 righthand says: "They said they would accept a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders if approved by Palestinians and they would accept the right of Israel to live as a neighbour next door in peace provided the agreements negotiated by Prime Minister Olmert and President Abbas were submitted to the Palestinians for their overall approval, even though Hamas might disagree with some terms of the agreement," Carter said. The Hamas position reflected a key agreement known as the Prisoners' Document, which Hamas signed with its rival Fatah, led by Abbas, two years ago. However, that agreement was overtaken by a near civil war between the two rival groups. The Hamas leaders also told Carter a "national reconciliation" between Hamas and Fatah was necessary for any peace agreement to work, even though the two sides appear a long way from a rapprochement. ...Guardian so, does that mean " it would not explicitly recognise Israel" or "they would accept the right of Israel to live as a neighbour next door in peace " ? How to explain. The difference between aspiration and reality? Politics? What have the Palestinians got to negotiate with? The largest super power blindly backs the side that seems to be winning. The words of not recognising Israel is all they have. What genuine politician would expect them to yield the one ace that Hamas has? Who would trust the Zionists on their past record? They've even stolen what is underground in the West Bank. I question the motives of anyone who queries an obvious peaceful move by Hamas and Carter, as to their own peace hopes! How many Zionist want the West Bank as part of Israel too? Who really wants peace? um... you notice that after the Israelis withdrew from Gaza, at considerable political cost to the administration, the result was an increase in rockets launched randomly into civilian residential areas. this is not the best way to convince people to give you more autonomy. it is, however, a good way to convince the Israelis to crack down on you, so that you can then convince your public that the Israelis don't really mean to give you any freedom, and that your party is the only hope. Source: Gisha; Human Rights Watch (HRW); Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) Date: 13 May 2008 Human Rights Watch, Gisha, and Physicians for Human Rights—Israel unreservedly condemn the Palestinian rocket and other attacks against Israeli civilians, such as the mortar attack that killed a civilian in Kfar Aza on May 9, which violate the international legal prohibition against attacks that deliberately target or indiscriminately harm civilians. However, unlawful attacks by one side to a conflict do not permit unlawful actions – in this case collective punishment – by the other. As the occupying pow... |
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