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Austin Buben

Hamas: Government or Terrorist Organization? : NPR - 1 views

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  • "A democratically elected Hamas is still a terrorist organization."
  • Hamas has targeted and killed many civilians, and Israel's occupation has contributed to a violent political environment.
  • Steven A. Cook, a Middle East expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, started off the evening by acknowledging several facts, which he immediately said were entirely irrelevant. Yes, he said, Hamas was legitimately elected freely and fairly. Yes, Israel has illegally occupied the West Bank and, until recently, Gaza. Yes, Hamas has done much good with its social programs. But, he said, none of that matters. Hamas' central charter calls for the violent overthrow of Israel. Hamas continues to kill innocent civilians. The group must lay down its arms and renounce its violent charter. Until then, Cook said, Hamas can only be labeled a terrorist group.
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  • "A terrorist is a man who murders indiscriminately, distinguishing neither between civilian and innocent and guilty nor soldier and civilian." Terrorism, O'Sullivan argued, is an issue of tactics, not ultimate goals. There can be pro-Nazi and anti-Nazi terrorists, he said; pro-Israel terrorists and anti-Israel ones. In other words, it doesn't matter what we think of Hamas' ultimate goals. All that is important, he argued, is that they employ indiscriminate violence. Until they stop, they should be labeled as terrorists and treated as international pariahs
  • He portrayed a powerful and vicious Israel that has indiscriminately killed many thousands of innocent Palestinians. Cohen argued that Hamas is not a terrorist group, but a nationalist resistance forced to resort to violence because it has so little power compared with Israel.
  • The audience was asked to vote before and after the speakers made their arguments. At the beginning of the evening, 60 percent voted that Hamas is, indeed, still a terrorist organization, 19 percent voted against that proposition and 21 percent didn't know. After the talk, 51 percent were in favor of the motion, 32 percent opposed it and 17 percent were undecided.
    • Austin Buben
      Austin Buben on 11 Jan 12
       
      This is exactly the webpage that will help us to win.
  • Austin Buben on 11 Jan 12
     
    Agreement that hamas is a terrorist organization running a government.
Austin Buben

HAMAS Rockets - 0 views

www.globalsecurity.org/...hamas-qassam.htm

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shared by Austin Buben on 11 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • This rocket created a new reality in which nearly one million Israeli residents [about 15 percent of the entire population] were at risk.
  • The IDF has noted that militants commonly hide a Qassam in a commercial truck, drive to a clearing near the Gaza border and launch the rocket. One Hamas website states that this takes only 15 minutes.
  • maximum range of those rockets is up to 40 km.
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  • 34-45 km
  • Musheir al-Masri, a Hamas spokesman in the Palestinian Legislative Council, said (Filastin al-'An website, December 24) that the rockets which had been launched were only the first message and threatened to extend the attacks beyond what had been carried out so far. He guaranteed that Israel would "be hit in a way it had never been before," and that he was not afraid of Israel threats. The population of the villages bordering on the Gaza Strip, as well as Sderot and Ashqelon, would not be secure "as long as Palestinians are not secure".
  • There was also a significant increase in the number of Israeli residents exposed to rocket fire.
  • Austin Buben on 11 Jan 12
     
    Qassam Rockets theoretical range. Large portion of Israel.
Austin Buben

Netanyahu vows Israel will not return to 'indefensible' mid-1967 borders in Washington ... - 0 views

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  • "I'm ready to make painful compromises"
  • Hamas is not a partner for peace," Netanyahu said to one of 26 standing ovations. Hamas' charter calls for the destruction of Israel, the killing of Jews around the globe - and its leader recently bemoaned the killing of Osama bin Laden.
  • Last Friday at the White House, Netanyahu scolded Obama on how unrealistic it was for the administration to push 1967 borders as a starting point for negotiations with Palestinians.
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  • "It's time for (Palestinian) President Abbas to stand before his people and say 'I will accept a Jewish state,'"
Mckenzie Hudson

PA rejects Olmert's offer to withdraw from 93% of West Bank - Haaretz Daily Newspaper |... - 0 views

www.haaretz.com/...-from-93-of-west-bank-1.251578

shared by Mckenzie Hudson on 09 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • lus all of the Gaza Strip, when the Palestinian Authority regains control over the Gaza Strip, which the militant group Hamas seized from forces loyal to Abbas in June 2006.
    • Mckenzie Hudson
      Mckenzie Hudson on 09 Jan 12
       
      Israel already tried to return almost all the pre 67 land but palestine rejected it as quote not acceptable
    • Mckenzie Hudson
      Mckenzie Hudson on 09 Jan 12
       
      And by the way i (mckenzie) found this first, ask me before if you want to use this in debate.
  • The Israeli proposal is not acceptable," Abbas's spokesman said. "The Palestinian side will only accept a Palestinian state with territorial continu
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