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Hamas offers Israel year-long truce
Ali Waked and AP
Published: 25.01.09, 22:27
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1. Killing the Resistance...
Aaron ,   Singapore   (01.25.09)
is something Hamas nor Fatah wants. It would mean killing all the hate, the killing and the fighting. These terrorists feed off other peoples' suffering for their own agenda!
2. These losers will never learn.
robert renders ,   belgium   (01.25.09)
3. morons
Barney ,   USA   (01.25.09)
These morons are unwavering in their love of death and violence. They insist on the demise of Israel which isn't going to happen. When will the world get tired of trying to placate these idiots and say that they have made their own bed to lie in and let Israel clean up the mess. What hope is there really when they have already brainwashed 3 and 4 year old children to love death in the pursuit of killing Jews. These people are hopeless and it doesn't take a genius to recognize this. Their mission will be about as fruitful as world Jewry wanting to remedy and be compensated for everything that has happened to them throughout history. The Jews are smart enough to know this won't happen and so have chosen to move on and become educated, productive, and enjoy life.
4. Resistance is hypocrisy
TC ,   Haifa   (01.25.09)
The palestinian cause is just a pretext for hamas. During these three weeks, they were only worried about them, not the palestininan people. Had we been going on for three more weeks, hamas would probably be wiped out permanently. Damned cease fire.
5. wise words
rashid ,   palistinian   (01.25.09)
believe me and and i will never surrender i am ready to die and the sooner the better we canot have israil here this is all islam believe me this is all islam the whole world is islam i know it for a fact
6. Hey Obama, this is what terrorists think about "diplomacy"!
Cynic ,   USA   (01.25.09)
7. Oh Please
Efrat ,   Washington, DC USA   (01.25.09)
Oh for heaven's sake. There is no occupation! Israeli troops pulled out of Gaza! We guard the borders, of course we do, and why not? What other country on the face of the earth is expected to maintain an open border with a region ruled by a party determined to destroy it? What nonsense.
8. Hamas Bulls*** machine never stops running
usa   (01.25.09)
I wonder how Gaza Palestinian Arabs feel about the fact that it is THEY who suffer the effects of "resistence" while Hamas cowards hide behind their wives and kids?
9. Gangs
Ron   (01.25.09)
The more arms smuggled to the strip the farther is the peace and the Palestinian independence. They know it but not really want a peace but destroy Israel. The palestinian situation is only an excuse, these gangs don’t worry about them.
10. Rashid
Barney ,   USA   (01.25.09)
I agree with you the sooner the better."the whole world is islam". this is the mentality the world faces. hopeless FOR THEM
11. No surprises from this bunch of thugs
Jo   (01.25.09)
Who is not surprised? NO one. Israel should declare Gaza an enemy entity once and for all. Until the day when true peace and tolerance reins -and not death and glory speeches - there is nothing to be done.
12. ISRAEL LOST !.
Orao Stranka. ,   Tsarigrad u Srbia.   (01.25.09)
Hamas rejects long-term truce As Egyptian officials promote long-term ceasefire, Hamas refuses to surrender arms smuggling That is way Israel lost, they did not conquer the enemy. Hopfully Israel will do that the next round. A new leadership in Israel will therefore be neded. Orao.
13. #4 I agree, DAMNED CEASED FIRE & OBAMA
Sandi ,   US/Israel   (01.25.09)
Israel had to give HUSSEIN obama a "gift". The little president needed the American Jewish support which he got at the expense of Israel. Thank you JUF as well, LOL.
14. #5 HOPE YOUR DEATH WISH COMES THRU VERY VERY SOON, ENJOY IT
American Jew ,   US   (01.25.09)
15. #13 Don't blame Pres. Obama for the mistakes of your
STFU loser ,   usa   (01.25.09)
inept appeasing gov't in Israel. He hadn't even been inaugurated when the IDF was shelling Gaza.
16. Crush them
Joh P. ,   San Francisco, Ca   (01.25.09)
victory is the only option
17. Rashid #5, your 'fearless' leaders want you to die for them!
David ,   Hartford USA   (01.25.09)
They hide, like the cowards they are, while you and your friends, brainwashed from birth, beg to become martyrs for the 'glorious' cause! Haven't you ever, just once, asked yourself ,"is all this death-cult crap is really what life is about?" Have you no opinion of your own? Why do you let Haniyeh and Mashaal tell you what to think? They live like princes (in hiding, of course), eat the finest food, wear the finest clothes, and make love to more handsome men than you can count! And yet you blindly listen to them! Mashaal and Haniyeh could well be sociopathic monsters, but you, my friend, are a sucker, plain and simple. Get on with your life.
18. Which "occupation" does Hamas mean?
Sam ,   Canada   (01.25.09)
Ending the "occupation" to Hamas means the 1967 borders and allowing in 5 million refugees into Israel. This of course means all of Israel. They say the "1967 borders" as a propaganda tool to make them sound diplomatic to the West, as if they are accepting a 2 state-solution. The difference between Hamas and Fatah is that Fatah is better at fooling the West that they actually accept a genuine 2 state-solution. It brings them monetary and diplomatic benefits.
19. Who cares about hamas! Will kick their ass again
NO PALESTINIANS   (01.25.09)
20. Ismail Radwan Dicweed needs a cold green glow
Gideon Reader   (01.25.09)
Translated: "We want another Major ass whuppin', please. And as soon as you like, thank you very mucho. Man. Some a--holes, just never learn. Oh well. All of which goes back to what I was saying. Kill them dead. Peer into their dead unseeing eyeballs, pee on the smoking corpse, and move along, to the next one. Some people's kids are just too stupid to live, and richly deserve their prized place on the Darwin list. Resistance my butt. This low level effort is not any higher on the employment level that any other common border bandit scumball gangster.
21. #5 Islam is a deathwish?
Leon ,   Los Angeles, USA   (01.25.09)
if you want to die, than die and let us all in this world who want to live live. sounds like a good deal to me.
22. The Abominable Thing Is....
California Bear ,   Berkeley, CA USA   (01.25.09)
.... despite these pronouncements by Hamas, as well as the official government policy of the Iranian regime for the destruction of the "Zionist regime" for the last 30 years, and the incitement to murder by innumerable clerics in the Middle East, I'm going to still hear the same platitudes from the dhimmis in Europe, Islamists apologists here in the U.S., and the pacifists student body here in Berkeley, that it's Israel, AND ONLY ISRAEL, that doesn't want peace. What a wonderful, AND LOGICAL, world we live in.
23. 1or 2 states
Rami ,   Damascus   (01.25.09)
Make up your mind befor wednesday 's mitchell visit . 2 states offer been on the table for 7 years . so you want the one state solution .. fine .. Cancel oslo and the PA ..and annex Gaza and the west Bank .. i don't see a 3d option.
24. Zionists, Islamists, and humanists
Neil Turner ,   Watford, UK   (01.25.09)
There are 3 forces at play here... Zionists, including God-fearing Jews and many evangelical Christians (myself included), believe that Israel has a God-given right to the the land of Israel Islamists (Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, PLO, Fatah, Saudi etc) believe that the Caliphate must reign supreme over the whole earth, including Europe, the USA, but especially Israel. Lies and shedding of blood are to be encouraged if they promote this agenda Secular humanists hear neither of these arguments - they are deaf. Blair, Obama, the leaders of the EU and Russia, see only their own interest in a "peaceful" middle east where Israel capitulates by giving away half its land My advice - Israel should humble itself and seek the Lord at this time. He alone will protect and guide you. He laughs at the (United) Nations. Jerusalem will be as a cup of reeling or drunkeness to them For those who don't believe me, wait and see.......
25. Hamas, you got balls of steal!
2nd observer ,   worldwide   (01.25.09)
You have come a long way baby.
26. perfect time for Hamas opposition
Asaf Golan ,   Sugar Land   (01.25.09)
ok you disgusting leftists, Arabs, and self-proclaimed humanitarians. Now is the perfect time for you to oppose Hamas rearmament, and political support for Arab terrorism. Because if you don't there will be another war and things will get worse. If you look away now we shall unmask you and show the world that you are nothing but mass murder sympathizers.
27. #23 - How about sending the Palis to Aleppo and Cairo?
Joe ,   Ramat Gan   (01.25.09)
After all, it's where they came from to begin with. I find it really funny when people with the last name al-Halabi try and tell me they've been living here for thousands of years...
28. 22, There are still sane people in Berkeley?
Darren ,   Oakland, CA   (01.25.09)
I thought they all moved to Walnut Creek by now! Email me if you want to grab coffee some time.
29. what was the point of the war we are doing as hamas tells us
zionist forever   (01.25.09)
No unconditional release of Gilad Shalit. Now if he is ever coming back dead or alive its going to cost us over 1000 terrorists including killers and in the past we have released killers and they went on to kill again. The man behind the Park Hotel bomb had been released early in the name of the peace process now we are talking about more potenital attacks. Hamas are already rebuilding the tunnels and the Egyptians and the rest of them are only going to be interested in getting tough on tunneling until things have calmed down. We are getting a 1 year ceasefire which is what they need to rearm anyway. We rejected a 6 month ceasefire in favour of war. Have we really spent billions of dollars, lost Israeli soilders and civilians just for an extra 6 months .. if we accepted Hamas demands like we are doing again now then there would have been no reason for the war. Hamas have not been destroyed as a fighting force in Gaza which had been one of the aims of this war and if we didn't choose unilateral ceasefire before the job was done we could have done it properly. Another aim of the war was to get our deterent that was lost after Lebanon and the sell out policies since then were lost. During the fighting we got it back but then we lost it again at the end because Hamas saw that were didnt have what it took to follow an operation through we would always loose our nerve and end the war on the enemies terms So deterent not regained possibly even we weakened it because we showed the running out of Lebanon wasn't a one off it our standard policy. This government is sickening the IDF were on their way to victory and the government stopped them turning a victory into a humiliating defeat. Olmert summed it up perfectly WE ARE TIRED OF FIGHTING WE ARE TIRED OF BEING COURAGEOUS. WE ARE TIRED OF WINNING WE ARE TIRED OF DEFEATING OUR ENEMIES.
30. New Flag!
Ali ,   Jordan   (01.25.09)
Israel has created Hamas when refused to allow Palestinian to have their own independent state and share boarders with Israel. The point here is not Hamas as a militia trying to liberate or defend their land and people from occupation and live free life like other nations, but the Islamic principles they are representing and defending with a very large support they are receiving from 1.5B Islamic nation (don't say they have no effect now, but look for the future). Back to Israel invasion of Lebanon in 1982, there were no Islamic flags at that time. Then Hizbullah librated south Lebanon holding Islamic Flags and they appeared to a very big challenge for IDF for 33 days in July 2006 war. This kind of IDF aggression carried out in Gaza Strip, with high civilian's casualties (7000+ dead and wounded) and huge, targeted, infrastructure damage is waking up a sleeping giant who was still a live till the WWI in year 1917 when the Othman (Islamic) Empire was terminated and replaced by 22 Arab states and 50+ Islamic states with Western political systems and Islam was phased out from all these countries. Look at Turkey now and the talk of their upset PM and the way he talked about Israel! I think Israel offensives in this magnitude and killing technology against helpless Moslem brothers will push Arabs and Moslems to hold Islamic Flags (snow ball) in their future fight against Israel and it will not be easy to face that by only 14M Jews nation.
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