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Hamas' Haniyeh declares 'victory' over Israel
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Published: 18.01.09, 23:17
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31. Victory????
Gabs ,   Shanghai, China   (01.19.09)
Haniey you are just a sick guy! Why hiding like a RAT all this time instead of helping your people? you are next on IDF list, this time Israel will not give you another chance, prepare yourself for the 72 virgins, take a shower you really needed after 22 days, you stinking piece of shit. AM ISRAEL HAI
32. #3
Natan   (01.19.09)
As if we really give a flying crap about what the "world" thinks...
33. A victory??
Natan   (01.19.09)
They are destroyed...They don't even have toilet paper to wipe their butts.. But they are the winners... What a joke...
34. #20 whose God...be more specific...
Maria ,   MD   (01.19.09)
God can be buddha, khrisna,allah. The only God I know is the Living God of Israel.
35. Victory over Israel
Victor O. Teves ,   Philippines   (01.19.09)
Victory over Israel? What a lousy words from a Hamas leader who is safe from Israel weapons. Haniyeh should have travelled to Gaza and join the fighting.
36. Whose victory?
Ellen ,   Israel/USA   (01.19.09)
Shalit is still missing, Hamas still controls the Phildephi corrider, Hamas still has weapons. The IDF is withdrawing-Unfortunatly --and it breaks my heart to say this--Israeli politicians have once again shown they don't have the stomach to allow Israel a proper victory. All the spin in the world won't change facts. ( Olmert's "I'm tired of winning--wins again!!) Secret objectives were supposedly met!!! Anyone want to bet when rockets will again fall on the South--it would be a sucker bet!!!
37. So sad
Ed ,   Mexico   (01.19.09)
Again we see the hamas philosophy, a victory when 1000+ of his brothers died, its infrastructure destroyed, many of its leaders killed, and still he dares to call it a victory. i wonder waht exactly would he call a defeat! this is not funny at all, it is sad because it means hamas does not care about palestinian suffering, although this is no news
38. Why is it that.......
Luis ,   Auckland New Zealand   (01.19.09)
in the past month or so Hamas has let it's mouth write a cheque that it's ass can't cash? Remember how Gaza was gonna be a "graveyard for the IDF?" And then now this "victory?" I must say though that it would've been better if Israel just finished them off.
39. niyeh who ?
DENNIS ,   CHICAGO, USA   (01.19.09)
HEY HANIYE, NO REAL VICTORY FOR YOU. CRAWL BACK INTO YOUR WHOLE(SYRIA) LIKE A LITTLE MOUSE... YOU'RE HAMAS IS THE REASON FOR THE LOSS OF MANY INNOCENTS LIVES IN GAZA.
40. Haniyeh crawled from beneath his camel and out of the tunnel
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (01.19.09)
?????? What a wuss. He let all the Palestinians get bombed while he hid like a little girl in a tunnel? What a candya$$. And now the big tuff little girly boy is shooting off his mouth about some sort of victory? Due us all a favor......crawl back into your hole with all the other little girls, that couldn't come out and fight like men. A little coward running Gaza.....go figure? He hides when the going gets tuff. All talk and no action. Girly Boy Coward. Haniyah's new name.
41. Victory?!
SBK ,   HK   (01.19.09)
Victory?! Tell me, what have you achieved Haniyeh? If you call causing the deaths of your own people and children a victory, then yes, you won. If you call being able to hide well in a hole for 3 weeks a victory, then yes, you won. If you call the many deaths of your fighter a victory, then yes, you won. Other than that, what has Hamas achieved?
42. Also...
SBK ,   HK   (01.19.09)
if Hamas was so "victorious", why did they call for a ceasefire? Didn't you say your "resistance" will continue? Backing down now and contradicting yourselves eh?
43. media
colin   (01.19.09)
Is the Israeli media so hard-up for stories that they ADVERTISE HAMAS WITHOUT COST 60% of the so called news is about Hamas,Without the Israeli press hamas and fatah would cease to function.Perhaps the arab public are the main readers of the lies,falsehoods and untruths with twisted words that the media continues the columes needed by the terrorists for becoming FAMOUS
44. Hamas
Ben ,   USA   (01.19.09)
Hamas won?? What a joke. Israel is strong because it has to be with the world against it. Would most of the world cheer if it was Tel Aviv under attack. Would Hamas stop the slaughter if they were winning?? Wew all know the answer to that.
45. Can we say we have won the war against Hamas
Zuri ,   Sydney Australia   (01.19.09)
Well in fact I wouldn't like to think so, I am not happy with the number of casualties and I wouldn't like to say Hamas has won. Terrorist organisation Hamas fight like a terrorist and declare victory as a terrorist. One whom fight without uniform and hide among civilians, with no regards to Palestinians children and people in general One whom execute people without a trial One whom does not respect cease fire and any agreement and Palestinians never did We want peace now not words but actions
46. Hanniyeh is correct - Hamas has been handed a victory
Yanni   (01.19.09)
The only other victor - Kadima. The losers - The non-Kadima Israelis and the Jewish people in general.
47. is it a suprise that hamas defeated israel?
chaim schonbrun ,   brooklyn ny   (01.19.09)
after all how could you lose a war,when your enemies prime minister and defence minister are working for you and do everything in their power to help you defeat their own people. people of israel,the lesson we have to learn from this bitter defeat,is a simple one,before going to war to eliminate your enemy,you must first eliminate the enemy within, make sure by the next election,you vomit out these traitorous criminaly insane self hating pathetic cowards Olmert-Barak-Livni
48. Demented Haniyeh's victory
Brod ,   USA   (01.19.09)
Such victory crap talk by Haniyeh shows that he is demented. Imbibing the cesspool of Islamist-Jihadism has made Hamas zombies.
49. Victorious Hamas
Nick ,   Fort Worth Texas   (01.19.09)
Laughing my but off! These guys are all the same. Haniyeh reminds me of the Iraqi minister of information. Remember that clown? Well, I'm happy for the dillusional lunatic. I wish them many more victories just like this one.
50. Empty vistory claim
Alex ,   Jacksonville FL, USA   (01.19.09)
Mr. Haniyeh can claim victory all he wants, but it is an empty one and probably not shared by the Palestinian people. He is after all in the relative safety of Syria and like any other coward, would claim and brag to fight to the last drop of blood of every Palestinian, except his. Like a dog with its tail between his legs, he barks from a safe distance. I've had enough of his nonsense. Show solidarity with your people by being there with them!
51. If by victory Haniyeh means...
Ari   (01.19.09)
that hamas got their butts handed to themselves, than yes, they won a resounding victory. I hope you win many more "victories" like this Haniyeh. Maybe after 2 or 3 more of these types of "victories" you can declare complete victory after your entire terror organization is completely wiped out .
52. THIS IS WHY HAMAS WON
Suze ,   DC   (01.19.09)
1- Henry Kissinger said that "the conventional army loses if it does not win - the guerilla wins if he does not lose." 2- Most of the victims are children and women, not fighters. Many schools, mosques and civilian houses were damaged. Israel lost politically in the international arena and could not stop Hamasm they still can fire rockets, 3-Hamas did not surrendor, they said that from day 1 and they achieved thier gool, israel did not. 4-Palestinians have won the most international support than anytime before, this will make their cause life. 5-Israel allies (arabs) are the biggest losers, the peace initiative is vanished, many countries have stopped the realtionwith israel, this is a huge strike to it's diplomacy. 6- the world is looking at israel now as a criminal state with all of the crimes it conducted in Gaza.
53. #34 who is your god again?
mike ,   NY   (01.19.09)
u might need to rethink about that and choose a God that never die. A god who does not kill children and innocent civilian. A god who is not depending on US to feed and protect. I know man jews who disagree with your God, they are true believers!!
54. #3
Ronin ,   New York   (01.19.09)
#3. You're just a hick from Atlanta. Why dont you get out of American for once and learn something ya meefager!
55. listen #3
mohammad ,   gaza   (01.19.09)
israel did wts best for there country. i am sick of the hamas propaganda. i sall hamas shooting grads from kindergardens. i sall them shooting mortars from the un school down the street from me.. this was r falt. im sick of my hole family thinking israel was 1 big arab village when it wasent. palistine was a country owned bye england. then un voted for the jews to have a state of there own. it only consisted of telaviv and fragments of jerusalem. then it was every arab country in the middle east against israel. and they still one. when they did'nt even start the war. we did and we will never win as long as are goal is kill.
56. HITLER, STALIN, AND THE LIKES ALSO DECLARED VICTORY..
Simha ,   Toronto, CANADA   (01.19.09)
Mr HANIYEH YOU ARE NOT THE FIRST AND YOU WILL NOT BE THE LAST TO DECLARE VICTORY... YOUR PEOPLE (BROTHERS & SISTERS) HAVE BEEN LEFT TO PAY FOR THE BROKEN DISHES... WHAT A VICTORY
57. Winners! only in words
Roy Dallal ,   Toronto, Canada   (01.19.09)
Haniyeh, you have won as always ONLY in the war of words. In your twisted, sick reality you have won. You have sacrificed your own people in your cowardly acts, and for no reason at all. You shall never achieve your goals, you cannot wipe the Jewish people off the planet. You are a disgrace to Islam. You are a disgrace to humanity. You are even a disgrace to the animal kingdom. Coward! Worm! Murderer! Your people would have you hung if you only let them tell the truth. Taking advantage of the weak and the innocent. This is your only competitive advantage and for that you are an animal, not a human being.
58. Israel lost war period
Krishna ,   New Delhi   (01.19.09)
Why Israel lost many reasons **first declare unilateral sieze fire. **Second most casualty in the war were civillians. **Third immense Jewish hatred world wide more than 9/11. **Forth lost couple of its middle east allies like Turkey, Qatar etc. **Fifth Israel to win this war was not fighting 1to 1 war it was fighting with people who has no air force no navy no actual army still declared unilateral sieze what does it mean and it does not require rocket science to come to conclusion. If Iran declares its nuclear weapons Israel will have to unilaterally evacuate entire country and one day world will witness it period. The only thing Israel specialize is black mail other countries and create internal civil wars among different communities and world knows this fact now.
59. Mr. Haniyeh, there is an old Yiddish proverb
Tzodek ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (01.19.09)
"A half-truth is a whole lie". You lost and you squandered 1,300 peoples' lives in the process. You have won nothing.
60. Haniyeh is right...
Steven Gilbert ,   Teaneck NJ   (01.19.09)
Israel has not met its objectives. This is not a Hamas victory, it is an Israeli failure. It is a shame that your brave soldiers and citizens are constantly betrayed by your politicians. It's is bigger shame if the electorate does nothing about it. With Iran looming in the background the stakes are mortally high. If not now, when?
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