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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E. T. who wrote (2076)	4/12/2002 12:32:01 PM
From: Dennis O'Bell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

That has been Hamas' goal all along. Ever since I can recall, they frothed at the mouth whenever there was a hint of a peace process, vowing to kill any such initiatives. A strategy that's been working like a charm, no ? However, I'm not certain that having them to negotiate with would be the worst thing for Israel - Arafat enjoys immense respect on the part of the Europeans, after all he's a Nobel Peace Prize winner and all. With Hamas it's perfectly clear where they are coming from, their remarks are openly published in English. After that, the Jews could remain, living "in an Islamic state with Islamic law," Dr. Zahar said. "From our ideological point of view, it is not allowed to recognize that Israel controls one square meter of historic Palestine." nytimes.com Did the groups that the South African government eventually negotiated with proffer such a discourse ?