BBC: Hamas "secures stunning victory". ⇒
26 January 2006, lunch time
I can't imagine this will be good for the peace-process.
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26 January 2006, lunch time
I can't imagine this will be good for the peace-process.
This is a post from my link log: If you click the title of this post you will be taken the web page I am discussing.
I am not so sure. Only time will tell, but I could see this having something of a taming influence on Hamas. Now they will be forced to become somewhat more legitimate. Perhaps.
by Ben on January 26 2006, 2:03 pm #
Are they still “terrorists” if they have been legitimately elected by the Palestinian people? Maybe they will become more moderate now, or maybe it will legitimize their goals and activities.
by Mahi on January 26 2006, 4:15 pm #
I’d imagine it’s unlikely to legitimize their goals if they’re never recognized as a government. The US has already said they weren’t going recognize them as such.
by Haran on January 26 2006, 6:45 pm #
Wow hearing words like “legitimate”, “moderate”, “taming” used in the same context as Hamas is quite amazing. Please send me some of the stuff you folks are smoking. Must be some good shit.
The peace process has just taken an u-turn and the Palestinians have made it crystal that they don’t give a damn about the peace process. You can’t negotiate with these folks in good faith.
by Sunny on January 27 2006, 8:04 am #
Talk about good faith
by Haran on January 27 2006, 11:04 am #
But isn’t that what happened with the IRA and PLO etc?
And yeah, I agree with Sunny’s comments on the peace process. It’s all gone to shit now….
by Mahi on January 27 2006, 12:30 pm #