Mahmoud al-ZaharPosted on 07/11/2005 1:55:51 PM PDT by Reborn
'Israel will eventually disappear'
Senior Hamas leader tells Italian newspaper pullout plan a temporary solution; says Palestine will become a Muslim state
By Dian Bahur-Nir and Ali Waked
Mahmoud al-Zahar
Hamas will not compromise on one inch of Greater Palestine, Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar told an Italian newspaper earlier this week.
Speaking to the Corriere Della Sera newspaper, al-Zahar said Hamas would "definitely not" be prepared for coexistence with Israel should the IDF retreat to its 1967 borders.
"It can be a temporary solution, for a maximum of 5 to 10 years. But in the end Palestine must return to become Muslim, and in the long term Israel will disappear from the face of the earth."
Go to hell
Asked about Hamas's intentions to carry out terror attacks in coordination with the disengagement plan, al-Zahar said Hamas has already promised not to initiate violence, and that the group's actions would be in response to Israeli actions.
"We won't disrupt the Israeli withdrawal, let them get out of here and go to hell," he said. "The problem will be afterwards, because in the hearts of every Palestinian, the liberation of Gaza must be accompanied by the liberation of Jerusalem and the West Bank."
London attack
Al-Zahar said the London bombings, whiched occured during the interview, are to be expected in countries that support the United States.
"It's no wonder today they have found terror attacks in their home," he said. "I am opposed to attacks against civilians, whoever they are, but why not tell it like it is - if the British soldiers were not in Baghdad and Bazra – there would be mercy for London today."
However, a-Zahar stopped short of supporting the attack on the London Underground, but tried to "explain" the acts of suicide bombers..
"There is a broad popular people's movement against American arrogant hegemony. World leaders, headed by the Bush and Blair governments, should have been more attentive to the voice of poorer countries."
Foreign Ministry protests
In Israel, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom provided a translation of part of the interview and parts of the Hamas consitution Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom for European Union envoy Javier Solana, in an attempt to explain Israel's rejection fo negotioations with Hamas.
The Ministry has also embarked on a campaign to discourage Europeans from dealing with Hamas, including an English translation of Hamas's convention, to be distributed to diplomats in a bid to illustrate the movement's radical and dangerous character to the attention of decision makers throughout the world.
"Now, when Europe has offered to recognize Hamas on a political level, al-Zahar provides clear statements of what to expect from the organization," Ministry officials told Ynet. "He does not even attempt to speak ambiguously in an attempt to please Europe and finds it difficult to hide the group's happiness at the London bombings."
WARNING: This is a high volume ping list
Maybe the plan is for all Israelis to be out of the disputed area. Then, once all the Jews/Israelis are out, the good guys can "glass" the area. Like shooting dirty ducks in a barrel...SSZ
Ping
You have a right to your opinions and your beliefs...
but DON't EVER assume you can "fix" someone else's
opinions or beliefs with a glib tongue!
If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one per cent. of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star-dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of; but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world's list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers.
He has made a marvellous fight in this world, in all the ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself, and be excused for it. The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed, and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished.
The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?
Mark Twain, 1898.
yes.
It's called the 'roadmap to pieces'.
pieces of jews and christians, that is.
Hey! Just like the Koran says. What a surprise, he's really a Muslim!
Al-Andalus! You're on the list too.
I would too. Rubber ones. No joke.
EXCUSE ME???????????
Retreat? Arab spin...Arik can you hear me?
Except for Iraq - all the green is under Muslim control. And yet .. these people are worried about a little red strip of land .. go figure.
We are going to give the Palestinians 3-9 billion dollars.
The population is approx 5 million including Gaza, Golan Heights, West Bank, Israel.
Quite a haul. Somewhere between $500-$2000 /person.
Mahmoud al-Zahar wasn't talking so big when Israel was killing his predecessors at the rate of one a week. Maybe they need to pick that up again.
I'm dying to see a good car swarm. And a funeral swarm. I'm not looking forward to the neighborhood swarm that's coming. But actually I am. Because it will demonstrate once again what animals these things are. Gush Katif + palis = Instant Squalor (I blame booosh. And Sharon)
The Son of God..The Lord Jesus Christ came to earth as a
descendant of the covenant relationship with
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob...
Not Ishmael of Hagar worshiper of the demon gods of Egypt
brought from Babylon
The moon god worshipers Baal Ishtar-Isis will not destroy Israel...Jerusalem will be their undoing and Christ the rock they all break themselves upon...
Even their gods know this to be true and tremble...all they can do is take as many humans with them as they are able...and only those the Lord allows...
imo
if it talks like a terrorist, walks like a terrorist...
Everyone knows this is Islam's plan (plan A only, then onto the rest of the world)...
The only people in the world that don't know it are Bush and Blair.
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