And while we’re on the topic — more of the angry types in the states surrounding Israel should look at the *good qualities* of Israel, and push for those qualities to be integrated into their own societies.

Along the lines of:

“If Israel, which we all hate, allows blasphemy, why the hell aren’t we allowed to have blasphemy here? If Israel, which we all hate, allows gay rights, why the hell don’t we have gay rights here? Are we really that far down the latter that *Israel* is beating us on the important civil rights issues?”

And that’s before you get to free elections and freedom of the press…

Suckahz.

This is a collection of unofficial and uncommitted Hamas quotes. For some real Hamas ideas, I urge you to simply read the Hamas’ own covenant of 1988, which was never changed or revised:

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp

From its opening statement:

“Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it”

If you think it’s outdated, I also urge you to see and hear for yourself some of the Hamas words from the last couple of years:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF_dqGtome0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHsSb854f0Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWIDZ7Jpdqg

The simple and sad truth is that only thing needed for a cease fire and peace talks between the Hamas and Israel is for Hamas to officially accept Israel’s right to exist (an existence in some form or way, without specifying exactly), and for the Hamas to officially declare their wish for peace based on a two state solution. This has yet to happen. In the meanwhile, they’re firing thousands of rockets into Israeli towns.

“the same people who declare they will never stop the death cycle for any kind a two state solution”

Not true, stop peddling your lies anon 9:50, Hamas has stated multiple times that they are down for a two state solution based on the 67 borders. Hamas also stated that they will not recognize Israel unless Israel recognizes them.

http://reut-institute.org/en/Publication.aspx?PublicationId=401

millions of quotes on that matter.

“the same people who will sacrifice anything and anyone for their violent Jihad…”

because this conflict is occurring solely because Palestinians enjoy killing Jews for fun….. grow up.

Rather it occurs because of the illegal occupation, illegal blockade, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and millions of other issues that you simply chose to block out from the equation.

…They are a regime that has no responsibility whatsoever for the state of Gaza or their people? They could not have avoided this by acting sanely? Can’t you see they have at least some of the blame?

Right on.

Best line! Indeed, there’s an Israel in everyone’s back yard. These protests are only useful when your own government is hearing you.

It timely because this morning I received an e-mail from the Cairo Scholars listserv, reply to my Robert Fisk piece from two weeks ago “Rotten State of Egypt is too weak and corrupt to Act”.

One of Husni’s bias wrote back saying that it’s a lot better to “only show respect and obedience” to the Egyptian state regime. Indeed, docility has overcome:

“With all disadvantages of our Egyptian state regime, we (as Egyptians) can only show respect and obedience to them. We are not rebelious and do not need to ignite the flame of revolution in our country. We do not want to see Egypt another Gaza. We might disagree with goverment on some issues or even many, but these should only be communicated to them through valid and legislative channels and not through violence. We, Egyptians, stand united together and such articles only serve to the deterioration of the circumstances. We are in full support of Gaza but we have to exercise extreme rationalism.”