Isreali Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has engaged in international talks on ending violence in Gaza. The AFP reported yesterday that senior Hamas official Mushir al-Masri had made a televised broadcast outlining Hamas' intention to "fight until the last breath", but nowhere have I read of any Hamas leader being engaged in the kind of talks that Israel has been engaged in. Perhaps Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has taken up the role of negotiator for Hamas himself, as Globeandmail.com reports a turnaround in Abbas' attitude towards Hamas. That doesn't look good for Hamas' credibility.
Why can't Hamas represent itself diplomatically on the international stage? When America calls for a ceasefire, which means Hamas would carry the responsibility to stop rocket fire into Israel as well as Israel ceasing airstrikes in Gaza, the image of a Hamas response through eyes of the western media is oblique. The obscurity does nothing for Hamas in terms of crushing the image of Hamas as a party of Jihad.
The clamour for President-Elect Barack Obama to negotiate a ceasefire is getting louder.
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fight until the last breath, eh? sounds like the words of people who would rather sacrifice themselves and the people they represent in the name of some abstract ideology rather than actually preserve life. total alpha-male assholes. from what i understand, israel have been heavy-handed but hamas have been idiotic
i'm honestly not just linking to this to be funny, but while reading your post hamas suddenly reminded me of this scene from the first monty python film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eMkth8FWno
you don't have to watch the whole thing, just go from 3 minutes in, you'll understand what i'm thinking...
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