why the  usa & israeli gov dont respect democracy & refuse to deal with the ELECTED gov of palastine(Hamas)?
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because when it comes to democracy the americans are the king of double standards
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Because the American government embraces any thug who will co-operate in their quest to control as much of the world and its wealth as they can take from others. Were he to stop co-operating with them, he would be vilified as Hugo Chavez is now, only he would deserve it. The current (and unelected) American government is not remotely interested in Democracy, but hopes there are enough stupid people around to believe what they say and to not notice what they are actually doing.\nListen to "Democracy Now, The War and Peace Report" if you ever get the chance.   <democracynow.org>
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Iranian wants peace too. the german munich olympics, was done by other /different people. not all iranian are the same. \n\nnot everyone /not all countries agree /on US-side in the Iranian nuclear situation. \n\nthe Hamas government can exist because of the US policy... I'm not Iranian, and I often agree with the US. I think many people are not objective anymore, and politics is always dirty.... do not mix it up with sports
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Yes, it is becasue it is an Arab country. The US right now is going through an identity crisis.\n\nWe make it our business to spread democracy and freedom around the world, yet when a party is democratically elected, and we don't like them, we want to break diplomatic relations. (Hamas)\n\nWe belive in free trade/market, and have allowed businesses from other countries maintain our ports, yet now that there is an Arab country involved, it is a problem.\n\nThe United States does not know what position it is to hold in the world.
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Haven't you heard the rhetoric? It is because Israel is the only democracy in the middle-east!!!And Britain cant say much either because the British government sold Israel all the necessary means to start their nuclear program. Double standards as always.
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Hamas was elected in a democratic election and should be able to form their government. At the same time, they should uphold the rights of other human beings. If they are serious about turning away from terrorism and brut force, they should know actions speak louder than words. \n\nIf the Palestinian government won't recognize Israel's right to exist then why should Israel keep giving the Palestinians money? Stop crying for funds from someone you say doesn't exist.\n\nNo one can have it both ways. Shake hands and take the money or ignore Israel and find your funds elsewhere.\n\nFor the second part of your question , terrorism is the most effective means radial people have found to get their cause in the media. Mass terror(ak a) bombings sales newspapers. Doesn't matter if it is a suicide bomber in the Middle East or a bomb at a clinic.
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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.
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1) They can...\n2) It's politics\n3) Isreal isn't considered a direct threat by the US Government. \n\nbecause:\n\na) Isreal is a Democracy.\nb) Isreal is a very strong and consistant ally of the USA. \nc) USA has vest interest in Isreal because it is the USA's strongest, and really, only ally in the Middle East. \nd) The US needs Isreal to reinforce it's own political agenda in the mideast, that being, the Democratization of the middle east -- this is really what it all comes down to.
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The USA DOES NOT support TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.. Hamas has ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY for HUNDREDS of TERRORIST ATTACKS during the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. \n\nIf the USA would continue their financial support of the Palestinian Government (lead by Hamas). They would be no better than Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Cuba, North Korea, and Sudan when it comes to financially backing terroristic efforts.
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The words about Islam made me so unhappy, because people make wrong comments about which they know nothing. Sorry but the people who blame Islam can liberate, because i can't see any respect to others believes and opinions. yaeh The Palestinian people have rights but unfortunatly they can not use it... everybody talks about Palestinian attacks on Israel, but on the other hand Israel apply a state terror on Palestinians, killed many people including childs, women and older people... this can not be a way to hindering terror also... I don't support any terror, but don't miss that there is a unequality about each sides' power. Israel has a state power and army, but Palestinians don't have... Also, many people think that Israel tolerate its politics about Palestian, but this is not true. Because KADIMA apply ONE SIDED peace politics. this is not HAMAS, it start in the time of Mahmud Abbas with the withdraw from Gaza Stript and West Bank... And Hamas give a reason to legitimate that policy. Israel just want to draw the borders by ownselves... Intifada is not a kind of terror but a form of social trauma... make it clear in tha mind...
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It was always obnoxious.  The US wouldn't have nearly the international political problems today if it hadn't been for Israel.  It started with supporting Israelis that were throwing grenades in to family homes in order to evict the Palestinians.  For what happened to them in Germany, it seems the future Israelis learned a lot about oppressing other people, herding them off to concentration camps, etc.\n\nI don't recall any information about how the original Israelis were oppressed by the Palestinians of the 1940's or the earlier century.  Was there any?  It seems like it was about the equivalent of anyone trying to get revenge on Mongolia... what's the point?  You're only a few hundred years too late...  Are these even the same people?\n\nOf course, now that we have decades of hate between them, there is plenty of atrocity to go around now, but I find it interesting that Israel plays off their aggression with cries of "holocaust" - particularly when that's what they have done to the Palestinian's - and would do if creating death camps were not frowned upon by the international community.\n\nEven so, a great recipie for eternal religious hatred:\n\n* Take one religion convinced that they are the "chosen" of God and are only special by lineage.\n\n* Take one religion whose faith is open to all, but has over the centuries taken a "convert or die" attitude as well as a strong emphasis on "an eye for an eye."\n\n* Mix together in an environment with some resource sarcity.\n\n* Watch the wars bloom.\n\nGod has an interesting sense of humor.\n\nAs for the specialness of Israel, I believe we could baste the whole country with neutron bombs and the rest of the world would be no worse for wear, just as the US could be wiped and the rest of the world would find some way to go on.  It's the vomitous pompus stupidity that keeps the problems kindling and I have NO respect for such insolence, just as I have no respect for people that kill innocents.\n\nMy guess is that the US keeps funding Israel in order to keep jews fighting muslims to destabilize the region.
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B"H\nDemocracy isn't a cure-all.  When a group of people vote for a government that supports suicide bombing to try to wipe out a particular race, and has as part of its statutes the refusal of any compromise and the insistance on a violent end to another people, the country needs to be held responsible (no more treating terrorists as "renegades" - action should now be taken against the nation itself instead of just chasing after individual murderers).\n\nIt is contrary to international law to advocate war.  The Palistinean governement includes in its charter the following:\n\n"[Peace] initiatives, the so-called peaceful solutions, and the international conferences to resolve the Palestinian problem, are all contrary to the beliefs of the Islamic Resistance Movement."\n\n"There is no solution to the Palestinian problem except by Jihad."  The initiatives, proposals and International Conferences are but a waste of time, an exercise in futility."\n\nWhat defines a terrorist is not a subjective matter.  There are clear outlines for this under UN guidelines.  The government of Hamas will not stop killing until (GD forbid) they have wiped out every Jew.  \n\nTheir goal is NOT peace; their goal is NOT religious freedom; their goal is GENOCIDE.\n\nTheir government sanctioned terrorist actions must be recognized as an act of war and treated as such.
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USA doesn't accept because Israel don't and they think that Ham mas will encourage Palestinian to resist the Israel occupation so they didn't accept it cause they ant them to stop fighting and to give their land to Israel.cause there is no Justice in this world
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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.
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Americans are dealing with the Arabs and Muslims because they want oil but cannot give compromises against Israel which is a blood relative as a country.  It is very hard since there are conflicting interests in economy and heritage.
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I am neither an Arab not a Jew but I beilieve that the only people who should ask for a more secular, more democratic approach from a country like Israel are the ones that ARE more secular and more democratic.\n\nIt is hiipcracy on the part of all the Araic countries to do so. You can not even enter Mecca unless you are a muslim. You cannot even build a church, a Synagouge, a Hindu or a Buddhist Temple in Saudi Arabia or many other islamic countries. You can not even acarry a Bible or a Gita on the streets of RIadh. \n\nGiven all that Arabic nation are not in any position to ask for more tolerance from any other part of the world. It is like Paris Hilton asking for Christina Aguelara to be more modest and dignified.
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Israel was imposed on Palestine by the UN, it is a racist state which is based on discrimination of non-Jews. \n\nWhilst I absolutly oppose Hamas and their anti semitism, it is a bit of a cheek for the USA and the EU to claim to be creating democracy in Iraq and then actively trying to undermine it in Palestine, simply because they do not like who got elected.  Still, at least it gives us an uptodate definition of hypocrisy I suppose.