"'Eighteen months ago, our Hamas party won the Palestinian parliamentary
elections and entered office under Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh but never
received the handover of real power from Fatah, the losing party.'
Yousef
also complained that recent news coverage had failed to mention that Hamas had
offered a 10-year ceasefire to Israel and adhered to a unilateral ceasefire for
18 months.
'Nor has it been evident to many people in the West that the
civil unrest in Gaza and the West Bank has been precipitated by the American and
Israeli policy of arming elements of the Fatah opposition who want to attack
Hamas and force us from office.'"
I don't support Hamas, but if this is true it sounds like they have some real concerns. I have said this before, I don't know what the best answer for the whole question is. There are a few things that I do believe though. We cannot support Hamas as long as they are not willing to accept the existence of the state of Israel, not just a ceasefire, but an end to the conflict. I don't know that we can leave the people of the West Bank and Gaza, without any help. Supporting Fatah, is just supporting the group that is the least violent it appears, while we can hope that they will be willing to work with Israel under the right terms, we can't be sure. Until someone comes along with a better solution, I think we have to work with someone.
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