Posted on 06/28/2009 9:17:49 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- A Hamas leader praised President Obama's "new language" toward the group.
"It's the first step in the right direction toward a dialogue without conditions, and we welcome this," said exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in a televised speech Thursday in Damascus, according to news reports.
Meshaal was referring to Obama's Cairo speech earlier in the month in which he stated that Hamas "does have support among some Palestinians, but they also have to recognize they have responsibilities."
Meshaal said, though, that Obama was too sympathetic to Israel.
“Obama spoke widely about the suffering of Jews and their Holocaust in Europe but ignored the talk about our suffering and Israel’s Holocaust that has been going on for decades against our people,” he said.
In the same speech, Meshaal rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's condition that a Palestinian state must be demilitarized and that the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
"The state that Netanyahu talked about, with control on it by land, sea and air, is a freak entity and a big prison, not a country fit for a great people," Meshaal said.
As for Israel being a Jewish state, Meshaal said Palestinians could not give up the right of return and said a Jewish state would be "racist."
"We warn against any Arab leniency on this issue," he said. "The calls by the leaders of the enemy for the Jewishness of Israel are racist, not different to Italian fascism and Hitler's Nazism," Meshaal said.
He also called for the removal from the region of U.S. Lt.-Gen. Keith Dayton, who is training Palestinian security forces.
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He gives the terrorists “hope”.
Hamas and Abbas should have nothing but love for 0, 2 billion dollars in taxpayer love.
Yep, it’s always encouraging when your enemies support what you are doing. Really good news. Way to go, Zero.
The Kenyan Mutt speaks fluent chickensh*t, doesn't he?
Professional courtesy...
Prez, you have something brown on your nose that you might want to wipe off...
“Prez, you have something brown on your nose that you might want to wipe off...”
...the color has changed...it used to be something white on his nose...
Stands to reason, the terrorists LOVE our very own terrorist alleged president, and his co-terrorist wife.
So even Hamas doesn't want the guy, but he thinks the U.S. President is an A-OK guy.
Birds of a feather.
Well then what the problem?
No body is asking him to share his state with any great people.
Yo, obamma you punk.
Ya lay down with dogs ya get fleas and ya deserve to ya ass clown.
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