Israel, Russia edging toward diplomatic crisis over Hamas

Jerusalem Post ^ | February 9, 2006 | HERB KEINON

[West Coast Conservative]

Israeli-Russian relations stood at the precipice of its most serious crisis in years Thursday night after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would invite Hamas for talks.

"You can't say you are a friend of Israel, that you are in favor of peace in the Middle East, and at the same time give Hamas a clean bill of health," one senior government official said, reflecting clear anger at the Russian position.

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was expected to pass on Israel's position to the Russians at a meeting scheduled for Thursday night in New York with the ambassadors of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - Russia, the US, Great Britain, France and China.

Putin, in a joint press conference in Madrid with Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, said Thursday that Russia did not consider Hamas a terrorist organization, and urged the global community to work with a Hamas-led Palestinian government.

"Hamas has arrived at the doors of power through legitimate elections," Putin said. "We must respect the Palestinian people and we have to look for solutions for the Palestinian people, for the international community, and also for Israel. Contacts with Hamas must continue."

Putin said Russia would invite Hamas representatives to participate in talks in the future. Putin's remarks come less than two weeks after Russia signed off on a Quartet statement conditioning international support to the PA on the new government's "commitment to the principles of non-violence, recognition of Israel, and acceptance of previous agreements and obligations, including the Roadmap."

Hamas accepts none of these terms.

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As opposed to simply waiting for Hamas to die off or attack someone.

[Fitzcarraldo]

"Hamas has arrived at the doors of power through legitimate elections,"

More support for the theory that democracy contains the seeds of its own destruction.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

"www.internet-haganah.us/jihadi/hamas.html"

Google Search Term: "HAMAS"

FreeRepublic.com - Keyword: "HAMAS"

NEWSMAX.COM: "PUTIN: HAMAS NOT A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION" by Carl Limbacher and the NewsMax.com staff (February 9, 2006)

"internet-haganah.com/jihadi/hamas.html"

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1087: "HAMAS LEADER KHALED MASH'AL AT A DAMASCUS MOSQUE: THE NATION OF ISLAM WILL SIT AT THE THONE OF THE WORLD AND THE WEST WILL BE FULL OF REMORSE - WHEN IT'S TOO LATE" (February 7, 2006)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=19056_Islamic_Terror_Gang_Goes_to_South_America (February 2, 2006)

SOFIR.org (E-PRISM.org): "THE ISLAMIC DEBATE OVER DEMOCRACY: JIHADI-SALAFI RESPONSES TO HAMAS' VICTORY IN THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS" by Reuven Paz (January 31, 2006)

"www.e-prism.org/images/PRISM_no_1_vol_4_-_Jihadi-Salafi_response_to_Hamas.pdf"

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "HAMAS DEMANDS RETURN OF SEVILLE TO ISLAM" (January 31, 2006)

 

"www.spainherald.com/2414.htm"

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Berlin - "HAMAS HAS SUBSIDIARY IN GERMANY 300 Activists of Radical Islam Organization Raise Funds" by Wolfgang Polzer (January 30, 2006) (Read More...)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1081: "Hamas Leader Khaled Mash'al Presents Hamas Plan on Al-Jazeera TV: 'We are Committed to the Resistance and Adhere to its Weapons...As for Recognizing [Israel] and Amending Our Charter - Hamas is Not the Kind of Movement That Succumbs to Pressure...We Will Not Recognize it, No Matter how Much Time Passes...We Believe in Acting According to Stages...'" (January 31, 2006)

"www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1013"

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (NATIONAL POST): "ELECTING TERROR" by Daniel Pipes (January 30, 2006)

DANIEL PIPES.org (NATIONAL POST): [THE HAMAS ELECTORAL VICTORY:] DEMOCRACY'S BITTER FRUIT" by Daniel Pipes (January 27, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "'WE HAVE NO PEACE PROCESS'" by Robert Spencer (January 27, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: Jerusalem - "IRAN CONGRATULATES HAMAS VICTORY IN PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS" by Julie Stahl (January 26, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "HAMAS' PLAN FOR PALESTINE AND THEIR ROLE IN THE GLOBAL JIHAD" (January 26, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "MEET CANDIDATE 'MARTYR MOM'" by Andrew G. Bostom (January 5, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "Palestinian candidate and mother of jihad terrorists: Israelis are not civilians, no prohibitions on killing them" (January 3, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "ISLAMIC-BLOCK.NET: DOWN IN MICHIGAN, UP IN DALLAS This is a site of the Hamas student union." (December 29, 2005)

OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.US (DAILYALERT.ORG): "HAMAS WANTS SPAIN" (December 27, 2005)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series -No. 1051: "Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi on Hamas Jerusalem Day Online: 'We are a Nation of Jihad and Martyrdom'; 'The Resistance in Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon Must Go On'; 'We Stand Alongside Our Brothers in Hamas and Islamic Jihad'" (December 18, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "U.S. BUILDING HAMAS TOWN American agency constructing roads in village ruled by terror organization" by Aaron Klein (December 20, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): "'MOTHER OF MARTYRS' RUNS FOR HAMAS" (December 9, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): "DANISH MUSLIM GROUP CHARGED WITH FUNDING TERRORISM" (December 8, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS SITE NOW HOSTED IN MICHIGAN" (November 22, 2005)

FrontPageMagazine.com: "THE NIGHTMARE OF HAMASTAN" by Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen (October 31, 2005)

FreeRepublic.com (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3159944,00.html): "ARAB EMIRATES: HAMAS FOUNDER DIES" (SNIPPET: "Halil Quka, one of the founders of Hamas, died at the age of 58 in the United Arab Emirates. In the 1980s Quka was considered one of the Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Gaza, second only to Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. He was banished from Gaza in the mid-1980s.") (October 26, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS 'CAPABLE OF U.S. ATTACKS' Terrorism experts warning nation potentially at risk from militants" by Aaron Klein (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "JERUSALEM - Hamas has cells inside the United States that are technically capable of attacking the country, terrorism experts and senior security officials told WorldNetDaily.") (October 16, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "infobox.ru takes in more money from Hamas" (October 15, 2005)

ADNK.com (AKI): Tel Aviv - "MIDDLE EAST: FIRST HAMAS FEMALE BOMB MAKER CAUGHT, SAYS ISRAEL" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Israeli military has detained a Gaza Strip woman suspected of being the first female bomb-maker employed by the militant Palestinian group Hamas, an Israeli newspaper has reported. Samar Sabih, 22, was sent by Hamas' military wing in the Gaza Strip to the West Bank to train new explosive experts, Tel Aviv daily Haaretz said on Tuesday. Sabih was among a number of suspected militants in recent Israeli military raids, the report said.") (October 11, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "NO LOVE LIKE THE LOVE OF A PALESTINIAN MOTHER" (October 9, 2005)

INTELLIGENCE.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S.): "'HAMASTAN' - A PALESTINIAN RADICAL ISLAMIST STATE, RULED BY HAMAS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The socio-political makeup of “Hamastan” (a Palestinian radical Islamist state, ruled by Hamas), as described in interviews granted by Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas figure in the Gaza Strip. An alternative to the Palestinian Authority, the agenda presented by Mahmoud al-Zahar is based on strict enforcement of radical Islamic codes in politics, society, and culture. “Hamastan”, according to Al-Zahar, will become an inseparable part of the global radical Islamic effort spearheaded by the Muslim Brotherhood.") (October 9, 2005)

ALQASSAM.ws - "Ezzedeen ALQASSAM Brigades The Military Wing of HAMAS Movement - Palestine": "UM NIDAL FARHAT: SACRIFICE WITHOUT LIMITS"

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US (REUTERS): "SISTER ENCOURAGED BRITISH SUICIDE BOMBER" (October 9,. 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "HAMAS ENCOURAGES WOMEN TO TAKE UP JIHAD" (October 2, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS VOWS MORE ATTACKS Terror Leader Taunts Israel for Vulnerability to Rockets" by Aaron Klein (September 30, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS GETS INTO THE SNUFF VIDEO BUSINESS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "After they kidnapped 51 year old Jerusalem resident Sasson Nuriel, and before they murdered him, Hamas videotaped the man in the manner made popular by Al Qaida in Iraq.") (September 28, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (HAARETZ): "ASSAD SAID TO HAVE GIVEN HAMAS, JIHAD GREEN LIGHT FOR TERRORISM" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Syrian President Bashar Assad earlier this month gave Hamas and Islamic Jihad representatives in Damascus a green light to carry out terror attacks and escalate fighting against Israel, Israel Radio said Wednesday, quoting a high-level Palestinian Authority intelligence dispatch, which was reportedly passed on to Egypt and Israel. Deputy Defense Minister Ze'ev Boim said Wednesday that Israel was aquainted with the dispatch.") (September 28, 2005)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "HAMAS HQ OFFICE IN SAUDI ARABIA" by Matthew Levitt (September 27, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "THE PAX HAMAS" (September 27, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS SAYS THEY WANT A WAR" (September 23, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "THE WEBSITES OF HAMAS, THE COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE THEM SERVICES AND THE THE COUNTRIES THAT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN" (September 25, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS" (September 24, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "THE MOTHER OF ALL 'WORK ACCIDENTS'" (September 24, 2005)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog (NY SUN.com): "HAMAS TO CONVERT SYNAGOGUE TO WEAPONS MUSEUM" (September 22, 2005)

INTERNET HAGANAH.US (IL CORRIERE DELLA SERA-ITALIAN, 13Sep 05 - via DailyAlert.org): "HAMAS POLITICAL LEADER: 'AL-QAEDA HAS ALREADY ARRIVED IN GAZA'" (September 18, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NATIONAL POST): "A STUDENT OF TERROR: HOW A CANADA MAN WAS RECRUITED BY HAMAS" (September 10, 2005)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 983: "COMMANDER OF HAMAS MILITARY WING WOMEN'S UNIT: 'Our Members Yearn for Martyrdom'" (September 9, 2005) (Read More...)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US (YnetNews.com): "HAMAS DEVELOPS IMPROVED ROCKET" (September 6, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS REVEALS 'SECRET' COMMAND SETUP" (September 4, 2005)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "SHADOWY HAMAS LEADER RESURFACES IN VIDEO" (August 27, 2005)

JNEWSWIRE.com: "HAMAS: CHRISTIAN ZIONISM IS OUR ENEMY" by Jerusalem Newswire Editiorial Staff (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Hamas terrorist organization has singled out Christian supporters of Israel, putting them on notice that it views their actions as "criminal," making them enemies of the Palestinian Arabs.") (August 22, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (News.TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "HAMAS CLAIMS EVACUATION IS VICTORY FOR THE SUICIDE BOMBERS" (August 21, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS RADIO: Jaffa is the Same as Gaza, Tel Aviv the Same as Rafah" (August 21, 2005)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 964: "AN INTERVIEW WITH HAMAS LEADER DR. MAHMOUD AL-ZAHAR" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The following are excerpts from an interview with Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahar that appeared in Asharq Al-Awsat on August 18, 2005.") (August 19, 2005)

INTELLIGENCE.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER AT THE CENTER FOR SPECIAL STUDIES (C.S.S.): "DISENGAGEMENT NEWS UPDATE NO. 2" (August 17, 2005)

MEMRI.ORG: "AN INTERNVIEW WITH HAMAS LEADER DR. MAHMOUD AL-ZAHAR" (August 19, 2005)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=17135_Hamas_Will_Keep_On_Killin&only" (August 20, 2005)

FrontPageMagazine.com: "GOODBYE GAZA, HELLO HAMAS" by John Perazzo (August 24, 2005)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): Gaza Strip - "HAMAS VOWS TO CONTINUE FIGHT AFTER PULLOUT" (August 13, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS LAUNCHING ROCKET WAR AFTER GAZA EVACUATION Terrorist Group Foresees Massive Attacks as Next Stage of 'Conflict'" (August 6, 2005)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=16950_Netanyahu-_Pullout_Will_Endanger_West&only" (August 5, 2005)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "ABBAS INVITES HAMAS TO JOIN CABINET" (July 2, 2005)

MEMRITV.org - Transcript - Clip No. 731: "HAMAS REPRESENTATIVE IN LEBANON OSAMA HAMDAN: THERE IS A BEGINNING OF EUROPEAN UNDERSTANDING TOWARDS ARMED RESISTANCE" (TRANSCRIPT SNIPPET: "The following are excerpts from an interview with Hamas representative in Lebanon Osama Hamdan, which aired on Al-Arabiya TV on June 24, 2005") (June 27, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (WASHINGTON TIMES.com): "RICE REJECTS HAMAS CONTACT" (June 19, 2005) (Read More...)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "SO, WAS IT A 'WORK ACCIDENT' OR WAS HE THE TARGET OF AN ATTACK?" (June 15, 2005)

"www.palestine-info.net/english/publish/article_12681.shtml"

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "mojahedun.com: Hamas/Al Qaida joint venture: live and online in the Netherlands" (June 13, 2005)

ALTAVISTA.com - Search Term: "mojahedun"

DANIEL PIPES.org - Weblog: "EUROPE ACCEPTS HAMAS" (June 7, 2005)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=16018_Palestinian_Work_Accident_Watch&only" (May 29, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "A POLITICAL PARTY JUST LIKE ANY OTHER..." (May 10, 2005)

DANIELPIPES.org (NEW YORK SUN): "HAMAS vs. AMERICA" (May 3, 2005)

SEATTLE TIMES.com: "BELLEVUE FIRM TIED TO PRO-HAMAS WEB SITE" by Peter Lewis (April 23, 2005)

DANIELPIPES.org (JERUSALEM POST): "SHARING JOKES WITH HAMAS" by Daniel Pipes (April 20, 2005) (Read More...)

AMERICAN DAILY.com: "CANADIAN HOSTED HAMAS INTERNET SITE ADVOCATES KILLING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER" by Jeremy Reynalds (April 18, 2005)

ARUTZ SHEVA.com: "HAMAS BOMB-MAKER STAR OF SYRIAN PRODUCED TV SERIES A 12-part series on the life of the “father of suicide bombings,” Hamas bomb-maker Yihye Ayyash is set to be aired on the Lebanese-based Hizbullah satellite television station al-Manar." (April 18, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (YNET): "PALESTINIAN GIRL HIDES GUN IN UNDIES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The soldiers in the Balata refugee camp, a terrorist hotbed, found the gunman inside his house and ordered him to surrender his weapon. He refused, saying he didn't have it. After questioning, they found the man's sister had hidden it her underwear. Troops then arrested the Hamas terrorist. They also found a gun holster and bullets inside the building.") (April 16, 2005) (Read More...)

JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "WOMAN WALKING WITH FIANCE MURDERED" (Updated April 12, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS TERROR MALL IN WEST BANK Nablus shopping center profits going to violent Palestinian group" by Aaron Klein (April 12, 2005)

INTELLIGENCE.org.il - Special Information Bulletin - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER AT THE CENTER FOR SPECIAL STUDIES (C.S.S.): "SYRIAN REGIME - PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""The Tunnels of Hell," a movie produced by Hamas' information department and which appeared in a Hamas forum on the Internet on March 24, 2005. The movie praises and glorifies the explosive-packed tunnels.") (April 4, 2005)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=15405_Hamas_Islamic_Honor_Killings&only=yes"

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=15250_Hamas_Burning_More_Stuff&only=yes"

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=15210_Hamas_Burning_Stuff_Again&only=yes"

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS/TURKEY CONNECTION: AQSAVOICE.NET" (March 26, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "ALKOTLA.COM: HAMAS SITE MOVES BACK TO GAZA" (October 9, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS SITE IN THE NETHERLANDS: ALKOTLA.COM" (December 25, 2004)

WorldNetDaily.com: "DOCUMENTS SHOW ARAFAT PAID FOR DISCO BOMBING Sent Thank-You Note to Family of Terrorist Who Killed 21, Injured 120" by Aaron Klein (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The attack on the Dolphinarium was one of the most brutal massacres of the Palestinian intifadah, killing 21 people, mostly teens, on a Friday night in June 2001. More than 120 people were injured in the powerful blast carried out by Hamas terrorist Hassan Khutari.") (September 15, 2004)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "THE INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE OF HAMAS" (September 5, 2004)

INTELLIGENCE.org.il - Special Bulletin: "HAMAS Portrait of a Terrorist Organization" (Updated September 1, 2004)

CNS NEWS.com: "MORE ALLEGED HAMAS OPERATIVES LINKED TO DC-AREA THINK TANK" by Scott Wheeler (August 26, 2004)

E-PRISM.ORG - Special Dispatch No. 4-2 (pdf): "HAMAS' SOLIDARITY WITH MUQTADA AL-SADR: Does the Movement fall under the Control of Hizballah and Iran?" by Reuven Paz (August 23, 2004)

CNS NEWS.com: "ALLEGED TERROR THREAT OPERATES IN DC SUBURB" by Scott Wheeler (July 12, 2004)

INTERNET HAGANAH: "HAMAS LEADER THREATENS USA WITH 'THE SPANISH EXAMPLE'" (April 27, 2004)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "HAMAS LINKED TO AREA HOUSING" by Jerry Seper (March 26, 2004)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No.391: "AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MOTHER OF A SUICIDE BOMBER" (June 19, 2002)

IACSP.com: "ABDULLAH ASSAM: THE MAN BEFORE BIN LADEN" by Steve Emerson (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Those who met Azzam were dazzled by his spellbinding oratorical skills, his capabilities as a military strategist, his religious leadership, and his interminable energy. Azzam helped bring about the mobilization of the Muslim Brotherhood movement more than any other leader. Today, the military wing of Hamas in the West Bank is called the Abdellah Azzam Brigades.")

GOOGLE Search Term: "QASSAM BRIGADES"

"palestine-info.cc"

"PALESTINE-INFO.CC-French-Communiques"

"PALESTINE-INFO.info/arabic/HAMAS/"

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

TRAVEL.STATE.GOV - PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: "RUSSIA"

[pabianice]

Some crisis. Israel needs exactly bupkis from Russia,

[montag813]

Hopefully the U.S. and Israel will sit on their hands the next time they get a terror warning aimed at Russia. Putin is a despicable bastard for welcoming Hamas after the Moscow Opera house attack and Beslan.

[Tigen]

Prophetic hook in the boars snout?

[Tailgunner Joe]

[festus]

In my opinion we are fixated on the idea that democracy fixes all things. Democracy merely reflects the values of the society that heads to the polls.

Its not the fact we are a democracy its the values and principles of our nation, and our ability to express those at the polls as part of our constitutional republic, that make our nation what it is.

Democracy isn't bad or good its just the vehicle that expresses the "will of the people". The will of the people can be bad, a fact missed by some.

[SJackson]

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[itsahoot]

John Adams (1735 - 1826), On his bed, not knowing Jefferson had died only a few hours earlier-July 4th, 1826

Statesmen may plan and speculate for liberty but it is religion and morality alone that can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand.

John Adams (1735 - 1826)

[knighthawk]

Is this the same Putin who said in Spain to finish off all terrorists like rats?