Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
So despite all the hand-wringing to the contrary, Hamas said today that it was willing to talk to Israel, and thus recognize them as a political institution.
They do, however, contend that “resisting an occupation is legal.” Sounds fair. Seems to me that when the terrorists become the government, they’re not terrorists any more.
The political leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas has said the group is willing to take a serious step towards peace if Israel does the same.
Khaled Meshaal told the BBC that Hamas would not renounce violence, saying resisting an occupation was legal.
But he said a long-term truce would be possible if Israel accepted conditions including a return to its 1967 borders.
So Hamas’ demands sound kind of like the United Nations’. Israel? Your response?