Israeli border which he could sell to his people as a "victory". Ben Gurion never bothered to reply and the Zionists have been refusing to negotiate in good faith ever since. The Zionists need war, need constant conflict in order to expand their state..."from the Euphrates to the sea."

WHEN did the US open "diplomatic relations" with the Hamas leadership of Gaza?
And what does any of this have to do with events in 1947? Where is this proposal to setttle in Syria? And who the **** is President Husni al Za'im and when was he elected President of Palestine?
 
Keep Calm and Seek the Truth Challenger.. Turns out your Husni al Za'im was a left-over Ottoman military officer that led a bloodless coupe of Syria. Shortly thereafter --- he was deposed and executed. That's the problem with making deals with so-called Palestinian leadership. They tend to lead dangerous and short lives for the most part.

That agreement would have worth maybe a falafel sandwich without the drink... This guy was "president" for literally 7 months before his neck was stretched out. And more than likely was CIA backed.
 
I have no idea what 5 or 10 yr truce you refer to.. But you're in total denial if you think the Palis have had any form of functional unified representation for the past 9 yrs or so.. No elections, no functioning central govt, no authority for diplomacy.. What kind of election ends in NO MORE ELECTIONS ? Or a purge of the losing party and one party control of Gaza? There are consequences to the choices the Palis made. And if you READ the Hamas Charter and the "platform" they ran on ---- YOU and your couch Palis here -- just need to ACCEPT those choices and realize the Palis don't value diplomacy, or functioning govt or infrastructure or commerce over symbolic resistance and perpetual setbacks in their sorry state of living.. That's not gonna end well.. Because lack of organization and planning and governance for the past 100 years is the sole reason for their situation today.




It was a proposal made by hamas for a one sided truce on their terms that stated that hamas could end the truce at any time with no warning given. They admitted this was so they could re-arm and re-equip the next generation of terrorists. They would be allowed to goad Israel into taking action that would also make the truce null and void. Of course the Israeli government refused to sign any such deal


Was this during the last Gaza incursion? During a time of open hostility? Or was this a serious strategic type of "truce" because Hamas was serious about governing.?
This is a ten year old offer.

A truce is referred to in Arabic as a “hudna.” Typically covering 10 years, a hudna is recognized in Islamic jurisprudence as a legitimate and binding contract. A hudna extends beyond the Western concept of a cease-fire and obliges the parties to use the period to seek a permanent, nonviolent resolution to their differences. The Koran finds great merit in such efforts at promoting understanding among different people. Whereas war dehumanizes the enemy and makes it easier to kill, a hudna affords the opportunity to humanize one’s opponents and understand their position with the goal of resolving the intertribal or international dispute.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/opinion/01yousef.html?_r=0

Yeah... That's comical.. Combine that with the Hamas Charter and the Hamas 2005 "Platform" and these quotes from the guy's boss..

We promise you that we will not cede a single part of Palestine, we will not cede Jerusalem, we will continue to fight and we will not lay down our arms.
Ismail Haniyeh

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We repeat today that we are with the establishment of a Palestinian state on any liberated part of Palestinian land that is agreed upon by the Palestinian people, without recognizing Israel or conceding any inch of historical Palestine.
Ismail Haniyeh

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The Palestinian people do not beg the world for a state, and the state can't be created through decisions and initiatives. States liberate their land first and then the political body can be established.
Ismail Haniyeh

Read more at Ismail Haniyeh Quotes- BrainyQuote

You make Hudna with Diplomats and representatives of the people. Not guys like this...
Why don't you post that 2005 platform for Hamas AGAIN P.F.??? Just to remind yourself what a difference one year apparently makes in the "mood" of Hamas...
HAMAS has diplomats and are the legitimately elected government of Palestine, until the next elections, unlike Abbas whose term has long expired and who carries no legitimacy whatsoever and the Fatah faction who lost the last election. The British government ended up talking to the Provisional IRA and now we have peace. Churchill said "Jaw-jaw is better than war-war." Even the US State Department opened diplomatic links with Hamas when they were elected; that is until the Zionist Israel lobby and the Zionist Israeli governments blew their collective fuses and forced the US to declare HAMAS a terrorist organisation. Hamas wanted peace from the outset, Israel refused. after the 1948 war President Husni al-Za'im offered Ben-Gurion peace, full diplomatic recognition of the state of Zionist Israel and to absorb most of the Palestinian refugees in Syria as full citizens and to resettle them in the North of the country away from Israel's border, in exchange for a small parcel of some disputed land along the Syrian Israeli border which he could sell to his people as a "victory". Ben Gurion never bothered to reply and the Zionists have been refusing to negotiate in good faith ever since. The Zionists need war, need constant conflict in order to expand their state..."from the Euphrates to the sea."

No, they are not the elected government by a flux (4-30% depending on district of popular vote), fatah had the majority votes, they have elected representatives in parliament. They illegally took control of gaza. They don't represent the WB in their political or militarily ambitions. There has not been an election since 2006, because hamas will not permit one to take place.

Hamas does not represent the palestinians, it controls gaza by force.
 
Nevermind.. I'll post it for you..

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Hamas - 2006 Electoral Campaign Platform - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - ProCon.org

1. Islam is our Reference.

2. Palestine is Arab and Muslim Land.

3. Palestinians are one nation regardless of location.

4. The Palestinian People are still in the process of National Liberation and have the right to use all means including armed struggle to achieve this goal.
5. The right of return to all Palestinians.

6. Adherence to the inalienable rights of the people.

7. Protect and cement National Unity as a priority.

8. The issue of prisoners and detainees tops the agenda ; on the internal policy level the C&R aims at achieving a great number of objectives - among them: Maintaining Palestinian fixed National Aims; Palestinian presence in Jerusalem; political freedom; dialogue as a means to solving internal differences; freedom of expression; assembling movement.

9. The platform of the C&R prohibits: Political detention; shedding Palestinian blood; protection of civil society; directing the security apparatus to safeguarding the security of the citizens.

Among other things the Platform calls for protecting the "Resistance" and enhancing its role to resist Occupation and achieve Liberation.


WEEELLLL .. So much for Palestinian unity or prohibiting "political detention, shedding Palestinian blood, or protection of civil society" ======= THAT -- was 2005. And in 2006, some assistant to the Prime Minister calls for peace and negotiations??????

I thought OUR foreign policy was schizophrenic.

Why did you omit these aspects of the platform?

"A number of measures, based on Islam are to be implemented. A new elections law is to be passed so as to ensure justice and fair representation of our people. All citizens are equal before the Law; arbitrary arrest is taboo. Dialogue should be encouraged and the respect of the other; point of view guaranteed for all; unions are to be independent and domination is unacceptable; political powers are recognized and their role is to be used for the sake of establishing of civil institutions; equal opportunities for all and the principle of the right man for the right job will be applied.

Out of our conviction of the vitality of building a well-rounded Palestinian individual, the C&R attaches great importance to education which will keep abreast of modern innovations. Islam of course will be the core of the Palestinian education philosophy - reforms are to be introduced to the current education system, the C&R details its policy in this regard in 17 items proposed to rehabilitate the system. C&R lists five measures to raise the efficiency of the clergy and regulate and care for mosques and emphasize their educational role.

The Palestinian family, as the nucleus of the Palestinian society, figures high in the C&R platform; 16 items detail the proposed suggestions that will strengthen the family and its role. Palestinian family Laws are to be derived from and conform to the Shari'ah law as far as the society is concerned; reconciliation committees should be activated in order to discharge their role as trouble-shooters.

Culture and media play a vital role in shaping the mentality and thought of citizens, and building up of the nation's personality. Freedom of thinking, expression and fairness and safeguarding the youth from external corruptible influence are chief among the C&R concerns. Official media should work for enhancing the people's steadfastness and resistance.

Women's rights will be guaranteed so that they can contribute to the building of society, socially, economically and politically. Women's organizations should be encouraged. The C&R enumerates the actions that they should take to raise the status of women. Youth care is among the aims to be achieved by the C&R - talents among the young are to be tapped and encouraged.

Public land should be taken care of so that they can be fully utilized to build villages and public housing to be distributed fairly and equally among those in need. Heath Care system is to be reformed and made available to all people, especially the needy. Health care centers will be built to serve all sections of the people wherever they live.

Public health and hygiene will also be taken care of. The environment is to be protected. Agriculture and animal husbandry will be encouraged. Small farms will get credits in order to effectively make use of the land. The use of insecticides should be regulated for full benefits.

On the economic level, the economy and monetary system should be independent from the Zionist entity and its economic and monetary system. The C&R will mint Palestinian currency; self-sufficiency is an ultimate objective to be worked for through a number of measures. International economic agreements will be reconsidered and revised so as to serve the interests of the Palestinian people, chief among them:

*The Paris Economic agreement.

*The Free Trade Agreement with the USA.

*Partnership Agreement with the EU.

*The Economic Agreement with Egypt and Jordan.

The Economic and trade relations with the Arab and Islamic world should be developed. The Palestinian economy should be helped to disengage itself from the dependency on Israeli economy. Income tax laws must be reconsidered and reformed. Labor and unions and occupational societies will be encouraged and developed; minimum wage limit should be established to guarantee a decent standard of living for all, wages and salaries should be linked to the index.

Roads must be updated and modernized; movement among cities and villages should be emphasized and smooth; opening of free crossings between Palestinian territory and Jordan and Egypt. Any foreign interference is rejected; the port and the airport are to be reopened."

Sounds like nation building to me.





And immediately breached by hamas themselves. So that is why they are not in the link given to the hamas manifesto, ever thought that they might not be in the one linked to ?
 
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