Hamas Quotes - Page 4

• Hamas hides among unwitting civilians, who have no way of controlling its activities. This fact does not give Israel the right to kill innocent non-combatants, not even unintentionally. Besides, murder is not "unintentional" when you know it is inevitable.

  Ilana Mercer

  Israel, Giving, Doe

  "Standing Armies Commandeered by Cowards". www.ilanamercer.com. November 23, 2012.

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• The answer is to let Israel say it will recognize a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, release the prisoners and recognize the rights of the refugees to return to Israel. Hamas will have a position if this occurs.

  Ismail Haniyeh

  Rights, Israel, Borders

  "'We Do Not Wish to Throw Them Into the Sea'". www.washingtonpost.com. February 26, 2006.

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• We have switched from defense to offense and in this battle all the members of the Hamas leadership are legitimate targets.

  Tzachi Hanegbi

  Battle, Defense, Target

  Public radio, March 23, 2004.

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• The problem is, Hamas is using force to try to extort progress on its political objectives.

  Susan Rice

  Political, Progress, Trying

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• Obama has already demonstrated an extraordinary ability to change the limits of what one can say publicly. His greatest achievement up to now is that, in his refined non-provocative way, he has introduced into public speech topics which had hitherto been de facto unsayable: the continuing importance of race in politics, the positive role of atheists in public life, the necessity to talk with "enemies" like Iran or Hamas, and so on. This is just what US politics needs today more than anything, if it is to break out of its gridlock: new words which will change the way we think and act.

  Slavoj Žižek

  Atheist, Thinking, Race

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• If we cannot understand the depth of feeling in the Muslim world toward Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Islam as a political force, then we will be doomed to failure in every encounter we have with the world.

  Hooman Majd

  Iran, Political, Feelings

  Hooman Majd (2013). “The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran”, p.1930, Penguin UK

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• I do not support Hamas! I support human dignity and respect! I support sharing! I support Peace! #ceasefire

  Madonna Ciccone

  Support, Ceasefire, Dignity

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• Unless Hamas recognizes Israel's right to exist and renounces terror, the Palestinian Authority should receive no direct U.S. assistance.

  Lois Capps

  Israel, Authority, Should

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• I don't think the Palestinians are in this position they're in, divided with Hamas and the P.A., unwilling to allow - or recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

  David Brooks

  Thinking, Israel, States

  "Shields and Brooks on Netanyahu’s election provocation, human trafficking holdup". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. March 20, 2015.

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• It's the hardening of these narratives that makes peace so difficult. If each side can see the narrative, the claims that the other has, then there is a much more likely possibility of making a resolution. But what I see is the opposite. There is a total disclaiming of the validity of the other side, and talk that I find really unsettling, the kind of chatter you get from ultra-right Israelis and Hamas is of annihilation. In that kind of dialogue, there's no way to move toward peace.

  Lawrence Wright

  Moving, Kind, Resolution

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I think that it's an arguable position, whether with Hamas and ISIS around, whether there should be a Palestinian state, but it's a defensible position, given the current circumstances.

  David Brooks

  Thinking, Isis, States

  "WATCH: Netanyahu 'Really Is Nixonian,' Says David Brooks". www.haaretz.com. March 22, 2015.

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• America has exercised its power to insist on elections in Palestine, which Hamas did win. Once they won, we then engaged in a policy not only of ostracism, but by financial boycott, in effect of undermining it, and creating more tension and radicalism and poverty in Gaza, which was susceptible to exploitation by Hamas.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Winning, Creating, America

  Source: www.nytimes.com

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• Even Hamas - Hamas is a terrorist group - do you know that Hamas came out in opposition to [Donald ]Trump`s statement? That puts the Republican Party, the Democrat Party, and everybody else in the establishment and [Barack]Obama on the same side Hamas is on. And over here all by himself is Donald Trump.

  Keith Ellison

  Party, Sides, Terrorist Groups

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Today’s endorsement by President Barack Obama of the creation of a Hamas-led Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 borders, signals the most egregious foreign policy decision his administration has made to date...

  Allen West

  Decision, President, Today

  "Allen West: Obama's Recognition of Pre-1967 Borders 'Beginning of the End' for Jewish State Read Newsmax Article: Allen West: Obama's Middle East Policy 'Beginning of the End' for Israel | Newsmax.com Urgent: Do you approve of Pres. Trump’s job performance? Vote Here!". www.newsmax.com. May 19, 2011.

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• Ironically, the single thing that has strengthened Iran over the last several years has been the war in Iraq. Iraq was Iran's mortal enemy. That was cleared away. And what we've seen over the last several years is Iran's influence grow. They have funded Hezbollah, they have funded Hamas, they have gone from zero centrifuges to 4,000 centrifuges to develop a nuclear weapon.

  Barack Obama

  War, Having Fun, Enemy

  Source: www.nytimes.com

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• Any Hamas or Zionist type who tries to interfere with the labor unions and grab the money will be marched to the guillotines and subsequently beheaded. And isn't that easier and more productive than some endless, bloody conflict? So sayeth the gospel of common sense. Happy Mother's Day.

  Roseanne Barr

  Mother, Common Sense, Trying

  "12 Crazy Things Presidential Candidate Roseanne Barr Has Said About The United States" by Jordan Teicher, www.businessinsider.com. February 3, 2012.

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• When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the centuries that the children of Israel had longed to return to their ancient homeland. When I went to Sderot and saw the daily struggle to survive in the eyes of an eight-year-old boy who lost his leg to a Hamas rocket, and when I walked among the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem, I was reminded of the existential fear of Israelis when a modern dictator seeks nuclear weapons and threatens to wipe Israel off the face of the map - face of the Earth.

  Barack Obama

  Prayer, Children, Wall

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• Hamas is responsible and Hamas will pay.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Pay, Responsible

  Twitter post from Jun 30, 2014

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• Any approach that doesn't acknowledge the Palestinians' legitimate rights is doomed to fail. That also applies to any strategy that ignores the fact that Hamas is a part of the Palestinian resistance.

  Khaled Mashal

  Failing, Strategy, Palestinian

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Hamas cannot stand free media.

  Amira Hass

  Media

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• The priorities for the new Palestinian government is the economy. If Hamas cannot pay salaries when they form the government, there will be a collapse. People cannot afford to have that happen; there is nothing for people to fall back on. If people go hungry, there will be chaos - not just instability, but a breakdown. And there will be violence with a spillover effect. This is crucial to understand.

  Hanan Ashrawi

  Fall, People, Priorities

  Source: progressive.org

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• Hamas must agree to first recognize Israel, second to end all violence, third to accept past agreements. Try to find a mention of the fact that the United States and Israel reject all three of those. They obviously don't recognize Palestine, they certainly don't withdraw the use of violence or the threat of it - in fact they insist on it - and they don't accept past agreements, including the road map.

  Noam Chomsky

  Past, Israel, Agreement

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Hamas played the negative opposition, in a sense, because it formed an alternative source of power without any mandate from the people. Now, Hamas has that mandate and it wants to form a national unity government. I say, let them form a government and let them accept the fact that they will have opposition.

  Hanan Ashrawi

  People, Unity, Negative

  Source: progressive.org

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• The international community has been extracting concessions from the weaker side suffering under the occupation. For decades, this strategy has done absolutely nothing for the Palestinians. Now they are demanding that Hamas go the same route. We will not accept that. Extracting concessions is not the key to achieving peace. Pressure must be exerted on the occupier.

  Khaled Mashal

  Community, Suffering, Done

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Hamas' leadership needs new blood. I will continue to serve my people. But the presidency of the Palestinian Autonomous Authority is not a free, sovereign position - it is an office that is confined by the occupation. That's why this position is not interesting for Hamas.

  Khaled Mashal

  People, Interesting, Office

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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