why do west isolate Hamas and not Israel?
355515
Why in the world would "the west" support a government with a party in power that is a terrorist organization?  Israel is a democracy that has tried to deal with terrorist attcks in a non-violent way.  Hamas has been behind those attacks.  Why send aid to a country whose government is bent on terrorism?  \nWhen Israel and Palestine get to a place where both will sit down and draw up a peace plan and then stick to it, things will be better for Palestine.
29486
not as much as you may think... maybe 1 or 2... Hamas was "working" in Palestine and Israel...
822143
You are smart, even though its a very simple question. Ever since the end of WW2, the US has been attempting to be the world's sole super power, which it is now. Look at what happened in the Korean wars, the Vietnam war and the never ending Middle Eastern conflicts. Israel is America's indispensible tool to reach its "power" agenda throughout the Middle East. America doesn't want to give its power away to any opposing party. That's why the Middle East has always been a tense region, so no end to hostilities. Isreal was drawn up by the western victors of WW2. The theory of dividing a land into religious sects just doesn't work. Look at what's happening in Palestine now.
396564
For some reason we seem to think we need Isreal as an ally, i think we would make more allies if we supported the palestians, Israel is a country that was imposed by the UN. It has got to be embarrassing if you need the UN to start a country for you.
259411
I think the governments of the West have made it very clear what the barrier is.  Hamas was renounce terrorism and its call for the destruction of Israel.  I think you call it a "Jew lobby" in our senate, but it's not because it's a Jewish state or Israel, it's because Hamas is calling for the destruction of another country.  That does not ever sit well with the United States.  If Hamas will renounce its former violence and become a legitimate POLITICAL party that will seek change through PEACEFUL and POLITICAL methods, then it will be recognized by the West as a legitimate government.  It will finally get the recognition by the world that it has craved.   Surely the leaders of Hamas are intelligent enough to see that.  Your prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him, taught peace, not violence.  I see the election of Hamas in Palestine to be a golden opportunity for the leadership of Hamas.  I hope they do not do anything foolish that would ruin their chances of establishing a legitimate government.
304146
Because Hamas wants to destroy Israel.  America wants to support democracy because democracies usually don't support terrorism.  The Palestinians proved to be the exception here.  Just because Hamas wants to destroy Israel does not mean that the United States has to give Hamas money to do so.
596370
Sikhs and hindous live in their independent country.When they commit crimes in or outside their country it is considered as isolated acts. the problem with Arabs that they are trying to get rid of  the Zionists from Palestine , of the USA Colonialism from Irak. Of course USA and all his allied friends to defend their interests try to give a very bad image of all Arabs. Bush always refused to discuss the causes of the terrorism and defended the war against it.He can t do any thing for the Humanity but wars.We are living the world back to front.
784701
After WW2, the UN proposed a seperate state for the Jews in Palestine. The Allied powers effectively drawed up various Arab states that were previously ruled by western colonial powers. Israel was meant for the Jews, and yes there was a seperate Palestinian state proposed. The Arabs had mixed feelings about a Jewish state, but most of the local Arabs in Palestine welcomed it. But what happened was that some of the Jewish militias started to sieze the already drawn up Palestinian lands and worst of all terrorizing and killing the local Arabs. Those militias had some powerful backup from abroad, especially in the US. Many of those backup organizations are non government organizations and many well known businesses. The militias fought for more land and resources and of course killing people, inlcuding children. Israel's first prime minister Ben Gurion once said   “We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, and the cutting of all social services to rid the Galilee of its Arab population.” That's what the Israelis did and still do so more efficiently. There are many powerful organizations in the US that observe every inch of content as to what is presented in the US media to the American public, so no one knows exactly what really goes on in the occupied territories in Palestine. So, my friend, it is Israel that occupies Palestine with full fledged US support and not the other way around. That is the truth and the whole truth. Peace be upon you.
409128
Hamas has so far refused to recognize Israel's right to exist. No matter how you feel about the conflict in Palestine, you must admit that Israel isn't going anywhere. It's time the Arabs realized that and try to find a way to make peace. Unfortunately many of these people are extremely hard-headed. Once Hamas start running the affairs of the Palestinian people in a responsible way and enter diplomatic relations with Israel, then and only then should we support them.
947526
Why is Israel a rogue terror state? because it defends itself from an enemy that openly says that it will wipe them off the face of the Earth? i do not condone several of the decisions that Israel has made, but at least they have never wiped someone off the face of the earth.
620609
Their hatred of Israel is greater then that of the United States.  I suppose they'd also state this because every one knows they already have missile systems that can reach Israel, but they don't have them that can reach the United States yet.  So its a double win for them; they attack our ally and the one they hate the most.
1025405
Since it is extremely difficult to defeat terrorists without adopting their methods, as Golda Meir did post the Munich Olympic massacre, governments are faced with the dilema of being branded as state terrorists. Religious terrorists are generally much harder to deal with, as their fanaticism is instilled in them from birth, and often supported by State Governments. Recent events in Iraq and Afganistan illustrate the fact that in most circumstances terrorists are funded and supported by external Governments as part of a global strategy, adopted to put pressure on Western Alliances (USA, UK, EU.). This global strategy is usually aimed at resolving the Palestine/Israel situation, so I suppose the only answer to the question is It is pointless negotiating with terrorists as individual organisations, resolution can only be obtained by pusuading their sponsors to cease their support.
407701
Sheesh......talk about a difficult question!  First of all what do you mean by Palestine?  The Palestinian homeland is Jordan.  You haver to consider what each side wants and what each side fears.  We'll start with Israel.  What Israel wants is a safe and secure Israel, with an internal Jewish majority.  They don't want to have to rely on foreign powers for security...or even aid.  The Israeli policy towards Jerusalem and the occupied territories are all under intense debate as ways to achieve this end.  The real problem that Israel faces is their internal Muslim population outnumbering its jewish population due to higher birth rates.  Their biggest fear is surrendering land for peace....the Government they made a deal with being overthrown...and having attacks launched against them through invasion routes they gave back by new fanatic governments.  You have to remember that Israel came very close to destruction on several occasions....and that the stated goal of Hamas has always been to push jews into the sea.  The Palestineans want a homeland/country.  They are laregely secular/capitalist as a group...and better educated then any other region in the muslim mid-east.  Because of this they are seen as a threat by other nations in the Arab world.  This is why so many Arab nations pay lip service to the Palestinean cause....but do little for them.  In polls most Palestineans supported the peace proccess that Arafat began and then stopped with the Initifadah.  The recent election of Hamas had less to do with Israeli policy then it did with corruption in their security apparatus.  Palestineans fear losing their claim to any part of Jerusalem...which is what they might face with current Israeli policy of a unilateral withdrawl.  The solution has to be something that gives the Palistieans a homeland....while giving Israel secure borders and national security.  I don't know what the answer is....but I kow the current system of anti-semitism that is blared in Arab media sources doesn't help matters.  I also think that if the other Arabic nations budded out (and they have their own agenda which has NOTHING to do with the well being of Palestineans) a solution could be reached.  I think a secure and stable western styled government in a Palestinean homeland would be the only outcome that all sides could be happy with.  The problem is the rest of the Arab world wouldn;t be happy with it.
611682
They attack other countries, but they see us as the biggest threat to their way of life, so they attack us the most.  They think we are going to colonialize the rest of the world (I can't say that I disagree), and since they see our (western) lifestyles as evil, they want to stop us before that happens to them by raising awareness in their own countries of our evil deeds.  It certainly doesn't help that we back Israel.
323507
There is a tough semantic rift here--Hamas wants Israel to acknowledge that Palestine exists; Israel wants Hamas to recognize that Israel has the "right" to exist.\n\nIsrael should bridge the semantic gap by saying, yes obviously, that country on the other side of our fence is Palestine.  They exist, they have a right to exist.  \n\nThat doesn't mean they should simply accept rocket attacks.  Israel has already come up with some pretty wild technology associated with repelling violent attack with non-violent means.  Until their technology advances to cope with the new situation, unfortunately, it means they must take some military action in order to prevent those rocket attacks.\n\nThis proceeds logically to a point of irresolution--the inventiveness required to make guerilla attacks on Israeli soil will always precede the technological ability to repel those attacks non-violently.\n\nHamas therefore will never have the latitude to change its doctrine without a recognition from Israel that a Hamas-run Palestine is a fact and in existence.  Israel is loathe to concede this, for fear of having no recourse to guerilla attacks without outright declaration of war.\n\nThere is also a possibility, at least for the present, that a Palestine with the power to prevent individual guerilla attacks on Israel does not exist.  At the future point which guerilla attacks must be coordinated in order to succeed, Hamas might then possess the power to say absolutely, we can prevent guerilla attacks if you recognize us as a state and not a territory.\n\nSo there is that small hope.  And there is also hope that Palestinians will use their resources in a creative instead of destructive way, and begin to nurture their fledgling state in an economically responsible and non-retaliative way.  However, based on recent rhetoric, I believe that the money that Iran is sending Palestine is ear-marked only for destruction.\n\nThus I believe Hamas will entrench itself in its doctrine, and as a result, prevent the possibility of peace.
997832
I think Israel is being far more restrained in their actions that I would be in their position. Hamas - a known terrorist organization - has seized two Israelis. They executed one of them (the civilian), and want to negotiate the release of Israeli-held Palestinian prisoners for "information" about the other (the soldier). Further, since Hamas took control of the Palestinian government, the number of rocket attacks into Israel from Gaza has increased, including one that was claimed (by the Palestinians) to have a chemical warhead on it.\n\nThe Israelis are under relentess attack from terrorists organizations, and every time they respond to said attacks the Israelis are chastized by the UN as the aggressors... if Israel acts first, they are the bad guys. If Israel responds to terrorism, they are the bad guys. Israel is in a no-win situation, so they're taking the high ground - they are not initiating anything, only reacting to it.\n\nAnd far from being overkill... Israel could easily level everything and everyone in Gaza and the West Bank if they chose to. What they're doing now is very controlled and very orchastrated, to keep from giving the terrorists anything to use propaganda-wise.
121551
I am surprised that the U.S. was giving any aid to the Palistine Authority as we do not support terrorism and Yassir Afrifat was considered one of the foremost terrorist leaders in the world 40 years ago.  The Palistine Autority has agreed to return the Money.  You say shame on the U.S. for asking for this money back, yet Hamas wants Israel driven into the sea, which is against the policy of the U.S. foreign policy.  Hamas has said they do not want to change their belief's that Israel should not exist and the U.S. asked for the return of our money.  Fundimentalist Muslims want the destruction of the U.S. because we support Israels right to exist.  Does it make sense to you that we should support those who are against our policy?  Foreign Aid is for those countries that support our policies in principal.  The Palistine Authority understands this and has agreed to return the money.  Everybody says it is Allah's will that the U.S. must be destroyed, however in the meantime they all want to spend our money.  Do you see a conflict here?