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Originally Posted by Chill Cosby
I'm not sure what you're getting at. It was the very same statement that came suggesting people were in danger if they left their home and that Israel was simply attempting psychological warfare. Is the whole thing spin? Yeah, maybe. Maybe they really believed it. We can't know. Does it make it any less or more stupid? No. I have to ask, what point are you making?
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That's the point I was making to begin with, the whole "oh it's only temporary so stay indoors" is far more likely spin by Hamas to keep people indoors to maximize casualties rather than concern for the well-being of it's citizens. I was not implying you did any spinning.
As for use of suicide bombers. Since Hamas has shown willingness to use suicide bombers again at their convenience, it would make null any claims that Hamas has made about their discontinued use.
IDF issues statement regarding attack on IDF soldier, and cousin to the current Israeli defense minister, Lt Hadar Goldin
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"Out of a tunnel access point or several, terrorists came out of the ground. At least one was a suicide terrorist who detonated himself. There was an exchange of fire," said Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lerner, a military spokesman.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...s-9642469.html
Hamas spokesperson saying they have lost contact with the team responsible for the capture of the IDF soldier, by Israeli artillery fire, which they ironically restarted by breaking the cease-fire
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Hamas Military Wing issues a statement saying that they believe that the missing Israeli officer was killed in an Israeli bombardment. "We lost contact with the group of combatants that took part in the ambush, and we believe they were all killed in the bombardment. Assuming that they managed to abduct the soldier during combat, we assess that he was also killed in the incident."
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http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.608331
Just how is Israel hoping for the elimination of Palestine itself? At one point they were almost willing for a separate state, as you put it, living among each other. It's Hama's by constant refusal to compromise on even the most basic things, like a cease fire, that the conflict as of now continues. Israel only wishes for the destruction of Hamas and not of the Palestinian people themselves, whereas the opposite cannot be held true.
Gandhi and the Indians realized laying down their arms is preferable to armed resistance when fighting failed miserably against the British, so they instead practiced peaceful protest and internal pressure British pressure eventually forced change. The Palestinian people need to realize that only by laying down their arms can true peace and negotiation start. They have to do this by fighting back against Hamas. Unfortunately, Hamas is brainwashing them and Hamas, being the death cult that it is, will not realistically allow for any peace (since all Hamas does in peace is re-arm their rockets and rebuild their tunnels). They've already making huge examples of the Palestinians who pushed for this solution including some public lynchings. One side wants peace by disarmament, by definition a perquisite for peace and the other would rather personally kill their own people rather than allow some of them to sue for such a solution. How is it wrong to demonize, by your own words, a terrorist organization and how is this in any way stretching the truth?