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Originally Posted by cal_guy
The Kurds in Iraq have fought several bloody wars with the Iraqi government over the past 50 years. They certainly didn't reach this point solely with negotiation. There's no question that Hamas has been a curse to Gazans and Palestinians in general and that they deserve the lion's share of the blame for their rocket attacks (and the subsequent counter-attacks) as well as the blockades that are a major source of Gaza's misery, but your wrong about the settlements. Palestine will have to push Israel on the settlement because time after time Israel has shown that's is satisfied with the status quo, and who can blame them after all the settler population is growing steadily and they overwhelmingly for the parties of the governing coalition.
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I never said they didn't try to fight for their independence. I said they didn't resort to terrorist attacks during the last 10 years while Iraq was in chaos. In fact they don't even resort to terrorist attacks now while Iraq is falling apart.
Israel might be wrong in a lot of things, but it certainly doesn't justify terrorism as a way to try and fix those 'wrongs.'
Hamas has to go not to protect Israel, but to protect the Palestinian people. That is something most people here miss. Their stated goal might be the destruction of Israel, but their real purpose is to keep the Palestinian people living in fear while they use them as puppets to get what they want.