Is the president of the palestinian authority justified with his platform of negotiations compared to hamas?
413492
Hamas is dedicated to the eradication of Israel.\n\nTheir sole aim is to murder every Jew, not just in Israel but in the US as well.\n\nI'd say that his platform is a bit shaky.
77172
Now that Hamas is in power? I don't know. But it does put Israel in a better position. They can't really declare war against a faction, but they can against a government. Now that the govt. is controlled by the extreme faction, it would be easier for them to declare war and get away with it.
310601
I think firing Hamas is definitly out of the question, since there would just be pure chaos. Stepping down would not be a very good idea since if he did there would be no bridge to the PA that Israel or the US to use in any such negotitiations. I don't think he failed, he may not have been to affective. It's a hard line to balance to try to please the more radicals but yet also appear as a peacemaker at the same time. It's something that few leaders in that region have been able to do very well. If they appear to much with the radicals they are labelled as dictators or a supporter of terrorism. If they appear to much of a peacemaker and side to much with the West, then they appear as a puppet and weak. This pressure is doubled for Abbas and especially now with Hamas in the government.
41431
Hamas, acronym of Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah (Arabic: حركة المقاومة الاسلامية, literally "Islamic Resistance Movement" and Arabic for 'zeal'), is a Palestinian Islamist movement closely related to the Muslim Brotherhood and is the democratically elected representative government of the Palestinian people. Its stated goal is to establish an Islamic theocracy in the area that is currently Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza strip.\n\n"Hamas" is also the former name of the Movement of Society for Peace, a political party in Algeria.
562928
I don't think so.\nI must admit, I havent really agreed on some of his decisions, like the Iraq War, but according to your definition, the President doesn't seem like one.  He isn't like Hitler, who tried to annihilate the Jews.  Nor is he like Stanlin.  He's apparently trying to spread democracy and catch bin Laden by creating a war.
979429
I'm sure Bush will be diplomatic and polite to the King. But at the same time, it is not possible to give any but a token amount of attention to the Palestinian issue. We are so embroiled in the civil war in Iraq that all of this administration's attention will be focused there until the end of the Bush term.
50078
i think this person is an idiot and it's a shame that he is the president FOR THE SECOND TIME u see he wants to democrasy in iraq but when palestinians choosed hamas in a democratic way he declines it andthreats to cut his help to the palestiniane peolpe will GO TO HELL
257127
Definitely. In the early stage of the socalled 'war against terror' he declared that this war was a 'crusade'. But later on, he changed his tune. Muslims are no more worse than that of Israelis. If he was really against tyranny, why didn't he attack Israel? The fact is Bush is the real tyrant himself. He invaded Iraq based on lies. He's only interested to rob iraq of her oil. \nThe fact is the real tyrants control the major media. Its like the tyrants can shout out LOUDEST - that muslims are terrorists and out to control the world whereas the muslims cannot defend themselves. Bush and his gang can paint the muslims or anybody they hate any colour they want because they have the loudest voice.
95846
What's changed?  The only difference now is they're in govermental leadership positions.  It's kind of hard to change your position when you believe that Israel should be pushed into the ocean.  Think on the bright side how much more extreme can Hamas get?
683030
The current Palestinian leader is Mahmoud Abbas. Yassar Arafat, the previous leader, died after falling into a coma after a serious stroke. However, the political party that Arafat created did not disintegrate after his death as many had predicted.
563746
Trick question.  There is no country of Palestine, there never has been a country of Palestine, thus there never has been a president of Palestine.
783456
Domo, Olmert and his band ARE the lib element of Israeli politics.\n\nAs for the question, the UN, with a few exceptions, is nothing but a group of world criminals, dictators, and terrorist appeasers and/or practitioners.\n\nThe UN won't even acknowledge "terrorism" for these reasons.\n\nDamn, I like Bolton-- and he was right to veto that slanted, one-sided, accusatory "condemnation" article.\n\nIf Hammas would stop firing Kassam rockets from Gaza into Israel.....................
849212
Before Bush took over the Israeli/Palestinian Peace process was going nowhere.  In 1998,After The Oslo Accords in which Israel gave up 98% of what the PLO and other Palestinian groups wanted. Yasir Arafat, After having won the Nobel Peace Prize. Rejected all that Israel had done, and restarted the INTIFADA.\nTrying to force more concessions from the Israeli government, Hamas set off a series of Homicide Bombings, and in response, Israel moved troops into the West Bank and laid siege to the Palestinian Authority Headquarters.  The US, under the leadership of G.W. Bush,  started the Process all over again with the Roadmap for Peace. We didn't disengage.  We moved forward.  The Palestinians Decided that they wanted to continue the war, they lack the will for Peace.  As apparent during the latest escalations by Hezbollah and Hamas.\n\nEDIT: Oh and the other 2%?  Why that was the death of every last Jew Desecrating the land of 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.
441011
That would be great.  However, Hamas is a terrorist group, not likely to honour any peace treaties.  The situation is so sad.  Progress was looking like a possibility, but the election of Hamas has set peace back.  For how long?  And leading to how much death?
134703
I wont answer ur question bcs\n\ni would give exemple here :\n\nif one make an Cake ... and onther one came and attack him and took it from him bcs he have more power ...and after days for some REASONS the 2 says ..ok let set and talk ...and the real owner of the cake said ,even all the cake its for me ...but i let u have it but i would have piece from my cake ... and u can keep the rest of it ... but the onther one said OK i will give u piece of ur cake ...but u must do thats and thats and thats!!! \n\nSo thats what is happning here today the Palestinians even b4 1948 they were have all the land and the Israelian occupied it....and now palestinians wanted just littel part of their own land and not all of it ...\n\nAnd now u asking ...do they deserve to be independent and have thier own state!!!!\n\ni will let you and whom reading this question to answer it
690554
The Palestinian people elected Hamas (a terrorist group) as their government.  I think this is called "cause and effect".  You elect terrorists into your government and the people who gave you aide will stop giving.\n\nSeems pretty simple to me.