[Courdeleon02]

Your reply is predictable.All of what you said I am aware of. My point is that Hamas should be given a chance to act politically instead of as a terrorist organization. The IRA was once a terrorist group, now Sinn
Fein is a political movement. Israeli PM Begin was also a former terrorist having killed British soldiers in bombings prior to the establishment of the State of Israel.We will know shortly if there is any hint of a desire to negotiate a fair settlement for all parties concerned. As to Jewish land purchased on the west bank would you also consider Arab land that was confiscated by Israel. This is an issue that too complex and is best settled by clearly drawn boundaries. Once peace is declared both nations can move closer to each other in a spirit of cooperation.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

The IRA was once a terrorist group, now Sinn Fein is a political movement.

Point of order. The IRA and Sinn Fein have always been two sides of the same coin. There is no "was once" versus "now" there.

Sinn Fein was constituted as the "political" wing of the IRA. Sort of like the "legitimate" businesses that are fronts for the mob

Another good example, IMO, is the Earth Liberation Front and PETA.

[rmlew]

Your reply is predictable.All of what you said I am aware of.
Well, then there are reasons to believe that Buchanan has issues with Jews. I should note that I voted for Buchanan in 2000 and debated for him at mock political debate at college.

My point is that Hamas should be given a chance to act politically instead of as a terrorist organization. The IRA was once a terrorist group, now Sinn Fein is a political movement. The IRA is still a Marxist-dominated terrorist movement relying on the knee-jerk Anglophobioa of certain Irish.
The IRA has not disarmed. It merely is pursuing the same ends by political means, because the British have lost heart and are debating how much to give up.
Believe me. If the IRA were forced to live up to their promises, they would return to violence. If they were to suceed in Northern Ireland, they would soon hit the Repoublic of Ireland.

Israeli PM Begin was also a former terrorist having killed British soldiers in bombings prior to the establishment of the State of Israel.
Cute relativism. Killing occupation soldier is quite different from targeting civilians and calling for murder.

We will know shortly if there is any hint of a desire to negotiate a fair settlement for all parties concerned.
You don't get it. HaMAs (The Islamic Resistance Movement) is not a nationalist group. It is a fundamentalist group, whose aims are worldwide. It does not want a 3 state (Israel, Palestine, Jordan) solution. HaMAs wants a universal Caliphate emposed by violence and predicated first on the subjugation of Jews and Christians and then by the mass murder of Jews.
The only negotiation they accept is slow surrender.

As to Jewish land purchased on the west bank would you also consider Arab land that was confiscated by Israel. This is an issue that too complex and is best settled by clearly drawn boundaries. Once peace is declared both nations can move closer to each other in a spirit of cooperation.
I believe in the right of conquest. If you retake the land, you can take back your home. If you don't believe in this, please hand over your home to the appropriate Native tribe.