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Hamas hardliner calls for Islamic state in Gaza
Jun 24, 2007, 9:55 GMT
Berlin - A leading Hamas hardliner has called for an Islamic state in the Gaza Strip and threatened rival Fatah with more violence in the West Bank, according to a German magazine interview Sunday.
Hamas is also ready to talk to Israel about trade and humanitarian issues, but not about politics, the Islamic group's co-founder, Mahmoud Zahar, told the online edition of Der Spiegel news magazine.
Asked whether Hamas wants to establish an Islamic state in Gaza after ousting Fatah from the territory earlier this month, Zahar said: 'Of course. We want to do that, but with full support of the people.
'At the moment we can't establish an Islamic state because we Palestinians have no state. As long as we don't have a state, we will try to form an Islamic society,' Zahar added.
On Hamas' future relationship to Israel, he said the group was prepared to speak with the Israelis over trade and cross-border issues, pointing out that Israel loses 2 million dollars a day in business every day the border stays closed.
'We won't discuss politics,' he added, 'because the Israelis have no political agenda with us.'
A staunch opponent of Israel, Zahar served as foreign minister in the Hamas-dominated cabinet, but was recalled in March 2007 after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas formed a unity government between Fatah and Hamas.
Asked what will improve for the people of Gaza now that Hamas is in control he replied:
'The good thing is that we can now collect information about our enemies and informants from foreign powers. We will look for Israel's spies,' he said in an apparent reference to Fatah members.
But he warned that Hamas activists would defend themselves against Fatah the same way they defended themselves against the Israeli occupation - with bombs and attacks.
'In Gaza we have beaten those elements that collaborate with Israel. We have beaten everyone who represented an obstacle,' he said, indicating that had used US aid money to buy weapons.
The future of the Israeli-Palestinian relationship is the subject of a four-way summit on Monday in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.
The gathering will include Abbas, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Jordan's King Abdullah II and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, but freezes out the leaders of Hamas.
After Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in a street war against gunmen loyal to Abbas' Fatah party, the Palestinian president dismissed Hamas members of the Palestinian government and installed an emergency cabinet of his own to consolidate Fatah's control of the West Bank.
Hamas, which refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist, was founded in the 1980s by members of the Egyptian-based Muslim Brotherhood.
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I am sure King Abdulla well remembers that the Palestinians tried to depose his father, King Hussein, and that the Palestians in Jordan are a constant source of problems. Egypt and other Arab countries have seen assassination attempts and perpetual violence from the Palestinians, who have now elected the terrorists in Hamas to run their Government.
Now, the Hamas leader is admitting that US aid funds have been used to buy the weapons which have killed innocent people in the region, and have further destablized the region.
Why, oh, why should the West just stop giving aid to these people? They have not been self sufficient for half a century, and now, several generations have grown up as refugees who have returned thanks for aid in the form of murderous attacks funded in part by the West!
If they thought they might starve, perhaps they would emigrate to other Arab countries, but none will have them, so they should set up farms, and produce food for their people, as the Israeli's have done.
Otherwise there is no solution to this problem except a war.
Jake you sound like the preverbal pot calling the kettle black. You and your terrorist friends call yourselves islamic fundaMentals; in essence you are just murders and gangsters. Where in your Quran does it say to kill innocent people for self reward and power???
'QURAN SAYS VERY CLEARLY THAT KILLING ONE INNOCENT PERSON, IS LIKE KILLING A NATION AND ONE WHO KILLS ONE BELIEVER, ONE HAS A RESERVATION IN THE HELLFIRE.'
So no virgins for the terrorists after all..........
FILTH
The split in Palestinian leadership may finally lead to a decent future for the people. Which will be the best path, joining and cooperating with the world's family of nations or the continued, combative, self-defined status as perpetual victims?
I hope the entire world enthusiastically cooperates in turning the West Bank into a paradise.
In their stupid war with Fatah???
This is not what Allah wanted.
HamAs is just a bunch of thugs and gangsters.
FILTH.
These terrorists could care less about their 'religion' killing other believers is a sin to their own faith. How can this be qualified??? How can this be accepted??
They have lost any justification. These are just common criminals.
that want power control and money.
They have done far worse than the Non believers.
What will this new terrorist state produce????
Hatred, Suicide bombers, thug’s criminals. I can't wait to see their constitution.
Of course it will be shrouded with wonderful thoughts from the Quran. Just scratch the surface and you will see that their nation was born on hypocrisy and lies. KILLING INNOCENTS IS A SIN TO ALL OF ISLAM>>>>>
Hamas is =FILTH, DRECK
and I have incurable jock itch. Oh oh oh I also pass gas publicly...
Quoting the article:' Asked whether Hamas wants to establish an Islamic state in Gaza after ousting Fatah from the territory earlier this month, Zahar said: 'Of course. We want to do that, but with full support of the people.'
What is unstated is that Hamas will intimidate or kill any who object to the establishment of an Islamic State. Also unstated is that Hamas, along with other similar organizations and parties, intends to establish an Islamic State (a theocratic oligarchy) over the entire world.
''At the moment we can't establish an Islamic state because we Palestinians have no state. As long as we don't have a state, we will try to form an Islamic society,' Zahar added.'
And by what means does Hamas propose to establish such a policy. Well, by the use of slightly palatable carrots in the form of welfare and stern police force to establish order, combined with two very harsh sticks. Make waves and we will cut off our aid to you and your family. Keep making waves after that and you will disappear, or perhaps your entire family will disappear. On top of this, of course, Hamas will run the schools and inculcate its Islamic ideology and theology into the children. The children will help enforce the cause of Hamas by informing on their parents and elder siblings. The theocratic propaganda will become incessant and nearly inescapable.
What do I mean by inescapable? Well, those of you in the United States already know how hard it is to avoid a Paris Hilton story in the news, right? Have you seen a television program that was in anyway politically erroneous? Have you seen any entertainment device that in any way casts doubt upon the leftist agenda of the Hollywood bosses? No, you haven't, not in the past several years.
Take what you see on American television and intensify it about a hundred times and this is what will happen in Gaza. My guess is that it is already happening in Gaza.
That is what people defend in the name of 'liberalism'. Fascist, islamist, totalitarianism.
Everyone must remember that only true believers are 'innocent' so these folk do not consider killing anyone who does not believe exactly what they believ are not innocent and therefore free to be killed acording to their belief. Beyond that, many sects of Islam embrace the notion that it is better to kill a non believer than allow them to continue to live in sin.
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jakeJun 24th, 2007 - 10:43:11
DIVIDE AND RULE , PRESIDENT ABBAS IS A PUPPET
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