guardian.co.uk - 1/8/2009
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The incoming Obama administration is prepared to abandon
President Bush's doctrine of isolating Hamas by establishing a...
channel to the Islamist organisation, sources close to the transition team say. The move to open contacts with Hamas - which ...
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Barack Obama administration 'prepared to talk to Hamas'
youtube.com - 1/5/2009
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SHARE BY EMAIL AND POST IN BLOGS!The UN
has been silent to the following criminal activities of...
the Hamas terrorist organization:1. Hamas has violated the ri...
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Children of Hamas (video)
ynetnews.com - 1/8/2009
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Report: Hamas stealing aid supplies to sell to
residents Grim picture of Gazans' lives painted by reports...
emerging from Strip, claiming gunmen hiding in civilian homes, using residents as human shields, and hijacking trucks of humanitarian aid Roee ...
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Report: Hamas stealing aid supplies to sell to residents ...
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Obama Ready to Negotiate With Terrorists Hamas
Stop The ACLU —
... break with the Bush presidency’s ostracising of the group. The state department has designated Hamas a terrorist organisation, and in 2006 Congress passed a law banning US financial aid to the group. The Guardian has spoken to three people with knowledge of the discussions in the Obama camp. True leadership folks! This is the change we have been waiting for? This guy is actually going to legitimize barbarians! Wave goodbye to the Reagan policy on not negotiating with terrorists! Hot Air gives us a quote from Obama in April, 2008: “We must not negotiate with a terrorist ...
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Sister Toldjah —
Got two of ‘em on tap.
First, the biggie: The Guardian is reporting that Team Obama is preparing to start “low level” talks with Hamas (via Memeo). AllahPundit reminds everyone here what Obama said last April about negotiating with terrorist groups like Hamas (in response to Jimmy Carter’s meeting with them):
“We must not negotiate with a terrorist group intent on Israel’s destruction. We should ...
Sources: Obama Read to Talk to Hamas
PoliGazette —
... made clear during the campaign that he would not hold direct talks with Hamas without precondition, while talking to Iran without similar pre-conditions was one of his foreign policy’s cornerstones. Some remarked a year ago or so already that the distinction between Hamas and Iran was artificial; the only difference between the two is that Iran is a terror state whereas Hamas is a terror group, ruling over part of a people and territory. If the report is true, their view will have proved correct. ...
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