Comments on: Hamas Q&A

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:07:58 +0000

With hamas dominating the elections in Palestinian Israel , this means The European Union will be thickly involved now, It will force the EU to bring a quick army together to guarentee Israels security from the Palestinians. Probably The nato troops will come to Israel untill the European Union puts together their own Army. This I believe will lead to a Land for peace deal between the Israelis, Palestinians and many.

Stan L Bowman Jr
http://israndjer.blogspot.com (EVENTS IN TIME)

By: Clark Goble

Clark Goble — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:20:33 +0000

The big possible benefit is that this will force Hamas to temper its views. It might take a few months, but the realities of negotiation and running government will have an effect. The bigger issue is the internal tensions between Hamas and Fatah and what will occur. I personally think there really is a danger of an internal civil war.

I’ve heard mixed things about how this will affect the Israeli elections. We’ll see.

I think its way too early to say much. I think we’ll have to wait at least six months to see what shakes out.

Of course despite all the rhetoric people have been negotiating with Hamas in private for a long time. And despite their rhetoric Hamas has actually largely abided by the cease fire (perhaps better than Fatah in certain ways). The big issue has always been Islamic Jihad and other smaller organizations. It will be interesting to see what the relationship between Hamas and those groups will end up being if Hamas has more influence in the government. (Remember that the President is still from Fatah)

By: Mogget

Mogget — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:50:13 +0000

As Bush would say, â€œdemocracyâ€™s on the march.â€ Yikes.

Hm, yes, well there’s :

forward, march
to the rear, march
right/left turn march
right/left flank, march

but I think for the Mid-east it’s gonna be “route step, march” for quite awhile.

By: Ronan

Ronan — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:37:38 +0000

Good question, Mogget, re: Adams. I don’t know. The dust will settle soon. I just hope that no-one makes any sudden moves. As Bush would say, “democracy’s on the march.” Yikes.

By: Mogget

Mogget — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:08:58 +0000

Who, in Hamas, is going to play Gerry Adams?

Good news: clear rejection of the kleptocrat Arafat and his two-faced, inept, and corrupt legacy.

Bad news: clear rejection of co-existence with Israel, at least for the moment.

And the pressure is on to shut down the Iranian nuke program…