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Arab leaders, viewing Hamas as worse than Israel, stay silent
The Times of India ^ | July 31, 2014 | David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times News Service

Posted on 07/31/2014 2:49:33 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

CAIRO: Battling Palestinian militants in Gaza two years ago, Israel found itself pressed from all sides by unfriendly Arab neighbors to end the fighting.

Not this time.

After the military ouster of the Islamist government in Cairo last year, Egypt has led a new coalition of Arab states — including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan — that has effectively lined up with Israel in its fight against Hamas, the Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip. That, in turn, may have contributed to the failure of the antagonists to reach a negotiated ceasefire even after more than three weeks of bloodshed.

"The Arab states' loathing and fear of political Islam is so strong that it outweighs their allergy to Benjamin Netanyahu," the prime minister of Israel, said Aaron David Miller, a scholar at the Wilson Center in Washington and a former Middle East negotiator under several presidents. "I have never seen a situation like it, where you have so many Arab states acquiescing in the death and destruction in Gaza and the pummeling of Hamas. The silence is deafening."

Although Egypt is traditionally the key go-between in any talks with Hamas — deemed a terrorist group by the US and Israel — the government in Cairo this time surprised Hamas by publicly proposing a ceasefire agreement that met most of Israel's demands and none from the Palestinian group. Hamas was tarred as intransigent when it immediately rejected it, and Cairo has continued to insist that its proposal remains the starting point for any further discussions.

But as commentators sympathetic to the Palestinians slammed the proposal as a ruse to embarrass Hamas, Egypt's Arab allies praised it....

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofindia.indiatimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Israel; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; gaza; hamas; iran; israel; jordan; kenyanbornmuzzie; lebanon; palestinians; russia; saudiarabia; sinai; syria; unitedarabemirates; waronterror
Someone ought to tell Messrs. Obama and Kerry.
1 posted on 07/31/2014 2:49:34 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Exactly. Perhaps this regime might check with people close to the action before reflexively blaming and condemning Israel. Oh, wait... this regime’s charter is aligned with HAMAS.


2 posted on 07/31/2014 3:00:32 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Someone ought to tell Messrs. Obama and Kerry.

Someone ought to, but I don't think they are interested in reality. They have their own way of looking at the world, facts be damned.

3 posted on 07/31/2014 3:01:30 AM PDT by Mark17 (Obama & Nero? Both Emperors. The difference is Nero plays a fiddle, while Obama plays Minnesota Fats)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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4 posted on 07/31/2014 3:04:01 AM PDT by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The only ones left supporting Hamas are liberals and the Obama admin.


5 posted on 07/31/2014 3:04:49 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Speaking of Eqypt, has anyone mentioned what this war would be like if Morsi/Muslim Brotherhood(Obama backed) had stayed in power?

They would have been a big supporter and supplier for Hamas.


6 posted on 07/31/2014 3:30:51 AM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have a few foaming at mouth Israel hater friends. I remind them that Gaza is also bordered by Egypt. Their eyes glaze over. Confuses them but, doesn’t penetrate their hatred.


7 posted on 07/31/2014 3:35:35 AM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: ScottinVA

well hell,
obammy is a sunni mooselimb.
So is ms jarret.
ya gots to go with your heart and the crazies is where these two are at.


8 posted on 07/31/2014 3:39:24 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
(Hamas) deemed a terrorist group by the US and Israel

Well, by Israel, that is.

9 posted on 07/31/2014 3:52:02 AM PDT by stevem
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They know they can’t count on Obama. I was under the impression that UAE was aligned with Qatar. Well we know Qatar is aligned with Iran, and it seems that nobody else wanta Irans brand of Radical Islam except Obama.

Obama Envisions New Iran Approach -November 2, 2007
By MICHAEL R. GORDON and JEFF ZELENY
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/us/politics/02obama.html?pagewanted=all

Is Barack Obama the “promised warrior” coming to help the Hidden Imam of Shiite Muslims conquer the world?-2008
http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/26/obama-iran-ahmadinejad-oped-cx_at_1026taheri.html

Obama has been partial to Iran since he was elected
US allows Iran its nuclear vision
THE AUSTRALIAN APRIL 03, 2010
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/us-allows-iran-its-nuclear-vision/story-e6frg6zo-1225849035756?nk=320aa1b879530d8e35eefa3a74a334f1

Drug shipments off of Africa have “significantly increased since 2009”
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/international/2014/June/international_June26.xml&section=international

Hezbollah: Hezbollah was conceived by Muslim clerics and funded by Iran in the 80’s. Its leaders were followers of Ayatollah Khomeini, and its forces were trained and organized by a contingent of 1,500 Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

Drug trafficking, kidnapping fund al Qaeda
By Rachel Ehrenfeld, Special to CNN -May 4, 2011
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/05/03/ehrenfeld.al.qaeda.funding/

Qatar and US collusion
http://english.pravda.ru/world/asia/24-01-2013/123571-qatar_usa-0/

AIPAC rival ‘J Street’ tied to Qatar, George Soros
WASHINGTON — A new Jewish lobby that claims to be supportive of Israel has been linked to Qatar.
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2009/me_gulf0835_10_26.asp

EXCLUSIVE: Iran advocacy group said to skirt lobby rules (NAIC)
By Eli Lake-The Washington Times Friday, November 13, 2009
http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/13/exclusive-did-iranian-advocacy-group-violate-laws/#ixzz38cu76cLp

Soros’s Adecoagro Plans Public Offering in U.S., May Sell Shares to Qatar
Jan 13, 2011
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-13/soros-s-adecoagro-plans-ipo-may-sell-shares-to-qatar-update1-.html

Soros Funded Iranian Regime Group Crafts Obama’s Iranian Policy
Sunday, September 30, 2012
http://www.red-alerts.com/comintern/soros-funded-iranian-regime-group-crafts-obamas-iranian-policy/

Qatar used as transit point by drug traffickers: Expert 2013
http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/qatar/253421/qatar-used-as-transit-point-by-drug-traffickers-expert-

Obama secretly released high risk Taliban terrorists to the care of Qatar. (Qatar is where the US established for Taliban headquarters in 2011.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-offers-the-taliban-a-new-mideast-headquarters-2011-9

Islamic Revolutionaries under any name you google are tied to the Heroin trade along with most other drugs, as well as human trafficking.
http://www.newsweek.com/2013/06/12/talibans-new-role-afghanistans-drug-mafia-237524.html

Conflicts in the Region
http://www.yementimes.com/en/1768/opinion/3672/Saudi-Qatari-tensions-and-implications-for-the-Persian-Gulf.htm

Heroin production hits record levels in Afghanistan - study
http://rt.com/news/156128-afghanistan-drugs-usa-heroin/

Drug War? American Troops Are Protecting Afghan Opium. U.S. Occupation Leads to All-Time High Heroin Production
http://www.globalresearch.ca/drug-war-american-troops-are-protecting-afghan-opium-u-s-occupation-leads-to-all-time-high-heroin-production/5358053

World Leaders Lambast Obama’s ‘Failures’ in the Middle East
July 25, 2014 by Raymond Ibrahim
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/raymond-ibrahim/world-leaders-lambast-obamas-failures-in-the-middle-east/

Terrorists in “Americas Back Yard”

2010 WikiLeaks, Obama meddling in Honduras Politics
Obama supported A known Narco Candidate in Honduras. Released cables make it clear that the U.S. knew Manuel Zelaya was a threat to democracy in Honduras.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703395204576023843828913256?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748703395204576023843828913256.html&fpid=2,7,121,122,201,401,641,1009a

Senator Jay Rockefeller adamantly opposed Iran Sanctions
http://www.rockefeller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2013/12/rockefeller-don-t-risk-peaceful-elimination-of-iran-s-nuclear-weapons-capabilities-by-imposing-new-sanctions

Policy Memo: A Good Deal Is Better Than No Deal (Is this a threat?)
NIA Council ^ 7/17/14

Washington, DC – Failure to reach a nuclear deal with Iran will not lead to a continuation of the current status quo, but rather a deterioration of the situation with severe military, economic and security consequences.

This is the conclusion of a new NIAC Policy Memo published today analyzing the consequences of a diplomatic failure between the U.S. and Iran.
http://www.niacouncil.org/policy-memo-good-deal-better-deal/

Hamas has been very clear that their objective is to destroy Israel, and their actions speak for themselves.
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp

The fact that so many fail to see Hamas as a terrorist organization, shows the extent of that “poor” groups state of the art PR capabilitites. They have well connected benefactors, as do the other islamic terrorists. They may have a rag tag looking army of dissenfranchised Arabs, but they are bought and paid for by world leaders.

They all happen to be in the narco and human trafficking trade, and EVERY Wall Street bank is laundering that money.


10 posted on 07/31/2014 3:56:54 AM PDT by mgist (.)
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To: stevem
Megan Kelly showed a truly bizarre clip of Nancy P from last July in which she told the awful Candy Crowley that Hamas was a humanitarian group. These are the people who lead us, folks...
11 posted on 07/31/2014 4:00:54 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Meanwhile, the toll of potential Israeli citizen deaths from Hamas rockets continues to rise. The toll recently passed the 100,000 mark and now stands at 104,120.

Had the thousands of Hamas rockets struck the densely populated Israeli targets the death toll would have been 104,120. The Iron dome and poor aim prevented the genocidal scale death toll.


12 posted on 07/31/2014 4:04:30 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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What do Arab leaders know. Ask America's leader. Or Iran's. Or Turkey's. Or ask Nancy Pelosi, she'll explain Hamas is a humanitarian organization

13 posted on 07/31/2014 5:31:43 AM PDT by SJackson (incompetent and feckless..the story of the Obama presidency. No hand on the f***ing tiller, Hillary)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Check out the Comments section of the Times of India story. A lot of readers support Israel and see Islam as the problem.


14 posted on 07/31/2014 7:58:24 AM PDT by captain_dave
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That is another big change from the past - the Indian Government, and a lot of Indian public opinion supports Israel.

India has one of the world’s largest navies, and is not that far from the Persian Gulf or Red Sea - with huge markets, resources and potential for technological cooperation.

The new Prime Minister of India (Narendra Modi, who came to power in May), is the most pro-Israeli ever. Perhaps no other country has suffered more from Islamic aggression than India has over its history, so fighting Islamic terrorists resonates there (they have soldiers with assault rifles guarding the metro train stations in New Delhi because of Pakistani terror attacks).

Israeli/Indian relations seem poised to take off in the future. In the past, they were vocal critics of Israel as a leader of the “non-aligned” movement and pandering to domestic Muslim communities, but now there is no political pressure from India either - even some moral support.


15 posted on 07/31/2014 6:55:58 PM PDT by BeauBo
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Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.
After the military ouster of the Islamist government in Cairo last year, Egypt has led a new coalition of Arab states — including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan — that has effectively lined up with Israel in its fight against Hamas... the government in Cairo this time surprised Hamas by publicly proposing a ceasefire agreement that met most of Israel's demands and none from the Palestinian group. Hamas was tarred as intransigent when it immediately rejected it, and Cairo has continued to insist that its proposal remains the starting point for any further discussions... as commentators sympathetic to the Palestinians slammed the proposal as a ruse to embarrass Hamas, Egypt's Arab allies praised it.

16 posted on 07/31/2014 9:05:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Hillary: Gaza's Small Size Justification For Hamas Housing Rockets In Schools


17 posted on 07/31/2014 9:43:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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