Leftist Author: Don't Call Hamas a Terrorist Organization

Arutz Sheva ^ | 15/8/14 | Nir Har Zahav

[Eleutheria5]

Leftist Israeli author A.B. Yehoshua is saying that Israel should not refer to Hamas as a “terrorist organization” but as an “enemy”.

In an opinion piece published in the New Republic magazine, Yehoshua wrote that Israel should give Hamas the status of a “legitimate enemy”.

“What accounts for the fact that, after the retreat of Israel from the Gaza Strip, the departure from Israeli settlements and the transfer of authority to Hamas, we continue to characterize Gaza as a terrorist state rather than as an ‘enemy’?” he wrote.

“Is it that the expression ‘a regime of terror’ is a stronger expression than ‘enemy’? Or perhaps the word ‘terror’ signifies that deep down we consider Gaza to be a part of Israel. In that case, its inhabitants wouldn’t be considered ‘enemies,’ but Arabs of the Land of Israel in which bands of terrorists operate? Are we responsible for the welfare of Gazans in a way that we weren't responsible for the Syrians or Egyptians? Is that why we continue to supply electricity and food and oil to them, but won't even negotiate with the Gaza leadership in the way we once negotiated with the Jordanians, Syrians, or Egyptians?”

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[Eleutheria5]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM9jhGiIAFM

[Little Ray]

Somebody should drop this gentleman off in the middle Gaza and let him learn for himself.

[Pollster1]

Leftist Israeli author A.B. Yehoshua is saying that Israel should not refer to Hamas as a “terrorist organization” but as an “enemy”. In an opinion piece published in the New Republic magazine, Yehoshua wrote that Israel should give Hamas the status of a “legitimate enemy”.

There are those who think that kidnapping, murder, random rocket and mortar attacks, bombing women in marketplaces, shooting at children while hiding behind other children, and other standard Hamas tactics qualify as terrorism. Then there is the political left, which thinks those actions are okay when they are directed against Jews.

[publius911]

In an opinion piece published in the New Republic magazine, Yehoshua wrote that Israel should give Hamas the status of a “legitimate enemy”.

Nations don't have to even acknowledge random morons.
Sovereign states get to decide who is a terrorist and who is an enemy : Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan have been enemies in the past.
Terrorists are, well... terrorists. Killers with telephones, megaphones, banners, flags, face rags and explosives.

Get elected to the Knesset, Yehoshua, and you may join the debate.

[blueyon]

That’s like saying don’t call the fat lady.........fat

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Now you know what the first two initials of his name stand for: A.B = AbbieNormal.

[faithhopecharity]

hilarious.
what, pray tell, is conferring the (oxymoronic, and just plain moronic too) title of “legitimate enemy” on these damned IslamoNazi terrorist mass murderers, supposed to accomplish?

what utter BS

[ForYourChildren]

Shh, don’t tell this to the US government.

The US already recognizes Hamas - as a terrorist organization.

Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm

[FlingWingFlyer]

The Hamass Boys is a terrorist organization.

[Busko]

Total asswipe.

[SunkenCiv]

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[GeronL]

By what definition are they not a terrorist organization?

[Eleutheria5]

Or by non-whites against whites in countries where English is not the main spoken language, or by Muslims against Christians or Hindus anywhere.

[Eleutheria5]

AB = Ass Brain

[Kackikat]

” If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and ETC. ....well it’s a duck. or aka TERRORIST.