Sherman123
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That's fine and dandy so long as you don't claim to be the world champions of democracy promotion.
Have you seen an Israeli political party that is willing to recognize a Palestinian state on all of the Occupied Territories with East Jerusalem as its capital ? That's what the law states they should be entitled to. How come you don't wish to see anything extreme/rejectionist in this stance ?
Likud has its origins in the Herut party whos platform in the early days was one of outright rejection of negotiations with Arabs , they didn't even recognize the state of Jordan claiming it as a part of Eretz Israel. Has anybody bothered to ask them to renounce these claims before they can be considered worthy of a seat on the negotiating table ? Not to my knowledge
Ha anyone demanded that Israel stop killing Palestinians in droves before they can go to any negotiations regarding a settlement of the conflict ? If not why not
There a really easy way to test whether or not Hamas is willing to accept a two state solution based on the 67 borders , as it has stated it would , and that is to negotiate with them. Or you can just live in 1988 when a handful of Palestinians created the Hamas movement and included in its mandate the objective of liberating all of Palestine and use it as an excuse for the continuing impasse .
Remember that the advent of Hamas is 30 years behind the advent of the PLO. If Hamas is the obstacle to peace why wasn't it sorted out in the 30 years prior to their existence ?
They won the election , accept it .They preempted a coup that was planned by the US and it's allies. It was in the links you , evidently , chose to ignore.
You can't claim to be a supporter of democracy and then cry foul and wish to overturn decisions because you don't like the result. I would have thought that much was at least obvious
An election does not make a liberal democracy. I don't care that they won an election, the are an unacceptable ruling party until they reform. If the Palestinian people want to return them to power at the polls then they will suffer the consequences of opposition and non-recognition.
Have you seen an Israeli political party that is willing to recognize a Palestinian state on all of the Occupied Territories with East Jerusalem as its capital ? That's what the law states they should be entitled to. How come you don't wish to see anything extreme/rejectionist in this stance ?
I don't care what the law says they are entitled to. They will never get all of the West Bank and all of East Jerusalem. That day, if it ever existed, has long since passed away.