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Hamas walks away with the whole pie - Russia did not call on Hamas to recognize Israel
Jerusalem Newswire ^ | March 5th, 2006 | Ryan Jones

Posted on 03/05/2006 3:39:00 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe

Hamas' visit to Moscow at the weekend couldn't have been more successful. The terror group that now controls the Palestinian Authority managed to gain international legitimacy from one of the world's leading powers and held off all efforts to persuade it to drop its core beliefs and recognize the Jewish state.

That is assuming there were any such efforts.

Reuters reports that on Friday:

"Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a Hamas delegation it must recognise Israel's right to exist and abide by interim peace deals."

But according to Mohammed Nazzal, a senior member of Hamas' delegation who spoke to local reporters in the Russian capital Sunday:

"Russia did not call on us to recognize Israel."

Yevgeni Primakov, a former Russian minister and current Middle East expert, lent credibility to Nazzal's claim when he concurred with the views of Russia's legislature during an interview with Turkey's Zaman online newspaper:

"It would be wrong to disregard Hamas as a terrorist organization. It would also be wrong to ask the faction to admit that Israel is an independent state."

Hamas leader Khaled Mashal also told Reuters he had rebuffed a request by his hosts to disarm the group's "military wing," insisting it must remain intact for future attacks on Israel's Jews.

"We have made clear to the officials in Russia that the armed wing...will resist the occupation [sic] and defend the whole land."

Meanwhile, Hamas, in the words of senior official Abu Marzouk, is "breaking the walls of the siege" imposed on it by Israel, the United States and the European Union.

The terror group will further entrench itself as a legitimate player in world politics during upcoming visits to Turkey and South Africa.

Abu Marzouk said several European nations are also holding behind-the-scenes talks with Hamas, despite the continent's "official" position.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: hamas; israel; primakov; russia; terrorism
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To: LibertarianInExile

Oh no, embargos are the wave of the future. Stop all trade.


41 posted on 03/06/2006 5:25:11 AM PST by pleikumud
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To: Neophyte
The "Civil Cold War in the West" has been going on since shortly after the Russian Revolution. It has made sure and steady progress since then and has now reached a near frenzy. They see success at their fingertips and are pushing hard. The most important thing we can do in the US is unite to reelect a Republican.

The Communist have always been successful in getting us to finance their efforts. The face of Communism, the lies, has great appeal in a moral country (at one time anyway) like America. Many fall for it, especially the rich and intellectual dreamers.

Communists have been using surrogates since the early 50s in Korea and have continued since. The Muslims are just the latest. They are easy to manipulate and have their own worldwide agenda that is just as fervent as the Communists, just less stealthy.

I have never heard of the Higher Police but if they have been in charge since 1825 they have been running things since the time of the Tsars and before Marx and Engels wrote the Communists Manifesto in 1848. If instead you mean 1925 that makes more sense. The KGB, like our CIA, by their nature an their charter can easily rule any country either by force, threat, or subterfuge. It takes a strong hand to rein them in and a devious hand can easily use them.

Our only disagreement is over semantics, the Cold War. If that is a sticking point I will readily concede it.
42 posted on 03/06/2006 9:05:16 AM PST by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done, needs to be done by the government.)
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To: Neophyte

America would likely not put up with half the world's oil fields getting nuked.


43 posted on 03/06/2006 10:49:22 PM PST by The Red Zone
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To: Tailgunner Joe
They are putting together their strategy for the destruction of both Israel and the USA. Why else would the Russians develop two new series of nuclear missles. It's us versus them. The prize, the whole world.

Putin is the enemy too!

44 posted on 03/07/2006 9:53:47 AM PST by STD (Rough Sailing Directly Ahead)
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To: STD

I'm apt to believe that at the end of the day, this hand will be shown.
And it will be an ugly day for the world.
My gut is never wrong.

Trouble is brewing. Big, big trouble.

Russia/Iran/Hamas - that's a very deadly mix.


45 posted on 03/09/2006 11:53:42 AM PST by romanesq
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To: romanesq

This has been coming for 60 years.


46 posted on 03/10/2006 11:47:33 AM PST by STD (Rough Sailing Directly Ahead)
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