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Hamas Chief Promises War Even if PA State is Established
Arutz Sheva ^ | 12-5-06 | Hillel Fendel

Posted on 12/05/2006 4:48:50 AM PST by SJackson

Hamas Chief Promises War Even if PA State is Established
13:27 Dec 05, '06 / 14 Kislev 5767
by Hillel Fendel

Khaled Meshaal, the Damascus-based leader of the Hamas terrorist organization, makes no bones: Either Israel leaves all of Judea, Samaria and Gaza and agrees to the 'right of return' - or war.



Meshaal is officially the head of the diplomatic desk of Hamas, but is recognized as the #1 man in the terrorist organization. The target of a failed Israeli assassination attempt a decade ago, Meshaal told a Lebanese newspaper this week that Hamas will not hesitate to resume its armed warfare against Israel.

Specifically, he threatened, "If within six months, the international community does not come up with a plan for the establishment of a Palestinian state in the 1967 borders [i.e., on all the land liberated by Israel in the Six Day War - ed.] and for the return of the refugees, the Palestinians will turn to an armed struggle against Israel."

"We can have an intifada even when running the Palestinian Authority," Meshaal said, explaining that the ceasefire was not designed to bring peace, but is rather another stage in the war with Israel. "The current calm [cease-fire in Gaza - ed.], just like the escalation [before that], is part of the way we manage the conflict with Israel."

Many Israeli military men and analysts have said that Hamas is using the current truce in Gaza to rearm and regroup towards the next round of fighting.

Hamas Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniye, visiting in Syria, echoed Meshaal's position in a speech at a refugee camp. He said the Palestinians will not give up on "even one grain of sand of Palestine," and that Syrian President Assad promised him that all the Palestinian [terrorist] prisoners incarcerated in Israel would be freed.

Meshaal admitted that the Hamas-Fatah talks for a unity PA government have "encountered difficulties," but said they have not yet hit a dead end. This clashes with announcements by Hamas leaders Haniye and Mahmoud A-Zahar, who said on Monday that the negotiations had failed and were beyond recovery.

Hamas and Fatah elements traded blame and accusations for the failed talks. Fatah leader Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) is expected to announce - possibly today - whether he plans to dissolve the Parliament, thus leading to a clash with Hamas.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hamas; israel; meshaal; palestinians; terrorism

1 posted on 12/05/2006 4:48:54 AM PST by SJackson
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To: SJackson

Can't the PAlis just move to France?


2 posted on 12/05/2006 4:50:26 AM PST by Paladin2 (Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
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To: SJackson

Does Olmert have his fingers jammed in his ears?!


3 posted on 12/05/2006 4:51:45 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Paladin2

Hamas Chief Promises War Even if PA State is Established

And this is surprising how?


4 posted on 12/05/2006 4:52:08 AM PST by Long Island Pete
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

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5 posted on 12/05/2006 5:20:52 AM PST by SJackson (A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user, T. Roosevelt)
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To: SJackson
It doesn't appear Olmert's Peace and Reconcilliation offers are working.

Israel is eventually going to have to admit sooner or later "it's either them or us". The sooner the better for everybody concerned.

6 posted on 12/05/2006 6:00:55 AM PST by Gritty (We are not fighting so you will offer us something but to eliminate you - H Massawi,Hezbolla)
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To: Gritty
Time for some radioactive sushi
7 posted on 12/05/2006 6:27:15 AM PST by txroadhawg ("To compare Congress to drunken sailors is an insult to drunken sailors." Ronald Reagan)
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To: mewzilla
Fingers in ears... eyes wide shut... the longer he remains in power, the weaker Israel will be when the battle resumes.
8 posted on 12/05/2006 6:32:27 AM PST by johnny7 ("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
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To: Long Island Pete

Then it won't last long.


9 posted on 12/05/2006 7:24:51 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: SJackson

Hey, this is a good thing!
Give 'em an nation, let 'em declare war, then wipe 'em out, every last man, woman, and child. End of problem.


10 posted on 12/05/2006 7:27:40 AM PST by Little Ray
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To: SJackson

"..Palestinians will turn to an armed struggle against Israel."

Ya mean the Palestinians have not yet turned to an armed struggle against Israel?


11 posted on 12/05/2006 2:39:35 PM PST by AZRepublican ("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
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To: SJackson

And the Baker people want us to establish a dialog with these pig porkers???

Scru'm


12 posted on 12/05/2006 3:58:19 PM PST by lawdude (The dems see Wal-Mart as a bigger threat to the US than muslim terrorists)
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To: mewzilla

In the Summer of '08, W and the Israelis, after deposing Olm., should rev up the B52's and Stealths and on an appointed day, hit Iran, Syria and the Hezbollahs with surgical strikes taking out nuke plants, planes, airports, and infrastructure. Then W should resign and allow Cheney to take the heat till election time. The Dems will probably win the election and that would leave them with the war efforts dropped right in their treasonous laps.


13 posted on 12/05/2006 7:12:27 PM PST by phillyfanatic
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To: SJackson

The world simply sits by silently while these psychopaths continue to arm themselves. The terrorists and regimes openly say this stuff and the world sits by and preaches peace and says how the US and Israel are evil. What the rest of the world will find out is that they are going to suffer as well. But they are the ones who most deserve it. The whole world has gone mad and the Israel and US seemed to be the last holdouts but now with Olmert as PM, Israel is a goner and with the US turning Demonratic and who knows with the '08 elections we are going to be a goner. Yes, what a time to be optimistic...


14 posted on 12/06/2006 1:18:55 AM PST by bushfamfan (DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRES. 2008)
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