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...three American presidential candidates disagree on whether and how to engage with North Korea, Iran, Syria, and Cuba, but they uniformly agree that the United States should neither reach out to Hamas??considered a terrorist organization by the U.S., Israel, and the European Union—nor pressure Israel to do so. Yet in spite of such unanimity, prominent Americans, including former President Jimmy Carter and former National Security Advisers Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft, have continued to press Israel to end its boycott of Hamas, as if the lack of peace in the region is the result...
...times, Hamas has been willing to consider a “long term truce” with Israel, but is simultaneously unwilling to recognize Israel’s permanent place in the region. Israeli leaders rightly view Hamas?? tactic as an attempt to stall any meaningful negotiations while they arm themselves with more sophisticated weaponry to attack Israeli civilians...
...Hamas?? genocidal rhetoric is not limited to Israel, however. They have also begun advocating attacks on Americans. “America is offering political, financial and logistic cover for the Zionist occupation crimes, and it is responsible for the Beit Hanoun massacre. Therefore, the people and the nation all over the globe are required to teach the American enemy tough lessons,” a 2006 Hamas spokesman said. In a speech on April 11, a Hamas cleric who is a minister of the Palestinian parliament preached that Islam would soon conquer Rome, “the capital...
...this past weekend with Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal in Syria, it would be wise to recall that it is not Israel who refuses to speak with Hamas, but Hamas who refuses to speak with Israel. Engaging with Hamas simply because it is a major Palestinian actor belies Hamas?? own goals. Hamas does not seek power in order to negotiate with Israel, but in order to destroy Israel. In the past, Israel has made peace with Egypt and Jordan and recognized the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people as soon as each had renounced its intention...
...group of protesters stood outside the Kennedy School, carrying signs objecting the Israeli government and calling for “Victory for Hamas?? and “End the Apartheid in Gaza,” but Livni also received some support from the packed Forum...