Posted on 06/06/2003 3:25:01 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 06/06/2003 3:32:13 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
GAZA (Reuters) - The militant Islamic group Hamas says it is breaking off talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas on ending its attacks on Israelis."The dialogue has ended," Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, a Hamas leader told Reuters.
He said Abbas made unacceptable commitments at a U.S.-led summit with Israel in Aqaba, Jordan, on Wednesday.
Abbas called at the landmark gathering, which he attended with U.S. President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, for an end to the Palestinian armed struggle for statehood.
Hamas has spearheaded attacks on Israelis, including dozens of suicide attacks, during a 32-month-old Palestinian uprising for independence.
Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, held several rounds of truce talks with Hamas before this week's summit and expressed confidence he could achieve a ceasefire soon in further meetings with the group, which rejects peacemaking with Israel.
"Abu Mazen has stopped the dialogue when he committed himself to some issues not accepted by Hamas and will never be accepted by the Palestinian people," Rantissi said.
Rantissi made the comments a day after Israel killed two Hamas gunmen in a raid in the West Bank city of Tulkarm.
Yep. And especially to force EUropean leaders to take an actual stand on peace vs. terrorism, rather than continue spouting platitudes about peace out of one side of their mouths, and aiding terrorists in the descruction of Israel out of the other.
Hamas' reaction was predicted. It was guaranteed they'd reneg on any peace deal they agreed to. The behavioral patterns are too well established. Everyone knows all they really want is the destruction of Israel. They're proving it, cause GW is moving them into position for a check, and ultimate checkmate.
No, you've got it wrong. Hummus is controlled by Iran.
Come to think of it, it's likely that pretty soon Hamas will be hummus.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said, however, that President Bush's peace efforts would go on. He urged all parties in the region to dismantle the "infrastructure of terror."
"Hamas is an enemy of peace and we will continue working with all parties to try to achieve peace," McClellan said.
CLINTON SPEAK
Possibly. However the President Bush is well aware of the terrorists' patterns of derailing any type of peace talks. He's even publically commented on it. It's part of the reason he won't deal with Yasser. In addition, Bush has repeatedly stated there will be no PA state until terrorism stops completely. I hope he keeps a tight reign on Powell this time around. Powell is far to enamored of the Pali propaganda.
No it isn't.
What will happen next is that Hamas will try and shove Yasser back into everyone's face as some kind of hero who'll save the Palistinian people from the evil Axis of Zion, thus undermining any chance of peace as well as Abbas' leadership. All the terrorist groups and their foreign handlers want their puppet Yasser back in power. It will go over in the WH like a lead balloon, and not even Powell is likely to fall for it.
Betrayed? How? Israel is stuck in the promises of (sincere) Barak and (obviously insincere but public) Yasser....the Palis must now put actions to propaganda or the crap will hit the fan. I predict the crap will hit the fan, because of COURSE the Palis don't want 'freedom', which is the basis of ALL of their propaganda. They and their handlers want the destruction of Israel. The president is aware of this.
If, on the off chance the Palis do manage to earn - the operative word is EARN - their own state, it's only a matter of time before their terrorism begins again...but this time, they'll be a sovereign state constrained by international law, which the US will lead a coalition to enforce. As long as the West has bought into the Arab lie of Israel as the 'occupier' of Palestinian 'territory' an independent state subject to international law seems the only way to end the constant terrorism.
But hey, if the entire Arab world hasn't been LYING to the rest of the world all these years, the Palis will EMBRACE the alleged dream of a sovereign state subject to the same international laws as any other, right? And so will Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Egypt and Iran, right? (**don't hold your breath alert**)
How many times do we have to prove that? Can't anyone understand that terrorists are in power there and are supported? We had 10 years since Oslo to prove that (1993). Your saying Bush wants to prove it again? For what reason? This will bring more death and sadness to a nation (Jews) which has experienced this for hundreds of years.
Yes. Soon-to-be Palestine will not tolerate their presence.
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